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[quote=Anonymous]When my son was born we lived in a 2 bedroom apartment and made maybe $150K combined. Childcare was the hardest cost. We cut back on retirement contributions at first, to make the daycare payments. But very quickly things got eaiser. Both of us got raises. We eventually bought a house. And after day care ends, raising a family isn't that much money. Due to other circumstances we only had one child, and I can see now the $ savings. My son is 9 and we are very comfortable. If we'd had another, and added on more years of child care, it would have been fine but we wouldn't have as much in savings as we do now. Our hhi is now about $300K. And child care costs are not a huge concern. We've made up for the dip in savings from the first few years. As long as you are employed and not in debt, dont make having kids about money. It works out.[/quote]
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