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[quote=Anonymous]Two full time WOH parents, 2 kids, one school age and one infant. Closest family is a 6 hour drive.

We moved into the city after kids to cut the commute so that we could make it work. We got a bigger mortgage to get into a school boundary we are happy with that is also walkable to the Metro so we can manage to pick up/drop off without having to have a nanny since house + nanny is not in the cards at our income.

We outsource cleaning twice a month. We go out for lunch once a weekend (baby can't make it through dinner time at a restaurant yet and lunch is cheaper anyway). I reserve asking favors of my family to come down and help for when I really need it (like the week of gradual entry into PK 4 and K in DCPS).

Our older child is limited to activities that are offered through the school after school or walkable from our house at this point in time just due to logistics. My job is more flexible than my husband's so I do drop off for the baby and pick up for both kids as he can't make pick up times for either, but I can squeeze a full work day in so long as he can handle drop off for the older child since aftercare closes later than the daycare.

During the week I have to keep us running on a pretty precise timetable to make it all work. [/quote]

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