The amount of money that you can spend on a child is virtually unlimited. But almost all of it absolutely optional.
Sure, you’ll need diapers and a car seat, but beyond that there’s not a lot that’s absolutely necessary.
There’s so much stuff that people think they need to buy, ranging from special vitamins during pregnancy to hypoallergenic formula and baby swimming lessons and educational toys for every age bracket...
And then you realise that people who make half the money you do get along just fine and their kids are doing fine and somehow they only need half as much money.
Sure, we do spend a lot of money on semi-useful kids stuff (like those skiing lessons that our older son didn’t want to continue after the second day...), but it’s all optional, and if we didn’t have kids I’d probably have a nicer car, but who cares.
Sure, you’ll need diapers and a car seat, but beyond that there’s not a lot that’s absolutely necessary.
There’s so much stuff that people think they need to buy, ranging from special vitamins during pregnancy to hypoallergenic formula and baby swimming lessons and educational toys for every age bracket...
And then you realise that people who make half the money you do get along just fine and their kids are doing fine and somehow they only need half as much money.
Sure, we do spend a lot of money on semi-useful kids stuff (like those skiing lessons that our older son didn’t want to continue after the second day...), but it’s all optional, and if we didn’t have kids I’d probably have a nicer car, but who cares.