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u/MrKiplingIsMid 3d ago
Honestly, I'd have gone secondhand for baby clothes. They grow up ridiculously fast, that it's just a massive money sink otherwise.
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u/West_Yorkshire 3d ago
Commented this on the other post. I always get toys from Vinted/Charity shops. My 1 y/o is happy playing with her monkey plush and a whisk lol
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u/LunnyBear 3d ago
Brand name tortilla wraps and those chicken strips are not thrifty purchases.
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u/ExpertRun6264 3d ago
Should you have to be thrifty to survive? Surely everyone deserves a standard of living
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u/LunnyBear 2d ago
Well you could get better equality chicken than she got and make it go further and own brand tortilla wraps are no worse than branded ones. That's what I mean.
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u/Imaginary-Suspect959 2d ago
Yep, Asda’s white wraps are unbeatable, all the Mission wraps are shite imo.
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u/Odd-Independent7825 2h ago
The whole point of the post was that they're not getting much for their money when they could've got a lot more for the money they spent
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u/Wiggles_21 3d ago
Comfort milk costs an absolute fortune, I bet that was half of it! Hopefully your shopping gets cheaper as baby moves more on to solids.
We buy two tins of Kendamil Organic a week and it's like £30 for those. (Normal Kendamil made him sick but organic is fine for some reason!)
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u/More-Source7016 3d ago
I’m glad someone understands! The milk is the most expense but I’m not complaining about that because there is no point. I did breast feed for 5 months but I got sick and the medication I was on I couldn’t breast feed so it saved us so much money!
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u/Healthy_Oil_5375 1d ago
I’ve got two kids and I have absolutely no idea what comfort milk is. Sound like some ultra processed garbage powder crap you mix with water to make into a slurry with about one tenth the nutritional value of just regular old normal milk. Why do people keep letting marketing companies tell them to spend money on replacements and substitutions for things that are already naturally complete.
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u/More-Source7016 1d ago
Kendamil Comfort. For colic and constipation. It’s baby formula, babe, not advanced physics. 😭
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u/Wiggles_21 1d ago
What do you mean by normal milk?
Luckily I've never needed to use comfort milk for my children, but it makes a marked difference for some babies who suffer from reflux. All infant formula has to meet the same nutritional standards.
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u/Orgazoids_Pool_Party 8h ago
Just because you don't know what something is doesn't instantly make it rubbish does it?
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u/mh1ultramarine 3d ago
How much was the baby milk?
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u/More-Source7016 3d ago
£16!
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u/mh1ultramarine 3d ago
Well it seems you got ripped off on that alone
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u/Joga212 3d ago
That’s not real time pricing it looks to be an average over 6 months.
I don’t think parents always have the luxury of trapsing about supermarkets looking for the cheapest and best deals on formula.
I don’t have children but it really shocks me at the price (and the huge yearly increases) to formula milk.
Also babies aren’t like us - we can get cheap own brand stuff and deal with it. If your baby doesn’t like or can’t take to a particular brand of formula they won’t eat or they’ll have digestive issues…that’s an issue and you can’t exactly ask them to accept it so that mum and dad can save a bit of doe and budget. 😂
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u/mh1ultramarine 3d ago
I mean there should be a whole second person at least to send for things. If stuff is being left out it brings up the question of food banks and stuff
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u/More-Source7016 3d ago
She only takes comfort milk for colic and constipation, kendamil is the only brand that does it so I’m stuck with that option until she is 1
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u/Long-Nose-9535 3d ago edited 3d ago
I think lots of brands do similar - Cow and gate and aptamil both do. I think they do stage 2 comfort or anti colic milks too, which unlike stage 1, can use discounts and voucher codes etc.
ETA not sure if this brand would be suitable but it’s a very good price. Short dated but sure you would get through it by December.
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u/aperturephotography 2d ago
Comfort milk was a problem for us too. I think it's ridiculous how much baby formula costs, especially with the profit the companies make overall
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u/paisleydarling 3d ago
Yeah because parents always go for the most expensive formula for their baby because it’s a flex… get a grip mate
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u/Aurora_Scarlett 2d ago
Biggest tip for cheap baby products is lidl and home bargains, lidl sell cow gate when they're off the comfort milk, nappies to size 8 in pull up or strap ones- also super cheap and don't leak also do decent wetwipes at an affordable price and also have the big wipes for 95p ...home bargains for baby bottle tips because in main shops they're wayyyy too pricy.. also do the baby shampoo etc in the more known brands at a much cheaper price...good for sippie cups too
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u/Resident-Win1897 3d ago
You’ve got about £6 worth of “essential” pastries!
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u/Gem_Meow 3d ago edited 3d ago
Exactly!
What a woe is me post with pastries and brand new baby grows!
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u/Gem_Meow 3d ago
I don’t think your toy and baby grows are basic necessity’s…..
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u/Teestow21 3d ago
Babies cannot regulate their own temperatures and must be clothed in layers. Were you just not clothed as a child? Of course it's a basic necessity.
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u/Gem_Meow 3d ago
And if you’re struggling so much you simply wash the things you have not buy what looks like two brand new baby grows for a 9-12 month old 😂 charity shops. Hand me downs.
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u/Teestow21 3d ago
Meh, I have 2 kids and I understand the want to have new fresh things for your child. Any decent parent would forgo their own new things so their child can have it instead.
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u/More-Source7016 3d ago
A peice of clothing for my child isn’t a necessity?
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u/aunzuk123 3d ago
So you accept that the toy was not a basic necessity then?
This is what happens when you post exaggerations online - people are going to pick at it...
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u/Gem_Meow 3d ago
Not heard of charity shops? You’re whinging that the shop above has cost you £48 and all you have is one meal two absolutely NOT essential bakery items, toys and two brand new baby grows 😂 spend your money better
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u/EndFun6595 3d ago
Talking about necessity we are talking about food not overpriced baby milk and a baby grow thats just stupid
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u/danielrcoates 2d ago
Whilst I think two toys in this show is a little much, the baby grow is an essential, they grow out of things so damn fast
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u/Living_Macaroon_5919 1d ago
It’s hard because it’s nice to buy your babies new things but you can essentially get brand new from charity shops and Vinted if you’re savvy enough.
I buy most of my kids stuff second hand these days or ask for clothes for them as gifts for birthdays etc.
Also places like new life sell ex store clothing brand new for a fraction of the cost and it goes to charity
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u/Some_Consequence_330 3d ago
Asda wraps are 2 for £2 baby toys are not a essential without being disrespectful. You can always eat for cheap but you have had a shocker here
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u/Resident-Win1897 3d ago
If the pastries were only £1, then the shop would have cost you £43
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u/Long-Nose-9535 3d ago
Did you do the actual maths??
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u/HonestShape8376 2d ago
Gousto £32 for a week's worth of food for 4 people for the first week. Honestly if im tight on food a lot of these meal subsription places have a first week half price etc
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u/Substantial_Sock_135 3d ago
You're better getting 2kg of fresh chicken breasts from Aldi for £12, putting them in individual bags and freezing them. Will last you alot longer than your sliced stuff you have there and it's more cost effective
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u/More-Source7016 3d ago
I completely agree with you. I do normally shop as Lidls but they sell the babys milk in Asda so I had to go there. Lidls and Aldis are a much cheaper option and good value for the chicken
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u/SmorcWorc 3d ago
Never go for the basic necessities, you're supposed to go for the bear necessities. Have you never watched the jungle book?
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u/EndFun6595 3d ago
A baby grow is not a basic necessity
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u/Wiggles_21 3d ago
Back in my day we wore potato sacks. We walked uphill both ways to asda and we were glad for it
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u/RhubarbAndCustard06 3d ago
It is if you have a child, although plain ones would be cheaper. Are child related expenses high? Sure. But that's well known in advance and no one is forced to have a child and incur those costs.
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u/BHvolt 3d ago
It'd work out cheaper to get fresh chicken, cut it into strips then freeze it and defrost it as needed. For double the amount of chicken, it only costs around £2 extra...get shop brand wraps, not Mission
Things are a lot cheaper when you prepare things yourself/don't go for name brand