The never-ending credit card swipes made me feel as if I’d never again have control over my finances. My flash of fatherly agita was a result of everything seeming to pile up at once after my baby’s birth. This being the super-expensive co-sleeping robot the constant Thai take-out the fancy bouncy chair the college savings funds the extra ticket charged to my airline credit card the doctor bills and higher health insurance premiums the school trips the car seats and, most pressingly, a home of our own. I wanted to scream: How are we going to pay for all this? It was just after my newborn fell back asleep, but before my spouse shot me daggers as I rammed my leg against the nightstand on the way to the bathroom. I had one of those irrational, rational parent moments around 2 a.m. This story was originally published on Sept.
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