I was at Maeve's 2 month well baby visit today. It seems I'm in a doctors office a lot between well child checks and owies. It got me to thinking about how much we spend over the first eighteen years on healthcare for our family alone. With five kids, I find plenty of opportunities to use our health insurance coverage. Paying the deductibles and monthly coverage costs hurts, but it's a necessary evil =) I'm very thankful to have the coverage. I found a "fun" ? calculator program that estimate the cost of raising kids...I don't even want to tell you what 5 kids came out to. I