How much...?

[CathyandHeathcliff]

How much should I set aside for nappies, wipes and formula each month? TIA

Obviously that totally depends on which brands you use! But here's what I spend -

£20 on amazon subscribe and save water wipes a box lasts a month
Formula is about £10-15 a tin and one usually last 5-7 days depending on how much little one eats.
Nappies are massively variable we buy ours on amazon in packs of 100+ at £35 this lasts between 3-4 weeks depending on how often changing (less now older).

However we use water wipes which aren't the cheapest and our nappies are a special brand due to issues with sensitive skin etc

We find Child Benefit of £80 a month covers what we use for DD and buys her some clothes too. We use Pampers, but she doesn't go through more than about four or five nappies in 24 hours now she's over a year old.

Go to aldi! Their wipes, nappies and formula are all brilliant and you won’t find cheaper. Their new extra sensitive wipes are the same as waterwipes. We spent about £25 a week but this decreased as baby got older and went through fewer nappies per day, then again when started weaning and was on less milk.

Sorry £15 not £25!

Haven't tried Aldi nappies or formula, but their baby wipes are fabulous, so another vote from me. Really gentle and apparently a bit 'wetter' than others ( so I've found anyway). I use them on my face too.

In Morrisons
Box of 12 packs of sensitive baby wipes £6
Nappies are 3 packs for £10. That’s about 120 nappies. You may use 4 in a month
5 x £11 on formula as an estimate

My advice would be to not buy too many to start with as you never know what will suit your baby.
I didn’t like the smell of pampers (made wee smell really strong) and found that buggies gave dd a rash.
Aldi were great in size 1 and 2 but leaked horribly in size 3.
Morrisons were the best for us.

Aldi nappies and wipes are a yes from me, they're the best out there. £80 child benefit a month covers our costs as well. We bulk buy wipes when on special, a box of 12 packs from Aldi lasted us from when DD was born till she was 4 months.