Correct me if I ' m wrong , I haven ' t read the books in a long time but the patronuses don ' t actually take on the powers of their shape , do they ? So albeit even if they could summon a dementor it wouldn ' t have the ability to ' act ' like one . <| sep |> Gosh it ' s been awhile too for my girls . I am a stockpiler . I would buy diapers when they were on sale or when gift cards came with them . I think that we went through roughly 2 of the big boxes of pampers a month . So that was like $ 35 a box . I nursed for 8 months but did switch to formula . When we did the formula I think we went though 3 boxes every 2 weeks . We used target brand and the largest box again stocking up when there was sales at $ 24 . The big multi pack of wipes lasted maybe 2 months at $ 10 . We also made our own baby food . So easy just steamblend put into ice cube trays and store in zip lock when needed warm in the microwave . I think like a pound of carrots was $ 0 . 88 and I could get at least one tray made . So 12 feedings vs 1 for the same price . Since your freezing you can also stock up when on sale . I ' m not against 2 nd hand stores so I would and still do buy at them . I watch for the extra off deals and then go . So worth it , my kids 4 under 4 are tough on jeans and I ' m not going to spend a ton on cloths to just have them get torn up or micro manage how the kids play to keep their cloth nice . You can look into the twin groups in your area and sometimes they sell for cheep or swap things . Kids are as expensive as you want them to be . My husband and I are in the mindset of they don ' t need the latest everything toys , games , ect and we don ' t go crazy with Christmas shopping this year was a bad year for our family so we are spoiling them . I try and buy gift through the year when on sale and hide them December babies . It will really come down to how frugal you want to be . And just when you have a budget figured out your husband will burn down your kitchen and your back to figuring life out again .