Baby Bucks

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    Money-Saving Baby Hacks


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. It seems like just yesterday that Johnny and I brought our baby girl home from the hospital. I’d read every baby book I could get my hands on (this was…

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    OFB Baby Update: Nine Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. General Baby Thoughts Yowza, our house was not prepared for having a mobile baby. Our girl has her favorite areas of destruction in our living room: the bookcase and the…

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    OFB Baby Update: Eight Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. General Baby Thoughts All I can say is “Where did the time go?” Last night Johnny and I were oohing and ahhing over our girl’s newborn pictures. On the one…

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    OFB Baby Update: Seven Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. Seven months is the magic number. Our baby girl is so much fun right now! Every month has had its struggles, but month seven has been pure bliss. Our girl…

  • OFB Baby Update: Six Months

    OFB Baby Update: Six Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. Our girl is half a year old! Where has the time gone? Where has the money gone? Well, I know the answer to that second question at least. This month…

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    OFB Baby Update: Five Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. Somehow another month has passed in OFB babyland, and our girl will be rounding the 5-month corner this week! Here’s an update on our parenting journey so far, financial and…

  • Baby Girl at 4 months

    OFB Baby Update: Four Months


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. In one week, our girl will be four months old, so we thought we’d update you on our parenting journey so far, financial and otherwise. General Baby Thoughts Gripping: Babies…

  • How We Made Money Off Our Baby


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    We’ve learned a lot since having a baby. We tried to prepare financially, but some stuff you can’t really learn until you’re in the thick of it. Johnny and I have written about how we got lucky and had a $0 baby at the hospital. Woo! When we were first…

  • Preparing Financially for a Baby: After (Part II)


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    Yesterday’s post covered our costs before Baby Girl arrived in our home. Today I’ll cover the costs we’ve incurred since that little munchkin first wrapped her hand around Daddy’s finger (which literally happened seconds after she was born). We did a post on how we got a free baby, so…

  • Preparing Financially for a Baby: Before (Part I)


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    Nine months sounds like plenty of time to prepare for a baby’s arrival. That is, until you’re the one counting down for your own baby. After the initial shock of finding out I was pregnant subsided, the excitement set in. And then the blessed hormones of pregnancy turned me into…