Budget question for experienced mommies?

Question

How much would you budget for diapers and formula? Separately. I'm reworking my budget and have literally no ballpark figure to start with! Thanks in advance!

Answer

Honestly? Diapers for the first month, I would budget at 50 dollars, for the next month? Double that--about $100/ month in diapers (depending on what brand) should do for about 2-3 months, but after 5 or 6 month old your diaper budget may need to come up to about $150, and should stay there for the rest of the time the kid is in diapers. As far as formula goes, thats a doozy. I would budget as much as $100 a week, after what wic helps you with. They give you 10 cans a month, but in my experience that only lasted the first 2 weeks out of the month and then we would spend about $220 out of pocket to cover the rest.

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I can't apply for WIC I make too much! So I am just hoping to breastfeed and buying formula that have coupons in case. For diapers a friend of mine got this off Pinterest so this is the amount of diapers I am aiming to have before baby...we coupon and use store deals etc to get them cheaper

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I know in my state they offer help with formula & such, it gets expensive. 25$ a can, if not more, wic gives you about 10 cans for the first couple months, with my first I went thru that by the end of the month.

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