Contribution by Stevie Kirby
My husband and I just had our first child, a son, and he is the newest love of my life. It is amazing to me how much a baby changes your whole life and perspective on everything. It seems like everything that mattered to me before he was born isn’t important anymore. I used to spend money on whatever I wanted without much thought about saving for the future. Now I am starting to think about having to pay for sports uniforms and equipment, birthday parties, and even college for my son. So now I spend a lot of time figuring out ways to save money and cut our costs on different things. For instance we just found a cheaper source for our gas and electricity for our home through New York Energy Rates. We don’t even go out to eat much anymore. Our son is really too small to go to restaurants yet, and I really don’t want to have to pay a babysitter to keep him. So we cook at lot at home now. As he gets older, I will probably keep cooking his meals because really eating at home is probably more nutritious than eating out. This is going to be a great new adventure for my husband and I, and we couldn’t be more excited.