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[quote=Anonymous]Hi op. Lots of good advice here. First I agree with others to please ignore the poster who said something about expectant father, it is great and appropriate and accurate that you identify yourself as expecting to have a baby soon! Such a weird take that poster had.

More importantly. Definitely don’t make this jump BEFORE baby, as long as what you’re saying about your gov position is true. So much shifts and I would give yourself time to adjust and make the call when you have adjusted more to fatherhood.

$300k is great. You can provide a great life. Are things harder these days, yes. They are. But that is still a great combined salary and what many of us raise our families on very very happily living balanced lives with lots of time with our kids.

When you are planning for your baby and adding up costs I remember it can be hard to make it all make sense. But somehow it does seem to work. Other costs go down, like eating out, or going out for drinks with a friend. And your salaries continue to go up typically even if it feels like they won’t. Right now you think but how could we possibly add a second daycare cost when we want a second??? Don’t worry about that now. It will come. Somehow we all move things around and find options that work, work shifts and raises come. You’ll be ok and the time with your kids is worth so much as long as you have a good salary to start from which you do. [/quote]

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