Our son was born a week ago. It’s brilliant, everything is fine, but there are new pressures now. Before his birth, we received a one-off payment of £300 which was amazing. We bought baby clothes, nappies, baby wash, equipment. Now it’s all spent, and we are living on our weekly allowance of £41 with an extra £5 for our son. It’s not enough.
A pack of 24 nappies is gone in five days! Formula milk is so expensive I could hardly believe it. My wife is breastfeeding but our son is tiny – 2.5kg – and needs to grow so he is bottle-fed too. My wife needs enough to eat to stay nourished. I’d like to buy a softer mattress for my baby’s cot. He’ll need new clothes as he gets bigger. Then there is all the travel back and forth to hospital.
