Current Events > Baby due next month, spent ~$4,400 already, excluding medical bills. Holy crap.

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Babies are expensive af for sure, but a lot of this is unnecessary and you could definitely save a ton getting used or even free from Facebook or whatever

like I dont think weve bought any clothes for our son between baby shower gifts and clothing trains from our local facebook buy nothing group

Why would someone do this to themselves

I did. Most of the baby brezza stuff and clothes are from Facebook, which is why they're so cheap.

Idk

like I agree with the premise of this topic, but also you have a $430 12 month subscription to a toy box service, premium rockers, stuff like bottle warmers and an extra microwave, etc

you could probably halve the amount of money spent here fairly easily

Do a baby shower and get all dat for free. That's what me and wife did. I guess that assumes you have friends and family willing to help out tho.

But yeah babies are a financial drain but I love my little dude so it's worth it.

Why no baby shower? I got most of my things from family and friends. We didnt have a shower though due to Covid. But I had so many people asking for my registry. I hardly bought anything.

Also, don't buy any clothes new. They'll grow out of them after like 3 uses. No exaggeration. You can get them used for like 50 cents instead of $15.

Dang that list very much reads like "ma baby mama said we need this". I could have saved you $4000 or so with one easy trick.

I mean you need a bottle warmer. And my house doesn't have a microwave lol, so figured we need that for nipple warmers and stuff, not the milk.

I mean you need a bottle warmer. And my house doesn't have a microwave lol, so figured we need that for nipple warmers and stuff, not the milk.

I'd recommend a bottle warmer. Not necessary but way more convenient and faster than traditional warming methods. Plus few dishes.

As a father of three, just at a glance, it looks like you really could've spent less on some of those items and done without others entirely.

Some don't even look baby related. Like, a portable air conditioner?

If you plan on formula feeding, the bottle sterilizer and formula mixer are definitely worth it imo. We were gifted a bottle warmer and I rarely used it because we formula fed and the machine made it at the right temp. But if breastfeeding then not a good investment. The subscription is pretty useless for the first year. Also I was gifted a rockaroo (used one from my friend) and my baby hated that thing. Im glad I didnt buy it or the mamaroo. She hated all rockers and such.

Did you buy a Cookie Monster plush for the baby to be friends with?

To maintain proper temperature in the nursery. We were told this was necessary. I didn't buy a humidifier since we already have one.

To maintain proper temperature in the nursery. We were told this was necessary. I didn't buy a humidifier since we already have one.

We want to breast feed, since it's cheaper, but we have no idea if the wife can breast feed. So we bought the formula mixer as used. We might never use this, if the wife makes enough milk.

Lol oh boy

That's pretty crazy....

Also, WTF is a formula mixer for over $100? Was I doing it wrong mixing two scoops in the bottle and shaking it up by hand?

To maintain proper temperature in the nursery. We were told this was necessary. I didn't buy a humidifier since we already have one.

Why would someone do this to themselves

a lot of this is unnecessary

We probably spent less than $1000 getting the nursery ready for our daughter and buying the first year's worth of clothes. Goodwills, secondhand stores, Facebook marketplace, etc. Only thing we bought brand new was the crib which was on sale.

Lost her at 24 weeks and still had to deliver which was $5000 after insurance though, on top of the $12,000 in fertility treatments to get her in the first place. The universe can be so cruel.

What? You don't have central A/C?

If this really happened, you got played.

Better try to get a refund or something.

This kinda reads like someone just added everything even remotely related to babies to a list, when realistically nobody buys this much stuff for a baby.

Probably paid less than NZ $1500 for the stuff we bothered to set ourselves up for our baby.

Most of that was for a stroller system, car seat, cot, breast pump, bottle warmer, and set of bottles with a steriliser.