s/o formula costs....

erosa · September 2009

didn't anyone's lifestyle change after having a baby? people complain about the cost of formula, etc... but i find that after we had the baby, we spend less money eating out and hanging out on the weekends... YES, formula & diapers is costing $150-$200 per month, but we used to spend WAAAYYYY more than that before our baby on entertainment & senseless stuff. I feel like we've become more budget-conscious and have way more $$$ left over than we ever did before. Anyone else feel this way?

lauralee1 · September 2009

I completely agree! I feel like we save better, and our relationship has gotten better since DD.

rbidi · September 2009

I agree. The time I stayed home, allowed to really tighten the budget, and we are better off than before the baby.

NDwife07 · September 2009

I don't think we gave up quite as much as we thought we would to make up the difference, but yeah, our lifestyle changed. We do get take-out quite a bit more than we used to, but we don't see movies (for example).

NATALE0624 · September 2009

I agree, We dont go out as much and arent spending our money on crap that we dont need anymore... I cut coupons and actually look for deals now . i never did before

katie_cj · September 2009

We don't spend money like we used to, but then again, we are making less. I'm on maternity leave and I get paid 70% pay now, and then after Xmas it's going down to 50% pay. (Which I am very very grateful for).

We pay more in rent since we moved into a bigger apartment (with two bedrooms) in a more expensive neighborhood that is very family friendly and has great community activities. It was a cost we were more than willing to take.

What's suffering the most right now is our savings. We aren't putting as much as we used to away.

MrsEvans2Be · September 2009

yup....it sort of evened out for us......we don't but a lot of formula since we mostly bf, but we have tons of poopy dipes and go through many dipes in a day.......

we used to eat out a lot more though....

June3Bride2Be · September 2009

I wasn't really meaning to complain about the formula, more of a "holy cow!" statement. But I agree, we budget way better now, but on the other hand I just graduated from college last year so it's not like I ever felt rich...I went from paying for school with little spending money to SAH with 2 kids and spending it in other ways. Basically, it just moved around a little.

kiki-W · September 2009

i don't think Formula is that much a month. maybe 100 bucks. i used to spend that on other stuff pre baby that don't need now.

no biggy.

armandos_girl · September 2009

I'm amazed at the amount of money we are saving by not going out, etc. Add in that my lunch breaks are now spent pumping so I can't eat lunch out and we're saving a lot of money.