J4CKO

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Your Sanity ?

jase555

at the moment junior is nearly 4,

best,worst,hardest times in my life

but worth every penny and every sacrifice

IMHO

jase

Nigel H

Have a 3 year old. Don't regret it for a minute. Also still have a scoob 'cos they make excellent family cars. Better than a Focus IMHO

I agree they cost what you want 'em to cost, upto a point. We must spend 40 quid a month on toys for him but that's our choice.

Anybody want a high chair, cot and buggy? All free, buyer collects. Drop me a line as per profile

Boss Hogg

If the Govt gives you up to 70% of chilcare costs you need to be earning less than a busker with a dog on a bit of string.

Our childcare costs are our second biggest outgoing since our mortgage - just for 3 days! However my son loves it, and my wife needs to work for a few days so we can still get some 'nice' things!

However, the scoobs got to go - caught myself looking at the new Renault Megane Scenics the other day and thinking....hmmm, those look nice....lots of space and cubby holes.....

Katana

So dais, is she single?

Scooby-Doo

Well I have an 18 month boy and he has cost in excess of £50k, when you include salary loss, replacement car etc but that is small fry in comparison to what we have now.

Jer

Yip, the car thing,

My son is 8 weeks old, I keep looking at the A4 TDI avant and thinking mmmm.

noooooooo





[Edited by Jer - 4/25/2003 10:54:51 AM]

NACRO

I'm never going to have kids so I'll start sticking the money aside for the ferraris.

Can anyone explain logically why they have kids? Most people I know seem to have accidents and then learn to enjoy the result as well as the conception.

ianc

"There is a better way"

Two kids, another on the way, Skoda Octavia 4x4estate.

(remap, 222bhp, 231lb ft, 0-60 6.4, oh, and 37mpg )

Ian (biased)

ianc

ok, if we're gonna start posting pics of em....

This is my eldest, Ashley, she's 3 now but she was about 2 when this was taken (bonus points for anyone recognising where she is )

ianc

and a more recent one...



Ian.
(getting soft in his old age... 26!)

Diesel

Does anyone know how the tax credits and childcare things work for unmarried couples? I'm resigned to getting not a penny from the gvt as usual (£100's of pounds a week tax in, maybe £40 a week back if I need short term help due to being unemployed but with a big mortgage...)

On yer own son! However would the soon to be 'unemployed' pregnant missus be able to get anything with me in the background on a decent salary?

Cheers

D

The Zohan

we have a 3 month old 'un

In cold hard cash terms i recon it costs around £ 12.00 per week for food nappies and related stuff. this excludeds clothes, toys and 'spur of the moment' purchases and they grow out of 'em fast!


Would not be without her though she is just wunderful.

As for waiting until you can afford to - if that was the case we would be drawing our pensions first. You adjust your lifestyle to cope as best you can.




[Edited by Paul Habgood - 4/25/2003 6:33:57 PM]

Markus

Interesting subject.

How can you put a price on a human life? If you had to work out how much you'd cost your parents then I think it'd be a shocking ammount! lol

hell I know how much I cost my own pocket now, let alone being a I want, I want, I want little kid

One thing I will say is, if you think "We'll wait until we can afford kids" then you will never have them. Unless you are finanically comfortable, or the ol 6 numbers come up, you will never be able to "afford" kids, as the costs are not something you can easilly sit down and work out. If you really want kids, then go ahead and have them and enjoy.

midget1500

it cracks me up when people come on and say they don't see why people have kids and they never want kids. now, if your parents had adopted the same attitude...

Freak

Bonus points for photo location?



Silverstone, infield near medical centre. (by the bridge near abbey)

oh dear i seem to be a nerd...:s

Dave P

ok, it's 6.30 pm on a Friday night. I've had a cr4p day and am just about to leave. I'll get home about 8.15pm.....

But there's one really great thing about my really crap day... at 8.15 my girls'll hear the key in the door, I'll hear them call "Daddy" I'll get in the door and I'll get a couple of really nice big hugs...

Then suddenly the crappy day wasn't there anymore....

And that ladies and gentlemen is just one of the many pleasures of children and why they are worth every penny....

Dave

J4CKO

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My 3 lads usually ignore as the are playing Generals.

I expected the adulation, Daddys home thing but it doesnt happen.

Ignorant little swines !

GaryK

Diesel,

Makes no odds at all mate, the forms just state husband/partner, we're not married and filled out the forms ok, in typical government form style though you have to fill in the forms for your earnings 2000/1 and then adjust, or something like that, as always it aint straight-forward!

cheers

Gary

met

oh also any suggestions on cars suitable for this type of thing, already got her a 5 dr polo for family duty!
my list £13 ish grand
Impreza Turbo
92 4x4 cossie £6k + Westfield £6k
Audi S3 bit more £
BMW e36 m3 evo
5dr Golf GTi 2001
at the moment i am thinking about the cossie + kit car thing, i can drive the cossie up to the station & for occasional family duty & the kit car for days when i have some me time to go mad & risk only killing myself

boxst

Hello

Toyota Supra, and you CAN get a baby seat in the back.

Steve.

rr_ww

Someone told me that having kids if like waking up at 3am Taking 10 £20 notes and flushing them down the toilet.

EVERY DAY!

Cant say I want kids or marriage, but you never know!

met

cossie me thinks as a sensible cheap car for a bit til i get in the new house & see whats what as i may need all the £ i can get my hands on especially as i'll be flushing £200 a day down the bog i'm not married yet & i we def didnt want kids yet, infact the doctors told us it would be highly unlikely that she could have em, but the other evening i had my head on her stomach listening to my kids activity & the little git kicked me in the head twice, if you havent experienced those kinds of feelings then there nowt i can tell you, by the way this is what he/she looked like at 16 wks

beamer

Who cares how much they cost
they are great
and they love the scooby too
they are worth every penny

ianc

My other half is now 5 days overdue...

just waiting, still waiting......

Ian

Diesel

Pineapple, hot curries and, err, sex! That's what will sort it mate - if you can stomach it of course (both of you!).

NCT approved - 4 weeks and counting Dad Diesel.

D

Apparition

Didn't have time to read all the thread about this but did see the bit about twins at the top. You can take out insurance against having twins.

Ken E

Top tips to keep costs down:-

Don't buy a big pram with all the bits for £500+, get a buggy travel system with a car seat that clips on for half as much. A big pram fills a scoob boot and is too heavy for general lugging about. I have one, used very little, most bits still in wrapper.

Keep the scoob, an excellent family car. Fits everything in we need, has 4 doors and air con.

Accept all offers of help from family members, allow them to buy loads of stuff whenever they want, someone has to buy it and it makes them happy.

stevem2k

Yep, heard all them. Also I found this http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/alternative.htm . Apparently the prostagladins that are 'indroduced' during sex are better absorbed through the gut. I just got a slap when I suggested it.

Steve

( Dad date ... Thursday .. ! )

mel

Huge congratulations to those expecting babies soon!!!


<big hint> Oi Askew have you read this thread!