My Formula feeding costs for ONE whole year!

This is NOT a negative formula feeding vs. breast feeding post. Please don't use it as such!  

I had the idea when I first started buying formula that I was going to keep track of what I bought and add it up in the end to see how expensive it was for me to buy formula for one year. So what I did was keep each scoop when I bought a can.


First off, Kacey was breast fed and formula fed for the first 10-12 weeks. After that she was soley formula fed. We bought Similac Advance with Omega 3&6. The value size. It ranged anywhere from $29.99 on sale to $37.99 on a bad day where it was harder to find (and sometimes it was)

This is what my counter looked like when we found it on sale for $29.99!


These are the scoops!!! All 38 of them!



In addition to the value size cans, we also bought two boxes of ready made formula at $34.99 a box. Plus tax of course!

For fun - Kacey with her formula around 6 months old!




Ok.... SO!

38 cans at $29.99 + 2 boxes at $34.99 + tax = $1378.94
38 cans at $37.99 + 2 boxes at $34.99 + tax = $1725.50

I would have paid anywhere between $1378.94 and $1725.50 for ONE YEAR of formula. Damn right I would have rathered breast feed but it wasn't physically feesable. It's very expensive to formula feed!

And, again for fun! My now ONE year old Kacey!

I can only imagine what I spend too! My son will be a year old in less than a month! Milk is way cheaper!

Whoa... thank God for WIC  

wow!! you always hear stats on how much it costs to FF but I think it was cool to actually figure how for yourself how much you spent!! smart thinking    

Quoting Booperelli:“ Whoa... thank God for WIC  ”

I have no idea if we have something like WIC in Canada either.

Quoting Booperelli:“ Whoa... thank God for WIC  ”

hahaha im so jealous of people who get WIC!

ive spend a ridiuclous ammount of formula too.. my 16 month old will only drink enfamil next step. damnit!

I breastfed until after Demetris six month growth spurt. I thought growth spurts were hard on my boobs, he's going through his nine month now and my wallet is hurtin!!!! I'm lucky too, Demetri takes the target brand
lactose sensitive formula, I dunno how it would feel if he needed an expensive one!

Quoting shes*almost*one!:“ hahaha im so jealous of people who get WIC! ive spend a ridiuclous ammount of formula too.. my 16 month old will only drink enfamil next step. damnit!”

For a few days Kacey was refusing the homogenized milk, so I thought I was going to have to buy the Similac step 2 formula as well but then she got used to it. That would definately be hard!

Quoting Breanna(Demetri's Mommy):“ I breastfed until after Demetris six month growth spurt. I thought growth spurts were hard on my boobs, ... [snip!] ... lucky too, Demetri takes the target brand lactose sensitive formula, I dunno how it would feel if he needed an expensive one!”

I've seen a lot of formulas that were less expensive than the Similac Advance with Omega 3&6, but it was what she was started on at the hospital and she was doing well - so I thought I better not switch her.

That's awesome that you got your son taking the store brand  

Quoting Kass.:“ I've seen a lot of formulas that were less expensive than the Similac Advance with Omega 3&6, ... [snip!] ... she was doing well - so I thought I better not switch her. That's awesome that you got your son taking the store brand  ”

Yeah we tried him on the Costco brand too, but he needs lactose sensitive. It made him spit up and have gas all over again. When I was soley bfing I couldn't eat too many things with lactose in them. Suckyyy.

I dont even get wic, its like 20$ every 3 days.

its crazy, but we manage. Ive only got a few more months to go though and my daughter will be on regular milk...thank god