Isabelle Sofia Handal Qubain's Birth

Today is one of those days in our lives. Today, I found out I was pregnant. I’m still not sure what the baby will be, but my husband, Eddy and I hope it will be a beautiful girl. Two weeks later of me finding out I was pregnant, we decided to go to the doctor to check on our baby. We found out that the baby had developed into an embryo. About a month later, we went back to the doctor to check on our baby. We could finally see him and see how good he was developing. We could hear his heart beating; it was so beautiful.

A month later, we went back to the doctor to see our baby, it was already a fetus. When in the fetus stage, the baby could already hear me talking and could hear when his father sang to him. I could also feel when he kicked my stomach. I spent long nights awake. I would be very hungry and would want to eat all day. I was anxious to eat chocolate, but I wouldn’t make my baby get sick. It was finally my babies birth, 9 months later, I went to the doctor because my water broke. I felt weird because the doctor was seeing through my vagina and started screaming. Finally a beautiful nice girl was born.

We decided to name her Isabelle Sofia Handal Qubain. She weighed 8 lbs and her height was of 20 inches. She looked beautiful. The days passed and the baby started to develop her rooting reflexes. Every time I touched her cheek, she would immediately look for my nipple and eat. She would also recognize my voice every time I talked to her and stare at faces and sometimes even laugh at them. Isabelle Sofia is so beautiful.

My husband Eddy and I decided that it was a good idea to look how much raising a child is. So we entered to www.babycenter.com becuase we knew they could give us an estimate of money that we would spend. The total money we would spend (private school and private college) is about $387,520. Hope our income increases throughout the years!

After finding the total cost of raising a child we decided to look up for the supplies that our little Isabelle Sofia would use which were:

ongoing costs

1. daycare: about $768 per month

2. diapers: about $72 per month

3. food+formula: about $105 per month

4. medicine: about $23 per month

5. toiletries: about $21 per month

6. toys/books/media: about $35 per month

7. wipes: about $20 per month

total for ongoing costs: $1,044 per month

one-time costs

highchair,utensils,plates and bowls,cup and sippy bowls, burp cloths, bottle brush,bibs, milk storage bags, breasts pads,nursing pillow,changing table, basic bedding and blankets, mobile, crib mattress, baby monitor, bottles and nipples, baby washcloths, baby towel with hood, infant bathtub, infant car seat, basic stroller, play yard, front carrier, diaper bag, bouncer/bouncy seat, playmat/gym, crib, baby nail clippers, and childproofing supplies.