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Budget and prices

What the total comes to once everything is counted.

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Side view of a grey and black child car seat with recline base and fitting labels — Seen side-on, the shell shows the recline base and the diagrams explaining how to belt it in.Photo: Niklitov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Four worn high-backed booster seats in blue and purple lined up on a grass verge

Budget and prices

What baby gear costs per year, once you divide by months in use

What baby gear costs per year: travel system, buggy, infant car seat and cot spread over the months each is used, plus the 5% VAT rate on children's car seats.

Updated 3/11/2026 · 9 min

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