The Diaper Fund

1420sports · June 16, 2004 12:47AM

With all of the talk about sending people to Jersey or helping buy an expensive rookie card, I figured I will ask for help to buy something expensive as well.

Diapers.

Not for me, but for my new son/daughter in November. Rumor has it I will be spending about $200 a month for them. Paypal is fine and any amount will be accepted.

koby · June 16, 2004 12:52AM

Congratulations!!!

Teach him/ her to pitch lefty.

1420sports · June 16, 2004 12:56AM

Thanks Koby. That is some sound advice. We go in tomorrow to find out if we are having a boy or girl, but we are going to wait until November. My wife's decision of course ....

RobE · June 16, 2004 1:01AM

Peter Michael Kane

Or Michelle Rose

RedRomad275 · June 16, 2004 1:38AM

1420- I will be feeling your pain in soon as well. My wife is due 1st week. We already found out.....It's a boy.....Wahooooooooooooo. good luck to you and whatever you are hoping for.

1420sports · June 16, 2004 2:24AM

Rob, if it is a boy he will be named Jack Kane and if it is a girl it will Josephine/Mia/Isabella Kane

hojodojonono · June 16, 2004 2:29AM

It's a good thing you aren't married to Courtney Cox. Co Co Kane.

aconte · June 16, 2004 3:05AM

Buy more arcs and sell them through Mastronet. I'm sure they'll give you a special seller's fee with such a unique item!

This can help the baby fund for sure.

aconte

itsawonderfullife · June 16, 2004 3:06AM

BOY = Citizen
GIRL= Candy

pick6investments · June 16, 2004 3:41AM

my wife had twin BOYS!!! they are 5 months old now and the diapers are expensive buy ealry and stock up

imafishinnut · June 16, 2004 4:17AM

Speaking as a new father of a baby boy (Brandon Michael born on May 28th) myself, I can confirm for you that diapers are very expensive. $200 per month seems a little high, but not totally unreasonable. The cost of formula is even worse :-( The liquid stuff is nice and neat, but very expensive. The powdered stuff is cheaper, but very messy. Buy in bulk at wholesale clubs. They are much cheaper on diapers and formula. Oh, by the way, plan on getting much, much less sleep.

goodriddance189 · June 16, 2004 5:15AM

do you want "game used" or new diapers?

1420sports · June 16, 2004 5:21AM

crsportscards33 · June 16, 2004 6:18AM

My son, Jackson Thomas, is 18 months and still in diapers. The commercials are true. You don't necessarily want to buy the most expensive, cause they're not any better, and hey, on newborns, they won't be on that long anyhow. Good luck to you in your upcoming parental adventures. For all the headaches, it's worth it all ten fold.

Here's the little man about 3 months ago.

WinPitcher · June 16, 2004 6:41AM

congrats to 1420

mikeschmidt · June 16, 2004 6:54AM

Incidental costs not considered:

Cost of food stays high if your wife is breast-feeding (e.g. formula is expensive - but so is feeding a lactating wife). Also, elaborate home cooked meals become a rare treat if you were into that before (independent of who cooked it.)

Cost of dry cleaning / maid service. If you think you'll be able to keep the house neat and clean - you are kidding yourself. You either ignore it or get someone else to do it.

Rocking chair. Invest in the most comfortable rocking chair on Earth. We spent $800- on ours, with ottoman, and I would pay at least 3x that. Falling asleep on the rocking chair at 3 a.m. in the morning is an invaluable tool or service. Your comfort is key here.

Cleaning supplies. Once your child becomes mobile - the typical over-protective mother will insist that your home adhere to BioHazard III safety levels as it relates to foreign organisms, measured in parts per millions. You don't know what that means? I don't either - but the bottom line is that wherever your child is will probably be cleaned at least twice a day with potent cleaning agents (with a thorough rinsing afterwards so no cleaning agents remain).

PSA-graded baseball cards = teethers. Save some quality PSA 5 and PSA 6 throw-aways for this endeavour. Good chance to get your child into collecting, too. If your kid likes it, too - perhaps the wife will be more supportive of your habit (although that is not a problem for you, Neal).

Best-
MS

magellan · June 16, 2004 11:19AM

Congratulation to all the new or about-to-be new Fathers (and Mothers) here! My baby will be 27 this year. It's been a while but I can still tell you it's worth every minute of lost sleep not to mention the hair loss from worrying over your little (and not so little) ones. Lots of good points there Marc.

Dave

Ullr · June 16, 2004 2:04PM

What a timely thread.
My wife and I had a baby girl on May 17th!

The diapers aren't too expensive when you buy in bulk, and breast milk is free. I am saving money in the end because my ebay time has been slashed. I'm lucky to get through my saved searches twice a week. Auctions on my watch list end before I can log on again and place a bid.

As an added bonus now I get to celebrate fathers day with two Phish shows this weekend. I am going to owe my wife for a long time since I'll be away for 2 days while she flys solo. I'm sure she won't let me forget either.

Good luck it's alot of fun and work at the same time.
Oh yeah, sleeps overrated anyway. You'll never miss it

mudflap02 · June 16, 2004 2:48PM

Sassafras Frizzamfrazzam Kane, regardless of sex. You can't go wrong with that one.

Ruthfan · June 16, 2004 11:46PM

Cogratulations to everyone and their new additions. I am also a proud new dad as my little girl was born April 24th.

If your wife is not breastfeeding becareful as the pediatrician will prescribe the highend formulas since they get a kickback from the companies. We were prescribed the Similac Advance with Iron at $23 a can compared to other name brand that are the exact same thing at about $13-$14 a can.

Todd

Ruthfan · June 16, 2004 11:49PM

My little one.

mikeschmidt · June 17, 2004 12:08AM

My not so little one anymore

roastedcat · June 17, 2004 12:40AM

1420sports-

Congrats! to your whole family. May God bless you.

Diapers aren't that expensive, Last year I sold off my T206 collection of 166 cards in all PSA 5's just to have enough funds for Diapers, but really my son took awhile to use them all, before I had to get any new refills. Having missed my collection so much I went back and started it all over this time trying for PSA 6's.

It's not the diaper you need to worry about, it's the Formula that you feed the child that gets you in the pocketbook. Luckey my son was breast feeding until he was 9 months, some babys take formula right when they are born (tell your wife to freeze the breast milk- it's good for 6 months) and then formula on the last 3 months, thats going to kill you in the pocketbook, $30.00 a can which is good for a week. And they drink alot! By the time he turned 11 months, we got him off formula and regular milk 2 % fat now I can get back to collecting my T206 set...lol

Heres the picture of the family!

me, Joanne, & little Jeffrey on his 1st Birthday!

Jery

purelyPSA · June 17, 2004 3:23AM

My son couldn't drink the regular stuff - he had to have something called Alimentum, which I think is like 7.50 a can and lasts a little longer than a day. Yuck.

1420sports · June 17, 2004 3:44AM

All cute kids fellas ...

Now I know that finding beauty in 1967 PSA 7 commons and 1952 Bowman PSA 5 commons is not such a bad thing ... kids really are expensive

The Diaper Fund

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