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[quote=Anonymous]Too much! For my 13mo: $1400 day care $100 food (we ate like college kids pre-DS, so we had to change what and how we buy food) $20 clothing (purchased at consignment sales) $20 in toys/extras $100 classes/activities $100 health insurance (had to go from "couple" to "family--major jump) $100 in 529 $50 in babysitting $300 in "convenience" things that we no longer have time to do ourselves--different meals, someone to do major yard work, basic car maintenance, dog grooming, etc. So over $2000/month? Holy moly, that's killer when it's spelled out that way. No way would I have believed that I had an extra $2k in the budget before having a kid. I guess the flip side is that I no longer have time/energy to go away for long weekends, we would rather do a red box than go out to the movies, and DH got a raise the year we had a kid, so the pain was minimized.[/quote]
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