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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did it on my own and my family was not local. You don’t need all the things that others said (massages? Cleaners? Night nurse?) but you should be financially comfortable and someone who is used to being self reliant and just powers through. You have to make practical choices (mostly formula fed because you don’t have time to be attached to a baby or a pump for six hours a day), and a quality daycare center over a nanny so that you are not beholden to the schedule/problems of a single person. I stayed in an apartment when the baby was small - less maintenance and cleaning, someone else shovels, you call the company when something breaks etc. I bought a townhouse when she turned four when she was potty trained, more independent, and could “help”.

Go into it presuming that no one else will help and then be happy when someone does, rather than expecting help and being resentful when no one does.

But you do want money so that you can pay for things that you won’t have time to do yourself.[/quote]

me, too[/quote]

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