This blog is meant to give advice on fatherhood and personal finance from firsthand experience. This first article highlights the time before I even thought about having the baby. My ‘fatherhood journey’ if you will. I sit here ten weeks after this beautiful baby girl was born. I wish I had something like this, a […]
Our experience saving money for pregnancy is that you can never be fully prepared for what will happen, including the creation of a foolproof budget. There are just too many factors to take into account. As shown in the very first article on this site that highlighted my fatherhood journey, my wife and I are, by our very nature,
One of the best experiences pre-parenthood is going shopping for newborn clothes that you are sure will help make your daughter adorable or son handsome. I will admit, it truly never gets old. However, an important question parents typically ask is, “how much newborn clothing do I need to buy?” Before we get to get
For my money, the best part of pregnancy, besides viewing the ultrasounds, was setting up a baby nursery on a budget. It combined my love for my daughter and personal finance. Plus, outside of actually getting your wife pregnant, nothing made me feel more like a man during the process than putting together the one
Ah, yes. The stroller. An item that is all around us but we never notice until it is time to buy one. And, just like us, you’re probably trying to nail down the process of purchasing the best stroller for your newborn baby. You’ve come to the right place as I agonized over this for
For most men, becoming a parent is as easy as putting object A into slot B. Unfortunately, a father improving their personal finance is not as simple and a hell of a lot less fun. Fortunately, I am here to provide a new father’s guide to improving personal finance. This article is meant to give
I must admit that a lot of the articles posted on this site came from intentional trial and error. But sometimes, you get lucky. This was the case with my wife and I when she went on a trip after having a baby, and I was all alone with our new daughter. Sounds like a
One of the goals my parents had was to raise financially-literate kids. After all, as I highlighted in a previous article, money plays a big role in just about everything we do, so why wouldn’t you strive to set your baby up for financial success? And while money isn’t the end all be all, as adults
Men, let’s be honest here—you’re not going to have it as bad as your significant other during pregnancy. It’s going to be worse. Ok, I’m just kidding, but a father’s roles during pregnancy change frequently and often times, without much notice. In this article, I highlight how pregnancy was for me, a soon-to-be father, and
Last night, I was ready to give out some fire. So I went onto Reddit and visited the Dad’s subreddit. The title of the post is, “what is so hard about being a decent Dad?” The gist of the post is that if you are a person who keeps your baby out late at night then you’re
