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Yes and no. We are already homebodies, and don't have a lot of local friends that we hang out with, so I don't think it will majorly affect our social life. But balancing the needs of an infant along with both of us working full time will I think affect what we prioritize in our free time and how we spend our evenings/weekends.

I do expect it to change somewhat. We don't really "go out" a lot, but we're used to just being able to up and go spur of the moment. There's no more spur of the moment when you have a baby.

Yes, I expect our lifestyle to change, and I’m bummed about it. We are not out all the time now, but I like having that choice. With a baby, I feel like I won’t really have that choice anymore – as we would either have to always bring an infant out with us, or try to arrange for a baby sitter. Also, we like staying up late, typically don’t eat dinner until about 8pm or 9pm, but I know with having to get up multiple times a night that schedule probably won’t work. We also like sleeping in on the weekends, and I spend the weekends doing crafts and I’m guessing I won’t really have all that free time to continue doing fun crafts I like while also working full time and taking care of a baby.

After paying $1300-1500 a month for daycare, our disposable income will be obviously reduced also so it will be harder to continue to live like we do now.

And travel. Well, that will be a thing of the past for a while. (we prefer “adult” type vacations with lots of late night activities and booze. Not really child friendly).

Our lifestyle wasn't very exciting before baby. We were always in bed by 9 or 9:30, we don't go to bars or anything like that. So no, I didn't expect it to change much. I don't go to a lot of plays like I used to, and we don't have as much money now. I think the biggest difference is that we can't just sit down, relax, and watch tv (until LO is asleep) like we used to. But that's probably a good thing.

Mine changed a lot, and sometimes I miss certain aspects of my pre baby life, but I look at my son and listen to his laugh and I forget about it.

We're not people that will change our whole life because we have a child, we love to travel and see new things so we still do that, although it isn't as much or as complicated as before. We will still do some kid type vacations, but for the most part, we won't all of a sudden be at Legoland or Disney every week!