by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Cut Spending, Save Money
$6712.77. That’s the total money we spent on everything related to our son in his first year, which was almost $10,000 less than the estimated average that parents spend on their newborns. We were able to keep our first-year baby costs pretty low because we took steps... by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Master Money, Save Money
$5,000. That’s our recommendation for how much money to save before baby arrives. Of course, everyone’s situation is different. But barring anything out of the ordinary like severe health complications during pregnancy or birth (knock on wood), that amount should... by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Cut Spending, Save Money
$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 the year he was born (so you know that’s only going to go up in 4 years). It may seem like affordable daycare... by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Save Money, Shopping Tips
$66.22. That’s how much my husband and I saved when we bought what was left on our Target and Amazon baby registry lists, thanks to just their registry completion discounts. And that doesn’t even include the other registry perks we scored, like free baby items and... by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Cut Spending, Save Money
$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... by Sylvia aka Mama Chang | Freebies, Save Money
128 diapers. That’s how many diapers were in the diaper cake I won at a baby registry event from the now-defunct Babies R Us (RIP, Mama Chang will sorely miss you). Of all the baby freebies I managed to accumulate along the way, that was my proudest haul, mainly...
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