2012-11-15, 02:26 AM
Doctor visits vary a lot. My babies were hardly ever sick, but my nephew would catch every bug "going around" and some that weren't.
If you have free healthcare it's not that much of a financial burden, but of course taking time off from work is not always easy. Also, sitting in the doctor's office surrounded by sick babies is not very healthy. Better to call first.
As for other things... you can probably look up "cost of raising a child" on the 'net, and get lots of different results. I mean, right off the bat, you can have the baby sleeping in an Ikea crib in your room, or you can have his room custom-furnished by a master carpenter, or anything in between. At the other end of childhood, you can let him pay his own college tuition, or you can pay for him to go to the most prestigious university that will take him. And so goes everything in between. Food, clothes, toys, school and extracurricular activities, everything has a whole range of options.
Sorry I can't really help with this one.
If you have free healthcare it's not that much of a financial burden, but of course taking time off from work is not always easy. Also, sitting in the doctor's office surrounded by sick babies is not very healthy. Better to call first.
As for other things... you can probably look up "cost of raising a child" on the 'net, and get lots of different results. I mean, right off the bat, you can have the baby sleeping in an Ikea crib in your room, or you can have his room custom-furnished by a master carpenter, or anything in between. At the other end of childhood, you can let him pay his own college tuition, or you can pay for him to go to the most prestigious university that will take him. And so goes everything in between. Food, clothes, toys, school and extracurricular activities, everything has a whole range of options.
Sorry I can't really help with this one.