Baby Budget Planner — Prep Costs, Monthly Expenses & Gift Tracker for Google Sheets & Excel

A fully automated Baby Budget Planner that keeps your one-time prep costs and ongoing monthly baby expenses in one file for Google Sheets and Excel. Log what you need, what you've bought, and what's been gifted — the dashboard calculates your total spent, remaining, and gift value automatically, no formulas to build and no spreadsheet experience required.

✨ Why You'll Love It

• ✔ Baby Prep list tracks every item as Need, Purchased, or Gifted — gifted items don't count against your budget
• ✔ See the total value of gifts you've received, calculated automatically
• ✔ Monthly Costs tracks ongoing expenses like diapers, feeding, and childcare by category
• ✔ Dashboard combines your prep spending and monthly costs into one clear picture
• ✔ Beginner friendly — no spreadsheet experience required
• ✔ Works perfectly in both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel

📦 What's Included

• ✔ Light Edition — Excel (.xlsx) + Google Sheets copy link
• ✔ Dark Edition — Excel (.xlsx) + Google Sheets copy link
• ✔ Quick Start Guide (PDF)

🎯 Perfect For

• ✔ Expecting parents putting together a nursery and gear budget for the first time
• ✔ Parents with a baby registry who want gifted items excluded from what they've actually spent
• ✔ Anyone who wants one-time prep costs kept separate from the ongoing monthly baby budget

💬 Frequently Asked Questions