Category Archives: Baby Boot Economics
Genes not Gina. Or why bringing up baby is like investing in a volatile stock market
A glance at the bookshelves reveals that baby-rearing theories change more often than the environment into which babies are born, and of course, far more frequently than humans evolve. Similarly there’s never a shortage of new investment guides from the … Continue reading
Where have all the childminders gone?
I have an interest in childcare so this Opinion piece by Janet Daley caught my eye. She laments the absence of grandparents, and feels guilty herself at pursuing her career instead of offering support to her struggling daughter. Her central … Continue reading
Shock: New baby not conducive to blogging
Apologies, but Sophia, in all her glorious 9 days on this earth, has occupied her parents completely. I’ve barely had time to catch up on other blogs, newspapers etc. We’re currently following the “when she sleeps, we sleep” rule, which … Continue reading
Baby Boot has arrived
Weighing in at 7lbs 1oz, Sophia was born at 0951 on 21 November. Parent economists are both fine, though Daddy is extremely tired. Despite he exhaustion of watching a loved one endure incalculable physical pain, there are a number of … Continue reading
Milton Keynes Boot??
Baby Boot is two days late. And we discovered last week that apparently my wife and I don’t agree on a middle name for a girl (and still have a disagreement of the ordering of the names should it be a boy). Perhaps … Continue reading
How not to delay Christmas shopping – the costly way
Christmas comes but once a year – so how come it seems to take me by surprise as far as gift shopping goes? Of course, despite the advance warning, I never contemplate doing the shopping in September, partly because I … Continue reading
Market Distortion
A few weeks ago, my wife and I visited a nursery for our expected child. It’s one of several in the area but the only one with opening times that are conducive to both mine and my wife’s working hours. … Continue reading
5 and a half weeks to go…
My wife and I are expecting our first child and I thought it would be interesting to offer a sort of diary of observations related to economics and child rearing. First observation related to the future. Up until a couple … Continue reading