Contributed by Hannah Wagie -- When we decided to have our first baby, I was in graduate school with a teaching assistant’s compensation, the value of which was not found in the monthly paycheck but rather in the education I was getting. The cost of daycare was daunting, to say the least. I immediately began looking into ways to cut our expenses, from hunting down the best garage sales with brand-name baby clothes to making my own diaper cream from coconut oil, shea butter, a