Babies
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- exador10
arthur's got it right..
if you like going to movies, go often now...because unless you've got a nanny or live with your folks, it's pretty rare to be able to get out in the evenings...
ditto for dinners out, dancing whatever....as for purchases for the baby, with any luck you'll be getting just about everything you need from the babyshowers...i dont' think we had to buy a damn thing for almost a year when our daughter was born...
also, if you have friends or relatives that have had kids recently, you can get in on the whole hand-me-down thing...saves a ton of cash...
if you live near either of your folks (and this one is a biggee) start thinking of the 'friday night' or sunday dinner thing...
example.
my wife and i bring the kids over to her folks and have a nice dinner there every friday..it's like a end of the week ritual...
what it does is basically allow us to unwind a bit..the grandparents get to play with the kids and my wife and i can chill out a bit and let them run around...plus it's nice not to have to cook dinner that night...this only really works if you get along well with the inlaws (and luckily mine are awesome...
also, start saving, and looking into education funds etc...university/college is going to be mighty expensive when they grow up...so start putting something aside for em now...
:)if your wife plans on returning to work after Mat leave...start looking into daycare/nanny's or whether you folks can watch the child during the day....
daycare/childcare is ridiculously expensive...so if you can possibly swing it, get the grandparents in on that action....