How Much Did We Spend?<\/h2>\n

Drum roll pleaseeeeeee…..<\/p>\n

We spent a grand total of $767 during our little lady’s third year.\u00a0 That comes out to $64\u00a0per month.<\/span><\/p>\n

What!?\u00a0 This is NOTHING!\u00a0 We recognize this number likely would have been a bit higher if COVID-19 was not in place.\u00a0 As mentioned above, I wish<\/strong> we could have spent more money on some of the activity type things.\u00a0 If COVID wasn’t a thing, I’m guessing we would have spent another ~$700 on activity related things throughout the year.<\/p>\n

We also contributed $2,500 towards her RESP education fund to get the full 20% match ($500) from the government so a total of $3,000 was invested into her future education this year for a grand total of $9,000 invested so far.<\/p>\n

She’s also an eating machine and we are likely spending $75\/month on food-related costs.\u00a0 Here’s her typical day:<\/p>\n

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• breakfast with a show – cinnamon bread, waffle, French toast, Kodiak cakes pancakes, or yogurt parfait<\/li>\n
• gummy vitamin “treat”<\/li>\n
• morning walk snack (garlic peas, smoothie bites, fruit to go bar)<\/li>\n
• lunch (whatever we’re eating, typically soup and sandwich and raw veggies)<\/li>\n
• after nap snack (fruit, cheese, olives, with sun chips or pretzels & cream cheese)<\/li>\n
• afternoon walk snack (dried seaweed, chocolate chips, cashews)<\/li>\n
• supper (whatever we’re eating + her beloved ‘snow cheese’ to dip anything and everything into)<\/li>\n
• desert 1-2 x per week (ice cream, smoothie, frozen yogurt tube)<\/li>\n
• after bath snack (apples and cheese, oatmeal with fruit, or cheerios)<\/li>\n
• occasionally she’s STILL hungry and has a peanut butter and oat bar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  So if we also include the $2,500 RESP contribution and ~$75\/month of food ((75*12)=$900) we’re looking at a total of $4,167 out of our pockets in her third year.\u00a0 Of course, the RESP is elective and we recognize our privilege of being able to contribute this $2,500 towards her education each year.<\/p>\n

  There you have it!\u00a0 Short and sweet as we really didn’t spend that much \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

  Next annual update we will have 2 kiddos in tow so we will break down how much we spend on each kid going forward.<\/p>\n

  Those with parents, are you as crazy as us and keep track of all of your kid-related expenses?\u00a0 Would you say you spent more or less than $767 on toddler-related expenses (not including education and food) during their third year?\u00a0 What was your largest toddler-related purchase?\u00a0 How have your child-related costs changed compared to their first few years?\u00a0 Our update next year will include figures just like above on spending on her in addition to our annual spending on nugget #2.<\/p>\n

  Those without kids yet, if you’re reading this blog you likely are not part of the herd mentality and hopefully you too can stay well under the average of $8,000-$13,000\/year.\u00a0 There is no right or wrong way to parent.\u00a0 We are simply showing that the “norm” $8,000-$13,000 annually in the first few years can be challenged.\u00a0 Any questions for us?\u00a0 Hope this helps!<\/p>\n

  And again, if you’d like to check out the related posts on this topic, you can check them out here:<\/p>\n

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  • Our Baby Item Tips For New Parents<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Here’s How Much Baby’s First Year Cost<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Here’s How Much Baby’s Second Year Cost<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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