Baby Budget Planner Spreadsheet, Maternity Leave Budget and New Parent Cost Planner, Baby Gear Checklist, Google Sheets & Excel

Baby budget planner spreadsheet for expecting parents: a baby gear list with budgets, the monthly costs of the first year, and a maternity and parental leave planner that shows the income gap month by month and whether your savings cover it.

WHAT'S INSIDE
- Start Here: three steps, one color rule (yellow cells are where you type) and quick answers
- Setup: currency, due date, both first names and editable gear categories
- Baby Gear: 150 rows with 43 common items to start (nursery, feeding, travel, clothing, bath, nappy changing, health, hospital bag, play); priority, budget, actual cost, source (new, second-hand, gift, borrowed) and bought, with left or over per item
- Category summary: items, bought, budget, spent, left and must-haves still to buy
- Monthly Costs: up to 20 running costs with a monthly budget and what you spent in months 1 to 12, averages and left or over per month
- Leave Planner: both parents' take-home pay for 18 months from the birth month, up to 3 leave phases each (months and monthly pay), household outgoings, the gap each month, savings left, savings needed and a one-line verdict
- Dashboard: gear budget and spent, items bought, must-haves to buy, monthly baby costs, savings needed for the leave and 2 charts

HOW IT WORKS
1. Set up: due date, both names and your currency.
2. Plan the costs: budget the gear list and the monthly costs.
3. Plan the leave: type the leave pay you expect and see the gap.

GOOD TO KNOW
- No country's leave rules are built in: you type the amounts from your employer or your scheme, so it works anywhere.
- One parent? Leave the second parent's pay empty.
- Every formula was tested in LibreOffice with a filled example and uses only functions Excel and Google Sheets share. No macros.

FILE FORMAT
You receive one ZIP file containing:
- Baby_Budget_Planner.xlsx (blank, with the starter gear list)
- Baby_Budget_Planner_Example.xlsx (filled in for an invented family)
- Quick_Start_Guide.pdf (4 pages)
- Google_Sheets_Links.pdf (click to make your own copy in Google Sheets)
Works in Excel 2010 or later, Excel for Mac, Google Sheets and LibreOffice. Any currency. Apple Numbers can open the file but is not supported.

Digital download, nothing is shipped.

Because this is a digital file, returns and exchanges aren't accepted. If something isn't working, message me and I'll help put it right.

Not financial, legal or benefits advice. The workbook helps you plan your own budget.

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