I have found this infographic that answers in a very graphic way to a question that all parents who expect a baby should ask themselves: Do we really need so many things for the baby? The answer, of course, is no.
When a baby comes to the family, the expense is huge, they say, but it's not as much as they paint it. It is true that there are more expenses, it is natural, but many times you buy absolutely expendable gadgets that only serve to make us spend money and time in the previous search on whether you should buy this or that model.
The point is that we have to learn to simplify our lives and resort to simpler solutions. The infographic, although in English, is perfectly understandable. Show a column to the left with the "old needs" versus what you consider "new basics."
If instead of cradle, sleep in your bed, instead of formula milk, drink breast milk, if instead of a hammock and cart you carry it in your arms or in a baby carrier (eye, I also think that the cart is an article essential), if instead of potitos, you give homemade food, if instead of disposable diapers, you use reusable diapers (I have never used them, but they say it is only a matter of habit), and instead of bathing you use your own bathtub, The savings could be very considerable.
I do not say everything, but if they stopped buying items that really are not essential, the arrival of the baby would not be so unbalanced, economically speaking, of course. Really, the baby doesn't need so many things. The only thing he needs impepibly (as I like this word) and it costs no money, are his mother's arms.
