# Baby Cost Calculator | Clever Mum

> Estimate your realistic first-year baby budget — pick your buying style, pushchair tier, feeding plan and nappy type for an itemised UK estimate.

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# Baby Cost Calculator

    
 
Quick answer — How does the baby cost calculator work? 

 
Answer four quick questions — how you’ll buy the big items, your pushchair budget, feeding plan and nappy type — and get a realistic first-year cost range built from our published UK price research. Estimates exclude childcare, which varies too much by region to average honestly.

       How will you buy the big items?Mostly newA mixMostly second-hand
Car seat and cot mattress are always costed new — never buy those second-hand.

Pushchair budgetBudget (£250–£350)Mid-range (£500–£750)Premium (£900+)Feeding planBreastfeedingCombinationFormulaNappiesDisposablesReusables
Estimated first-year cost

£1,663–£3,715

One-off purchases£779–£2,311Recurring (nappies, feeding, toiletries)£17–£27/week
Editorial estimates from our cost guide, not live prices — and childcare is deliberately excluded (it varies too much by region and hours to average honestly; check the gov.uk childcare calculator for your entitlement). See [the full cost breakdown](/baby/how-much-does-a-baby-cost-uk/) and [our money-savers](/deals/) to bring the number down.