i was the neighborhood babysitter as well...went into teaching to be around kids and to have a more flexible schedule - not to mention benefits...keith wants to wait until i have tenure to start TTC, which makes sense, and gives me time to pay off my debt....but i have baby fever NOW and don't want to wait another 3 years...i, like many of you, figured i'd be married and on my first baby by 25...but i'll be 27 next week, and FI will be 29 next week, so another three years - 30!!! seems like forever...
on the flip side, tho, i don't want to work - i want to be a stay-at-home mom, so in order for that to happen, we'll certainly have to time it right.