In New York Enfamil formula cost $14.97 a can. They used about 9 cans per month per baby. That is 27 cans of formula a month. Total cost per month: $404.19
Thankfully, we used our resources. Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) was a GOD sent resource we were able to qualify for and use. To be honest, triplets are just as costly as you can imagine. Without this I'm not sure how we would have managed to get by. I was able to pump and use breast milk a long with the formula. I did not pump as much as I would have liked... I am not a cow. I saw this couple on a Baby Story and she had a storage freezer full of bags of breast milk. Her boobs were giant, at least an F cup, so my little As in relation pumped the right amount.
We started cereal and baby food about the 4 to 5 month time. It was absolutely hilarious. Babies who don't know what to do when textured food are in the mouth is comical.
I did buy a case or two of baby food from Amazon... they just seemed ready for baby food.
We made it through the baby food and formula stage... as the babies grew and ate more there were months were we had to purchase more formula or cereal. Now diapers were a whole other feat. That cost was insane! We had diapers stocked piled and it last for a little over 9 months. After this we bought 1-2 boxes of diapers every two weeks. We bought the largest box they had at Walmart and we really did our best to make them last.
On a weekly basis here are the numbers:
- 7 diapers a day x 3 = 21 diapers a day
- 21 diapers a day x 7 = 147 per week
- 1 box cost $19.77
- Size 2 160 count
- 4 boxes for a 4 week period = approximately $80.00
Honestly, most people think we spend a fortune on diapers. It was surprisingly okay at the time. We also were just so happy to have them... cost wasn't always at the forefront of our mind. The baby smell had consumed us and were high on babies.
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