Linkling Massive Baby Roundup Edition

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Aug 25, 2007

Linkling Massive Baby Roundup Edition

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By “Massive Baby Roundup” I’m not talking about cowboys lassoing a bunch of overweight babies. I mean that there have been a lot of great baby-related posts in the last couple of weeks, and I thought I would gather them all in one place. If you already have a baby, read them. If you might have a baby, read them. Even if you don’t have a baby and don’t plan on having a baby, read them and think of all the money you’re saving!

My Two Dollars asks if you should register a domain for your child’s name. I would have but I should have thought of that before I gave my son the name Yahoo Sports.

The Digerati Life has Are You Ready To Be A Parent? Know The Cost Of Having Kids. By the time I hit “Child goes to college” I had to pour myself a Ketel One martini (dirty, shaken, straight up, 3 olives and dry) to “steady my nerves.”

The Simple Dollar is having a second child, and has the (to himself at least) rhetorically titled Having A Second Child? Seven Frugal Tips For Getting Ready. The eighth tip that he forgot was “If you already have a child, make sure the next one is the same sex.” That saves on clothes, toys, separate bedrooms, almost everything. I keep giving my friends that advice and everyone keeps going for the more expensive girl-then-boy or boy-then-girl option. Strange.

Zen Habits, who has six kids and yet somehow still exercises, has a full-time job, maintains his blogs and guest posts on half the other blogs on the internet (and never repeats himself) has The Value of a Parent Staying Home with Kids, and Tips on How to Do It.

Four Pillars had a baby-themed week that I thought was just excellent, end-to-end. There were XI individual posts (you’ll need to brush up on your Roman numerals), starting with the kickoffpost.

Part I: Maternity and Parental Leave This is always a problem financially, and even more so in the States where minimal amounts of paid leave are forthcoming for the mother and typically only unpaid leave for the father.

Part II: Dealing with Less Income: Related to the question of leave. Dealing with less income was something we braced ourselves for and we have done alright as Bubelah transitioned to full time stay-at-home mom

Part III: Mistakes for New Parents to Avoid: Just read it.

Part IV: Car Seats and Strollers: My advice is to get big wheels on the stroller. Car seats are the kind of thing that seem like a waste of money, but much like air bags or seat belts they could be the difference between life and death.

Part V: Cribs and Bassinets

Part VI: Changing table, change mat, dresser, high chair, booster seat, baby gates

Part VII: Diaper Genie, Rocking chair, Baby monitor, Baby Bath, Portable crib and more: Diaper Genie. Ugh. We used a Diaper Champ, but finally gave up once Little Buddy went on solids. Now #1 goes in the under-sink trash can and #2 goes in plastic grocery bags, then to the garage trash can.

Part VIII: Baby Carriers, Diaper bag and more

Part IX: Clothes, toys, food and diapers

Part X: Life insurance, Hospital rooms and parking, Pre-Natal Courses and Books

Part XI: RESPs: This one is only applicable if you’re living in Canada; however, although the specific rules are different and Canada-specific, the general thoughts would be applicable to 529s.

My biggest piece of baby-related finance advice is “get one!” The return on investment is infinite.

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bubelah 08/25/2007 11:03 AM 1 point
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We never got the changing table. Waste of money and space. It is only useful for the first 2-3 months, then babies start to roll over and it becomes dangerous. After awhile most toddlers do not like to lie down to get changed, you have to do it standing up. We also stopped using wipes at home (big saving too), #2 clean up is taking place in the bath tub. Not to say that we never use wipes, we do. Little Buddy gets into EVERYTHING, we have to wipe his hands when we are out and about....Very handy, great invention, don't know how my parents did without them ;o)

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FourPillars 08/25/2007 02:10 PM 1 point
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Thanks a lot for the ton of links! Very nice.

Bubelah - I agree, I'd rather change Junior on the floor.

Mike

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http://www.four-pillars.ca

David 08/26/2007 09:19 PM 1 point
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Very funny, and thanks for the mention!

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http://www.mytwodollars.com