When it comes to cuts/wounds, we use lavender oil as well. Having children means someone is always getting a cut or a scrape. If it is not my children, it is a friend of theirs. Lavender helps heal a wound due to its antibacterial cleansing properties.
The average U.S. price of a gallon of whole, fortified fresh milk was $3.65 as of July, an increase of 5.7 percent over the same period last year, the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. Tim Boyle/Getty Images.
If we do the math, then, an average baby eats 9,125 ounces of milk/formula during their first year of life. To determine the cost of formula, I again turned to statistics provided by Kelly, who said the average cost of an ounce of formula in November 2005 varied from a low of $0.07/ounce to a high of $0.31/ounce.reastfeeding requires 400 to 500 extra calories for the mother per day. This is around one extra meal per day, or 33% extra food per month of breastfeeding. This is still probably less expensive then formula, but it is not as much of a windfall as you thought.