Do you necessarily need to have a child to start a 529 plan yet?

Question

Like they always say, you can never start too soon to save for college. Just curious if you need to have a child yet to start saving for college? I'm going with Ohio's plan (am a resident). Also, I'm still considering going back to school one day for myself. Can I use it for that? And if you get financial assistance like an assistantship, can it be used for books? Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

yes you will need the ss number of the child!!!

Answer 2

You can start a 529 plan for yourself.  When the child is born, you then switch the money to the child's 529 plan.