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Lauren
I just wanted to know how much couples spend on food, diapers, clothes, etc per month? Also, any advice for first time parents? At what point in the pregnancy did you start getting furniture, clothes, and setting up the room? Also.. any adivce from parents who are in their early 20's and finishing college?
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I use cloth diapers, breastfeed, and get most baby clothes as gifts or second-hand. So I don't really spend anything on a monthly basis. I guess there's a monthly cost for washing the diapers, but that's in with my regular water & electric bills so I don't know how it breaks down. There's an initial cost for stuff like crib, car seat, stroller, cloth diapers, etc. but that's a one-time thing.
I also make my own baby food, so I'm not spending tons on the commercial jarred stuff. So maybe $20 per month after they start solids (6 months).
Clothes... I get whatever I can second hand. Sometimes friends give me stuff their kids have outgrown. Sometimes I get stuff cheap at yard sales, consignment sales, or thrift stores. Babies grow out of their clothes quickly, so you can usually get used stuff in really good condition. My parents give my kids clothes for birthday & Christmas sometimes. Then I just go buy whatever I still don't have for them. I probably spend less than $50 per size. Again, that's not monthly. They'll grow out of the newborn stuff in about a month, but the 0-3M stuff lasts more like 2-3 months, and it slows down from there.
I started collecting secondhand baby stuff at good prices as soon as I found out I was pregnant the first time, but I didn't buy anything new until the last month or so. In particular I didn't buy any baby clothes until after my baby showers. That way I could spend my money on the things I still really needed. I set up the room for my first after we moved to a bigger apartment. With my second, I got the room ready when I was around 4-5 months, which is when I moved my daughter from the crib to a twin bed in her new bedroom.
I use cloth diapers, breastfeed, and get most baby clothes as gifts or second-hand. So I don't really spend anything on a monthly basis. I guess there's a monthly cost for washing the diapers, but that's in with my regular water & electric bills so I don't know how it breaks down. There's an initial cost for stuff like crib, car seat, stroller, cloth diapers, etc. but that's a one-time thing.
I also make my own baby food, so I'm not spending tons on the commercial jarred stuff. So maybe $20 per month after they start solids (6 months).
Clothes... I get whatever I can second hand. Sometimes friends give me stuff their kids have outgrown. Sometimes I get stuff cheap at yard sales, consignment sales, or thrift stores. Babies grow out of their clothes quickly, so you can usually get used stuff in really good condition. My parents give my kids clothes for birthday & Christmas sometimes. Then I just go buy whatever I still don't have for them. I probably spend less than $50 per size. Again, that's not monthly. They'll grow out of the newborn stuff in about a month, but the 0-3M stuff lasts more like 2-3 months, and it slows down from there.
I started collecting secondhand baby stuff at good prices as soon as I found out I was pregnant the first time, but I didn't buy anything new until the last month or so. In particular I didn't buy any baby clothes until after my baby showers. That way I could spend my money on the things I still really needed. I set up the room for my first after we moved to a bigger apartment. With my second, I got the room ready when I was around 4-5 months, which is when I moved my daughter from the crib to a twin bed in her new bedroom.
Should I put porcelain or travertine on my floor?
Maya
I have two small kids and am remodeling the downstairs floor (all of it) and don't know what to pick? Price is same and I have heard people with kids pick either one of them (although I heard travertine is more maintenance). Which is better? I'm confused.
Answer
I have procelain floors which have lasted decades. My babies have completed college and move on but floors remain pretty much the same without too much wear and tear i.e. no scratches, stains or cracks. Only the color and the pattern is a little dated (beige with brown, white and grey irregular whirls) Otherwise still serviceable and easily cleaned.
With young children, I moped several times a day, and twice a day with Lysol cleaners. (before breakfast and in the late afternoon, during their nap time when they were toddlers, and after they trudge in from thr school bus when they were in grade school) You won't believe how easy it is to mop the floors and how good the floors looks and feels after mopping.
Only set back is the cooless of the tiles. While it feels great in the summer to walk on the cool tiles, they are pretty cold in the winter and you need warm thick bedroom slippers to walk around the house in winter weather. By contrast, during the warmer months, we all like walking on the procelain floors barefooted to feel the smooth cool tiles under your feet.
When you check out travertine, the sales personel will be the first to tell you that it won't take the kind of abuse young children will wreak on the floors. It's easily etched, so when your child drags his toys across the floors or hammers on the floors with his mallet or drumsticks, ugly scars will ruin the floors' appearance. They are definitely not a child friendly flooring.
If I were remodelling, I would go with procelain every time. There is one setback. Procelain is hard and ever glass or dish you drop on it will shatter. And when your baby falls on his head, he will holler for a long time, because it will hurt. . But then he will know there is the 'no running in the house' rule makes a lot of sense.
I have procelain floors which have lasted decades. My babies have completed college and move on but floors remain pretty much the same without too much wear and tear i.e. no scratches, stains or cracks. Only the color and the pattern is a little dated (beige with brown, white and grey irregular whirls) Otherwise still serviceable and easily cleaned.
With young children, I moped several times a day, and twice a day with Lysol cleaners. (before breakfast and in the late afternoon, during their nap time when they were toddlers, and after they trudge in from thr school bus when they were in grade school) You won't believe how easy it is to mop the floors and how good the floors looks and feels after mopping.
Only set back is the cooless of the tiles. While it feels great in the summer to walk on the cool tiles, they are pretty cold in the winter and you need warm thick bedroom slippers to walk around the house in winter weather. By contrast, during the warmer months, we all like walking on the procelain floors barefooted to feel the smooth cool tiles under your feet.
When you check out travertine, the sales personel will be the first to tell you that it won't take the kind of abuse young children will wreak on the floors. It's easily etched, so when your child drags his toys across the floors or hammers on the floors with his mallet or drumsticks, ugly scars will ruin the floors' appearance. They are definitely not a child friendly flooring.
If I were remodelling, I would go with procelain every time. There is one setback. Procelain is hard and ever glass or dish you drop on it will shatter. And when your baby falls on his head, he will holler for a long time, because it will hurt. . But then he will know there is the 'no running in the house' rule makes a lot of sense.
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