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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.
June 02, 1996 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports. U.S. families will spend a hefty average of $145,320 to feed, clothe, house and school a child born in 1995 to age 18, a federal report estimated. The figure was up 6.6% from the previous year. The annual cost of raising a child ranged from $7,610 to $8,710.Child-rearing expenditures were estimated to be highest in the urban West, an average $157,020, followed by $151,470 in the urban Northeast. The urban Midwest was the lowest at $136,830.A family in the urban South would spend $148,260.he annual cost of raising a child ranged from $7,610 to $8,710. Child-rearing expenditures were estimated to be highest in the urban West, an average $157,020, followed by $151,470 in the urban Northeast. The urban Midwest was the lowest at $136,830. A family in the urban South would spend $148,260.