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did you save up before having kids?
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My husband was also worried that we may not be able to afford another child but that is not what having children is about. We put style on the back burner and found that there are cheap alternatives to almost everything, the only thing we did not consider the cheap option on was the car seat. The supermarkets these days do some wonderful baby clothes. I think there is alot of pressure on young mums these days to have all the right gear, it is a bit like people who wait to get married because they cannot afford the big fancy wedding. I had friend once who did not have money for a big wedding so as gifts they asked friends and family to bring food/drink for the wedding reception. It was a wonderful day where everyone really felt part of the couples wedding. I think of that everytime i am asked not to bring gifts to weddings but just to give money.
Reality check people, do we really think those in the world who cannot afford fancy weddings love each other any less. Those who bring children into the world with nothing but love to give them are richer than you and I who are bogged down with money worries.
As a final note, as we bemoane the cost of children remember those who would give the earth to have a child of there own, but there are somethings money cannot buy.0 -
When you get used to living on less this will prepare you for a single income and could mean that you can afford to not go back to work. Cost of a child can be very low if you use fully the MSE advice and your social network to offer you free stuff. I wished I asked around at work for hand-me-downs. Now that I have a child I can see just how eager others would have been to hand over stuff (gathering dust in their loft) that they no longer needed to a good home.“…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson
“The best things in life is not things"0 -
What companies are they that do this?le1 wrote:6) if you're not pg yet, take out one of those hospital plans that cost about £2 a week - apart from being really good value, they pay out £500 per child when born (I didn't do this, kicking myself now).0
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