2023-10-24 11:33:08
From toys to clothes, including reusable diapers: a British mother claimed to have saved the equivalent of more than $43,500 by buying everything second hand for her babies.
“Some people might say it’s unhygienic, but […] Much of what people get rid of is basically brand new. Babies grow so quickly that they only wear outfits a few times. It’s good for the environment and the bank account,” mother of three Helen Llyford-Smith told the “Manchester Evening News” on Monday.
Since becoming pregnant with her first child in August 2021, the 33-year-old from Devon, in the south of the United Kingdom, says she has bought almost everything second hand on sites like Vinted or Marketplace, to furnish and dress her boy, then her twins.
“I read somewhere that the average price of clothes and furniture for a newborn is around £10,000 [l’équivalent de plus de 16 700 $], which is crazy. I scoured Facebook Marketplace and garage sales to find everything for the children,” she told the local media.
In total, she estimates that she has only spent 4,000 pounds sterling, which equates to nearly $6,700, over the years on supplies for her children, buying back furniture as well as clothes and even reusable cloth diapers. other children.
“With the cost of living being what it is, I want to maximize every [dollar]“, she added to the British media. Having three kids – especially twins – isn’t cheap with all the outfits, toys and furniture, but it’s definitely doable.”
For the woman, the only exceptions are mattresses and children’s car seats, which she and her partner Richard Smith, 45, prefer to buy new, she told the “Manchester Evening News”.
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