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The cost of baby's first year = Â£1,000. Surveys suggest you'll spend over Â£9,000 on a child's first 12 months. Nonsense, says Hilary Osborne, you can do it for much less. Baby Wyn â the cost was in 'hundreds rather than thousands' says his mum.
(Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.). Raising a child born today in the United States to the age of 18 will cost a family $245,340, the U.S. government said in an annual report today.The U.S. Agriculture Department issued an annual report on Monday showing the cost a family incurs in raising a child increased by 1.8 per cent in 2013, compared with 2012.he cost of raising a child has risen to an average of more than $245,000, U.S. government estimates show. (James S. Wood/Arizona Star Daily/Associated Press).