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• Start a 529 plan the week they are born. Have grandparents contribute to that instead of buying crap they may or may not use.
• Join parenting boards on Facebook and there you will find a wealth of hand-me-downs. Kids grown out of clothes so fast, it's silly to buy them yourself.
• Take one month off together, then stagger parental leave from parent to parent to maximize time off to care for baby before nanny or daycare
• Get a travel stroller vs full-size. They are much easier to pack, carry and can be opened with one hand (crucial!)
• Mrs. Rachel will be your friend in 8 months. Trust me.
• Take lots of pictures and video. Every phase is so short and before you know it, it's gone!
- 15 yrs in the dad biz. This is really good advice.jbasnight
- Been looking into strollers for a while, there're so many out there it's ridiculous.pseud
- HUGE thumbs up for the 'travel' stroller vs the full-sized SUV style strollers... the light travel strollers are AMAZING...exador1
- plus, the first time you try and take one of those full sized beasts to the mall, you'll have that epiphany 'ugh... this was a bad idea' lol...exador1
- we got the light weight travel one for our second child, and realized what a game changer it was... wish I'd known that the 1st time aroundexador1
- in Canada, instead of 529 plan, we have RESP (education plan savings etc) that shit is amazing.exador1
- started that when they were born... now both my kids are in University, and both their undergrads are 100% paid for, including a year of living in a dormexador1