No kidding. My wife and I have been discussing when we will start our family and it seems to us that as you have more kids, the cost lessens in that you have more hand-me-downs and furniture, supplies that the older ones grow out of.
It might make things a little tight but you’d be surprised at how much money can be liberated when you forgo the wants and concentrate on the needs.
Oh so true.
Nothing replaces the smile I get from my 2 year twin son & daughter. Nothing. It gives me a renewed purpose.
I would starve to death to feed them. I would thirst to death to give them water. Money is relative to the situation, and merely incidental.
Loving one another is more important than ANYTHING. Having compassion and mercy on each other is also right up there, as is putting the Lord first and depending on Him and teaching the kids to love and look to Him. “Stuff” isn’t near as important as Momma and Daddy being there and enjoying each other and them; and it’s free. You all are dear, and your family is the dearest thing you will ever have. (The book of Proverbs is one of the best books of advice a young man or woman can read from scripture.)
There are so many perfectly good baby and childrens’ clothes and supplies for sale cheap at yard sales that no one should ever have to buy new stuff. This is true for a lot of other things as well. We paid $1 for our dining room table at an auction; it was covered with a piece of plywood hiding wide boards used to construct the top. It serves very well. If anyone is into “fancy” or living in fancy subdivisions, they are welcome to avoid our house and continue their social climbing and welcome to it. We live in an old country house, but it’s paid for, unlike some of the in-laws who like to keep up with the “Joneses”. That’s a big waste of time.