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New parents are the best market for businesses because new parents are fucking idiots. New parents will pay any amount of money to figure out how to get their kid to sleep more or how to get their kid to eat better. And we fell prey to the exact same thing. I remember we paid – actually our family bought it for us because they felt bad. Yeah.
for the social media influencer, Kara taking care of babies. And she did courses on how to get your baby to sleep. So it was like an online course that we paid like 300 bucks for someone paid 300 bucks for. And, you know, looking back, I'm like, if we weren't tired and vulnerable, like clueless, you know, and afraid we never would have bought that.
Our guest today is a 38-year-old religious studies professor in Maine. He's a parent of two kids, and he's asked us not to use his real name. So we're going to call him Jay. How old are your kids?
The oldest is two and a half. The youngest is seven weeks and one day.
And how many hours of sleep are you working off of right now?
Oh, today is a good day. Today is a really good day because the in-laws got the toddler. So I've got like nine hours of sleep almost.
For new parents, having kids comes with all kinds of life changes. And it can bring up all kinds of anxieties, new and old, that you have to figure out how to confront. And a lot of times, those anxieties are around money. That has definitely been true for Jay. This week, we'll take a peek into his life with a toddler and a brand new baby in the house.
And listen in as the week of diaries shows him something he didn't expect. I'm Courtney Harrell, and this is what we spend. how would you describe your relationship with money?
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