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[quote=Anonymous]I/we outsource what we can reasonably afford, what helps to keep our life in balance, and the tasks we really dislike doing.  So we have a twice monthly house cleaner, and we have all DH's work clothes dry-cleaned. We pay the kid next door to mow our lawn, pay people to do minor landscaping stuff a few times/year, and pay for labor for both major and minor home-improvement projects (painting, renovating).  Amazon prime has been awesome for diapers, wipes and other basic baby supplies this first year of DS's life.

Everything else, though, we do.  All the errands, all the grocery and other shopping (excepting the diapers, etc.), all the cooking, all the laundry, the dishes, the trash and recycling, the pet care, the car maintenance, the minor upkeep cleaning, etc. I don't feel like DS will end up missing out on learning about much, and I think we have the right balance for our life.  DH and I both work FT, and I'm also FT in a PhD program, so the time I save by not doing the heavy cleaning and ironing feels totally worth the money even though we are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.[/quote]

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