Google says it will cost me $245,000 to raise this baby.
I have decided to keep track. We are already over $21,000 and the kid is only two!!
I do not claim to know the cheapest way to raise a kid in America or the best way to raise a kid in America. I would like, however, to know where this alleged quarter of a million dollars is spent.
BabyCostsMoney 
So. How much have you spent so far?
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Almost 7K. Yikes, right? I’ve got a running total at the bottom of each post.
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its interesting to see you do this because it adds up so fast. eek
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Yes and it keeps surprising me!
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Eeeps! It’s frightening to see how the numbers add up so quickly! Love your idea to keep track! Let’s see if you actually hit that 245K! 😀
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Not to be scary, but I’m assuming that doesn’t include college. Raised my daughter here in Arlington, I would say that $245,000 could be conservative. The good news is that she is gainfully employed and sharing an apartment with some friends in DC. It will be interesting to see where the numbers come in. They probably don’t include housing (more expensive) choices you make for schools.
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I plan to include housing, etc, but we haven’t moved and the bills haven’t really changed yet. I’ve driven a minivan for years. We are lucky to be where we are but if Babystar causes a move or other change, I’ll be sure to include it! I suspect that’s where most of the quarter mil must come from, right? 🙂
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This is both, awesome, hilarious, and completely terrifying. I feel like keeping track would stress me out, but I love that you are! That way I can know the answer, without any of the work!
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Thank you!!
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What a novel idea for a blog and hats off to you for keeping track! I would get so crazy trying to keep track that I would fail at follow through. All the best.
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Oh my gosh, this is so interesting. What a cool idea.
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We have two. An 11 month old and a 2.5 year old. I KNOW we’ve spent probably close to $50K if not more. Once we potty trained the older one though it was REALLY nice to not have to pay for diapers!
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We cut cost with our baby buy buying stuff in sale and cloth diapering. We still spent a ton though.
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I did cloth for almost two years. I recently gave up, officially. I think.
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have never counted how much have we spent on our kids but yeah we do budget and save.
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Hope it’s not true :(. Will be reading your posts regularly to find out :-).
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Thanks for reading!! The terrifying part is that article says that is the number BEFORE COLLEGE. fml.
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