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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.
The cost of bringing up a child has risen to more than Â£200,000 for the first time, according to a survey released today. Figures show the average parent is likely to have forked out more than Â£201,000 per child by the time their offspring has reached the age of 21.