New Baby Budget Planner
What a baby costs before the birth and in the first year, month by month – and what to save until the due date.
New baby household budget by Envelo CribCount: what the baby costs before the birth and in the first year, month by month, and what to save each month until the due date.
A crib, a stroller and a car seat before the birth, then diapers, formula, doctor visits and maybe childcare – while gifts and child benefit help a little and your normal budget covers part of it. CribCount puts it all on one plan and turns it into one number: what to set aside each month before the baby comes.
Try it here
A live demo with a made-up example. Nothing you type here is saved or sent anywhere.
What it does
What you can do
- Add the due date, the month you start saving, what you have saved and what your budget can give each month after the birth
- Add each cost: before the birth, once in a month of the first year, or every month from one month to another
- Add the help the same way: gifts, a baby shower, child benefit, help from family
- See the baby fund you need by the birth and what to save each month until then
- The first year month by month: costs, help, what the fund pays and what is left in it, with a chart
- The biggest month, a month on average, and how much a month is still short after month 12
- Print or save as PDF, CSV in and out, backup and restore
Example inside
A made-up couple expecting their first baby in June, saving from January. 1,360 of things before the birth, diapers, doctor visits and formula every month, childcare from month 7 – against 500 of baby shower gifts, a gift from the grandparents, child benefit and 350 a month from their budget. The baby fund is 4,340: 628 a month for 5 months. Month 11 is the biggest, and after month 12 the baby still costs 705 a month more than their budget and help.
How it works
- Download the ZIP and START-HERE.pdf from Etsy after checkout.
- Unzip and open Envelo-CribCount.html in your web browser. Look at the filled example, then press My numbers.
- Add the due date, your costs and the help you get. Everything updates as you type and saves in your browser.
What you receive
- START-HERE.pdf (0.12 MB)
- Envelo-CribCount-v1.0.zip (1.69 MB)
Inside the ZIP:
- Envelo-CribCount.html: the app, opens in your browser by double click and works offline, 11 languages
- Envelo-CribCount.xlsx: spreadsheet edition with a 10-language switch – up to 40 costs, 20 rows of help and your 12 months
- Envelo-CribCount-Arabic.xlsx: the same spreadsheet in Arabic, right to left
- examples/: the filled example as a backup file and the example lists as CSV
- START-HERE/: the guide in 11 languages
- LICENSES.txt and WHAT_YOU_GET.txt
Good to know
- This is a digital download. Nothing is shipped.
- No subscription and no account. The app runs on your device and uploads nothing.
- CribCount works with the numbers you enter. Baby costs differ a lot – use your own prices. It does not pay anything or connect to a bank. It is a planning tool, not financial advice.
- Your numbers do not sync between devices; move them with the backup file.
- For your own use. Please don't resell or share the files.
- The app, its logo, the texts and the translations were made as code with the help of an AI coding assistant. No AI image generators were used.
A closer look
Buy it on Etsy and download the files straight away.