Posted on 05/16/2006 5:58:35 PM PDT by Flavius
It's hard to find a woman who can or even wants to cook nowadays! I think they've priced themselves out of the market. Those guys who get foreign brides are doing it right.
Not me. I had my family's financial future laid out well in advance of having children. It included a rich wife and no children.
Some cook huh?
Well there's the problem. I planned on a rich husband, 1 child and a maid.
;-)
I laugh when I add up the cost of my last three children born at home, breastfed, and cloth diapered.
Birth tub (Extravagant, but great. 150 gallon rubbermaid stocktank) plus plumbing: $150 Room for two, priceless!
Sterile scissors, cord clamps, assorted "accessories" : $20 per child.
Three children born at home total: $210
Cloth diapers : $324 for ALL sizes, plus inserts. Still using them after 4 years. Total savings on diapers alone (using their numbers)$7,000+ and counting.
What a pantload. Obviously this is written from the perspective of an east coast elitist with an au pair and all the rest of the trimmings. Rug rats can be had, housed and fed for a mere fraction of what this nitwit claims.
I LOVE to cook. The problem is that I am not very good at it!
Obviously none of your children lives up to your screen name. Had it not been for a competent hospital maternity ward (they call it "The Birth Place" or something now) my wife and son would have both died during his birth. His big head got firmly stuck in the birth canal and he had to be delivered by C-section.
I always get a kick out these articles. We shopped yard sales, consignment shops and were blessed by the fact my mom sews. That saved us a bundle on clothing. We also made our own baby food- blenders are wonderful things.
We used cloth diapers at home. We did have to provide throwaway diapers for the church based daycare they went to but we brought store brand and saved money that way too. We did not use wipes instead I filled a spray bottle with a mix of baby shampoo and water squirted their squirmy little bottoms and wiped with soft cotton cloth.
I also was not shy about asking their pediatrician for cans of formula once I added a bottle to supplement breastfeeding. The doctors get these free from the formula company reps. You can also ask for samples of any prescription meds the doctor puts your child on.
I never really added up the cost. I figure that should be calculated in gray hairs and sleepless nights rather than dollars anyway. But then again I never calculated the benefits either. And as long as the benefits outweight the costs I have no complaints.
"Well there's the problem. I planned on a rich husband,"
Such poor planning. Next time aim for an elderly rich husband who has a heart condition, loves doing extreme sports and does not trust lawyers who suggest prenups. If you can find one who is also an only child who was orphaned and reared in a State home that is even better.
I love to cook and do everyday...my husband brags about my cooking.
If you have a husband then you aren't single!
What an idiot.
First of all I see to it that my wife does not have to work. So there goes #2 and #3.
$100 per month for wipes? What are you doing? Wiping the entire house down with them everytime the baby poops?
Stop feeding him beans and you wont have to do that.
My twins cost us a $100. Of course, my wife and I were active duty at the time. She got out right after the birth. I figured my taxes that year paid for it.
I wrote off the article as ridiculous when it included the "cost" of hospital stay. What percentage of parents actually pays, out of pocket, those costs?
It isn't costing me and the Mrs. anything close to what this article states. We buy the wipes in bulk at about $15/month instead of the $100 quoted in the article. Of course we also had the benefit of the Navy paying for the delivery and continuing to pay my wife her regular pay during 42 days of maternity leave. We use my adult daughter for daycare at $100/week (plus free rent).
You present Hong Kong at the end of this listing!! But do you know how much pieces of disposable diapers are thrown out everyday? More than 500,000 pieces! We all should help the parents to think about the impact of this behavior! Nowadays, there are many WAHM that make huge effort to make available cloth diapers that are very healthy for the baby's skin and for our environment. WAHM like www.doubibou.com and many others are working to satisfy a natural parenting lifestyle!!!
Thank you
Newbie. Everytime I hear/see a sentence that starts with "We all should help..." I get nervous. I'll worry about my own behavior, thank you, you keep your nose out of it. Next thing, you'll be telling me not to eat meat.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
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