In the times in which we live, considering having a child is a challenge for many parents. It is not known for sure if the official data could afford us make such an extraordinary expense to support a child. What is known is that it will reach the world and will have as a consequence its own belongings, unless many of them come inherited from another brother.
What is evident is the official NGO data, where about 700.000 households cannot afford the minimum costs pTo be able to face raising a child. This data represents that 26% of households with minor children are in a situation of poverty even reaching up to 40% in the event that a single parent is facing this situation.
How much does it cost to have a baby
What is evident is that in our country fewer and fewer children are born, every year there is more setback and that is because there are no great facilities to maintain them, nor great help in its respect.
The age to have a child is also regressing, already comes with a minimum age of 32 years and that has repercussions for facing a instability in the labor issue and even due to the ethics and politics of each person.
Finding the official data on what it costs to have a child is a great dilemma. Each family responds to expenses in a particular way, It is not the same expense depending on the age of the child and it is not the same to have one child as several, since many of the costs can be shared in common. In the official data we can affirm by a study that expenses range from € 480 to € 590 per month.
This data are collected as expenses for basic needs: education, food, hygiene, leisure, extracurricular activities ... and that regardless of the fact that the higher the expenses end up being higher.
Where is all this spending made?
Having a baby is synonymous with happiness and many times think that we have to carry an expense does not make us think of an emotional conflict. Now if we give the exact figure, where a baby during their first year of life they spend a consumption of € 6.500, then we can panic in that sense.
And it is that the figures do not deceiveBy providing this information and reviewing their contributions, all this expense will not seem strange to you:
- The first thing we invest in is in the trousseau that you may need. Between the crib and the stroller we already have an expense of € 1200 to € 1400. Not to mention some accessories such as a hammock, bed mobile, a bathtub or changing table.
- Baby's clothes it also remains in a first need. We buy pajamas, underwear, shoes and street clothes, investing a year about € 1200.
- feeding It also has its price, and in many cases it can be substituted for breast milk. This cost implies an expense in artificial milk of € 100 to € 120 for what a year supposes an expense of € 1400.
- On the subject of Diapers neither can we avoid your expense. The average per month is about € 45 per month so a year it adds up to € 545.
- The vaccines They involve another important expense and that is that not all of them fall within the calendar of free vaccines. We have those of Meningitis, Prevenar and Rota Teq that for fear of the unknown we apply them yes or yes. All of them they add up to an amount of € 1000.
- Another important expense is that if parents are working they need to take care of their children. Consumption in a public nursery is around € 174 al month y that of a private one up to about € 400, Therefore, per year it becomes the sum of € 1400 and € 3200, discounting the 4 months of leave.