Breast size has NO impact on breastfeeding capability. Only about 3-5% of women truly are incapable of breastfeeding or the human race would have died out millenia ago Oddly enough that's about the same percentage who truly need caesareans. Nature is smart!
The cost of a child depends on how you parent. If you want to do the whole nursery experience, pram, cot, bassinette, changetable, bouncy chair thingys, that kind of thing it will cost you significantly more. Parenting is about how much love and security you provide however not those expensive consumer items which don't actually parent your child.
The needs of newborns are very simple - arms, boobs, something to wear, nappies. My son has slept in my bed from the day he was born because cosleeping is better for babies than making them sleep separately. It's also cheaper and means I've never been really sleep deprived or had any trouble breastfeeding. We bought a secondhand cot when he was 6 months old and it is pushed up against my bed with the side off so it gives us extra room. He was in a sling (cost me $40) for most of his first 6 months and we bought a pram from a seconds shop which had some marks on the box so they'd reduced it by $400! Amazing! He was solely bf and I had a pump which I used to siphon off a little when my milk came in to be more comfy. We had a few bottles but he never liked them so I've thrown them out and won't buy them ever again. He is still bf at nearly 2 1/2 incidentally and I'm pregnant with #2. I've bought secondhand nappies and was given a heap of terry flats. The nappies I've bought will be used by our next child, as will the clothes our son has worn. So with cloth you're saving a lot of money!
A car seat is really important and if you don't spend money on unnecessary stuff like bassinettes, cots, bottles, monitors etc you've plenty for something so vital!
You can spend as much or as little as you like on a baby but really, they barely actually truly need anything but boobs, arms, nappies and clothes. Simple!
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