I'm a regular poster/responder here but now dealing with my own financial worries.
We have a baby on the way! We've wanted this for a while so it's wonderful news, but I'm already reeling over the impact to our financial situation. Especially given the high COL - the best and most affordable daycare I can find is $325 for infants (I'm not going with some shady unlicensed daycare, and family doesn't live close enough to help). My husband and I can both contribute to dependent care FSAs so that'll offset a little bit of the burden.
My big concerns other than that are the STUFF. I plan to breastfeed (although I know it might not work out). I'm stockpiling diapers and wipes when they're on sale. I have a whole nursery of gently used baby furniture we bought from the previous owner of our house.
But for all the rest:
- What can I reasonably buy used?
- What should I buy new?
- What can I skip buying altogether?
As a bonus - if anyone has a list of the absolute essentials for a new baby, I'm interested!
Finally - maternity clothes. Any ideas for saving on those? My work will be pretty flexible with letting me get away with more casual clothes, and I just bought some simple stuff from Old Navy. I'm a bigger girl (Size 18) so my options are a bit more limited.
Thanks!
Submitted July 04, 2017 at 07:54AM by JadieRose http://ift.tt/2sI7YAl
