In my two previous posts I talked about the costs of adopting our daughter. But those are one-time costs, we now have the full time costs of having a child, so our budget has to change. Now, you might argue, somewhat rightly, that these changes actually took place 6 months ago when our daughter was placed with us. That is both true and untrue, partly because of the nature of being a foster parent. At thatread more…
Back in March 2013, I wrote about the financial side of our decision to adopt. Now, almost 20 months later, I’m here to write about the financial side of our actual adoption and where we go from here. Our daughter has been with us for 6 months now, and we will be finalizing the adoption in November. We are very excited. We are adopting from foster care, having gone through an agency. If you read theread more…
Welcome to The Kid Ate My Wallet (KAMW) Parenting Guide, a place where I talk about some of the financial challenges of being a parent and trying to navigate them without feeling like you should be watching your child’s bowel movements to see if any loose change is making its way out. This is not a guide for raising your kids. Trust me, if I could create an owner’s manual for kids, I’d be so richread more…
There are lots of great things about taking in an older child. From the beginning, SP has slept through the night. I’ve never had to change her diaper, and she can feed herself. Plus, when something is wrong, she can tell me what it is. It’s great. At the same time, it also means we have to figure out some things about being a parent right now, in the first few months, instead of having yearsread more…
