Free to use, free to pass on
If you work with expectant and new parents — a family hub, a baby bank, a children’s centre, a midwifery team, an antenatal group or a money advice service — everything on this site is free for you to use with families and free to link to or hand out. This page is the short version of what it does and what it costs them.
- Does it cost families anything?
- No. The calculator, the full cost breakdown, the month-by-month shopping timeline and the printable checklist are all free and none of them need an account or an email address. There is a paid tier for people who want to save and track a plan across the year — but nothing a family needs to work out what a baby will cost is behind it.
- Is there anything that could mislead someone?
- No adverts, no sponsored placements, and no product is ever described as safe or recommended — the site is explicit that it does not test or endorse anything and points to the government's recall list instead. Prices are planning estimates from published UK sources, dated, with the workings shown. If a link ever earns a commission it carries an “Ad” label before you click it, and it never changes which shops are suggested.
- Who is behind it?
- Built and run by Shezy, one person in England, not a retailer and not owned by one. There is a real email address at the bottom of every page and a reply comes from a person.
What families can use, today
- The cost calculatorPut in a due date and how you shop, and it prices the whole first year — one-off buys and monthly costs — and spreads them across the months each thing is actually needed. Includes secondhand pricing throughout, and a line for what is being given rather than bought.
- Printable newborn checklistA one-sheet handout, ordered by when things are needed rather than alphabetically, with the two buy-new safety exceptions on the paper. Free to photocopy, put on a noticeboard, or save as a PDF and email out.
- What a baby actually costs in the UKThe real range, line by line, with the workings — for anyone who wants the figures rather than a tool.
- When to buy whatThe timing guide. Most of the money lands before the birth, which is the thing that makes it hard, and spreading it deliberately is the single biggest lever most families have.
Why it may be useful for the families you see
Three things it does that general baby checklists tend not to, and which matter most to people with the least room to get it wrong:
- It tells people what to skip. Most lists are written by somebody who sells the things on them, so nothing is ever optional. This one marks what can wait until the baby arrives, which is usually where the avoidable spending is.
- It prices secondhand properly, as a whole mode rather than a footnote — while holding the line that cot mattresses and car seats should be new, with the reason given each time.
- It shows when the money lands, not just how much. A total is frightening; four months with a figure against each is something a person can plan around, and it tells them what to put aside each month to get there.
If you would like to link to it
Please do — no permission needed and nothing to sign. Here is a block you can paste into a resources page as it stands:
My Nurevia — baby cost calculator and newborn checklist
A free tool that works out what a baby's first year will cost in UK prices, shows when each thing is actually needed, and includes a printable newborn checklist. No account needed and no charge to families.
https://www.mynurevia.com
If a printed handout is more use than a link, the checklist page is designed to print cleanly on A4 and is free to photocopy.
Tell me what would make it more useful
This is the part I would genuinely like to hear about. If there is a gap — something the families you work with keep asking that the site does not answer, a figure that does not match what you see locally, or a handout that would be more use than the one that exists — please say so.
My Nurevia gives general cost estimates for planning only. It is not benefits advice, financial advice, or a safety assessment of any product, and it should not be given to a family as a substitute for any of those. More about why it was built.