Babies don't actually cost that much. Feeding is free, a crib is completely unnecessary, cloth diapers have hit 2008 and save thousands, Freecycle gives you plenty of clothes for free, the best baby food comes from the blender, decent insurance covers all but all of pregnancy and delivery, baby slings are cheap, most of Babies R Us is unnecessary. Juggling schedules eliminates any need for child care, this is what good parents do in order to keep from other people from raising their babies. Presumably they're paying Scott to do this show, I think he can handle a few extras if needed.
Ha ha! It seems to me that, unlike you, Mr. Baio is sensible enough to realise that children are babies (and therefore relatively cheap) for a
very short period of time - the cost issue is a whole different ball game by the time you get to teenagers. I wish more people realised that.
By the way, baby food is only free if the mother is able to breastfeed exclusively (no way to tell beforehand), and even nappies (diapers), clothes and associated equipment cost something. When you say that "a crib is completely unnecessary", do you expect your child to sleep on the floor once it's too old to share your bed (which I presume to be your temporary substitute of choice)?
It's precisely this sort of short-term, unrealistic thinking which gets people into trouble.
