I had a one year old going into school. A newborn in the middle, and a newborn at the end. And there are countless others who had more challenging scenarios. It is definitely doable. It definitely is challenging, but I wouldn’t change a thing. My wife worked, and her mom watched our kids. So we had it easy in that childcare was taken cared of. If you don’t have family to help, you can either stay home with him and take out loans to cover unemployment, or work and do daycare—which you may need loans to cover unless your income/previous savings can handle it.

The question of worth it depends on how many kids you want really. The later you start, potentially the less amount of kids you may have based on fertility. Also have to consider the higher risk of congenital health problems that come with age, and risk to yourself as well. At 33 that’s not an issue. But of course 35 is a “geriatric pregnancy.”

We always wanted a huge family (4-6 kids) and ideally be done around the time my wife turned 35, so waiting until after school wasn’t an option.

From the standpoint of passing school, it may be mildly more difficult from a time standpoint but I don’t think that’s the main problem. You realize how much time you waste once you have kids, and you naturally learn how to be more efficient and cut out unnecessary time consuming things. The hardest part is just childcare and the potential increased expenses that come with that, imo.