It's said having a baby is immeasurable in terms of how the amount of joy and happiness they bring.
The same could be said for how much it will cost to rear your little bundle of joy to adulthood.
In 2000 the cost of rearing a child from 0 to 18 was $165,630, according to earlychildhoodeducation.com.
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In 2010, it jumped to $226,920.
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