I hear your point about scale. It will be a challenge for me to keep things around the house as our first grows out of them because I’m very minimalistic lately. But I know it will be the right thing to do.

By the way, we’re planning on at least two, so it should work out.

Anyway, from an economic standpoint (I can’t help myself), the cool thing about having more kids is the economies of scale. We’ve found that the first child is so expensive with so many one-time purchases (although if you make out like bandits at the shower, that’s a big help), but subsequent kids can use so many of the toys, cribs, blankets, car seats, etc. again – all the stuff you have to do up front. Additionally, as your friends and family start having kids, definitely do the swap thing.

Kid #1 – awesome. #2 and on – it just gets better.

Nice post.

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