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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  Also, a lot of PPs have pointed out that weekend activities change once you have kids.  I imagine we'll be spending more time at home, ordering pizza, going to the park, etc. as opposed to going to concerts and trying new restaurants.  In-home daycare might be worth researching for us or perhaps daycare in the burbs will be cheaper than what my friends closer-in pay.

I'm glad to know there are others out there who make things work in order to have kids![/quote]

Of course, ordering pizza once in awhile is fine and fun - if you don't already know how to cook well from scratch, in bulk - that will be a massive money saver for you, not to mention, time, sanity, and health. I basically double every recipe I make and stick one in the freezer, assuming it is a freezing-friendly recipe. I've got my slow cooker recipes down to a science.

Food is one of the largest expenses for a family following housing and is one where there is a lot of room for savings depending on how much time and skill you can put into it.

$2k for quality infant daycare doesn't seem very far off to me, so I wouldn't count on that being much lower. [/quote]

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