Saving for a Baby: 35 Tips All New Parents Need to Know
$9,400. That’s how much less I spent on my son’s first year expenses than the average U.S. family does. According to the USDA’s Cost of Raising a Child calculator, American parents shell out on average $16,100 for their child’s expenses during the first year, whereas...
Daycare Costs + Alternatives to Save Money on Childcare
$820.00 per month. That’s how much daycare costs at the center our son will attend when he turns 4. And that was the cheapest center we could find. It may seem like affordable daycare doesn’t exist, but by using these tips to lower your childcare expenses and opting...
Cheap Diapers: 10 Tips to Save Money on Diapers
$700. That’s what parents will spend on average each year their baby is in diapers. While we used a combo of cloth and disposable diapers, he was in disposables about 25% of his first year. The grand total we spent in that time? $62. That’s less than 10% of what...
How to Wear Cute, Inexpensive Maternity Clothes through Pregnancy
13 Inches. That’s how much my belly grew by the time I gave birth to my son. Too bad I can’t say the same for my wallet. Recognizing that my massive belly was only a temporary state and that I would rather save the money to go towards the baby budget, I didn’t want to...![ACTUAL Baby Essentials: A List of Things You Need for a New Baby [Free Checklist]](https://keepingupchangs.com/wp-content/uploads/baby-essentials-list-things-new-baby.jpg)
ACTUAL Baby Essentials: A List of Things You Need for a New Baby [Free Checklist]
$1708.63. That’s how much it would cost if you got the cheapest of everything on a typical baby-must-haves for first-time moms list. No really – I Googled “baby essentials,” copied that list of baby necessities, went on Amazon, checked for the lowest price of...Chang Resource Vault
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