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| question for stay at home moms |
Moms, is anyone able to stay at home with their baby whose husband makes only $30K? i have to make some tough decisions and need to know if this is even possible. if so, how do you make it work??? THANK YOU. gretchen |
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| My husband makes only 30k. We only eat out on the weekends and take $60 for our weekly blow money. We try to stick to are budget. Grocery is $70 a week, gas is $30 a week, and household is also budgeted. And my husband give me $20 a week for doing stuff with Andrew. We live in an apartment so we only have rent and nothing else to do with a house, so that makes it easier. |
| posted by Chelle on 09/10/2008 |
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I work from home in the wellness industry to supplement our income. The products are safe for the family. If you would like more information please write to me here or Jann3b@aol.com
Regards, Jill |
| posted by Jill on 09/10/2008 |
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| My husband also makes roughly around 33K a year and it is tough. After paying $125 a week for childcare I decided to drop down to a part time job and I do it at night. I work four nights a week Monday- Thursday 8pm-2am... Then I come home and sleep until my little boy wakes up, and I take naps with him. Yes it's tough but I get the best of both worlds, I get time raising my little boy, and doing household stuff as well as work and get adult time in so I am not going crazy. I don't know if that is something you could do or not but it is an option. You could go to a local hospital or something like that. Goodluck, and hang in there. |
| posted by Brandi on 09/10/2008 |
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| I too work from home with the same wellness company. No there is no selling of any kind. I am a sahm of 3 children all under the age of 4. It is tough if there is only one income. That's why I wanted to work from home b/c I could not afford to pay day care prices. I would also love to help get any mom who want to add income to the household. you can send a msg here or email me nylaariel@yahoo.com |
| posted by Sharen on 09/10/2008 |
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| I have a job that they are willing to work with me on my schedule. I've been there over 2 1/2 years so I work a half shift on 2 week nights when DH gets home and a full one on saturday. So I contribute a little to our family w/o a day care bill. |
| posted by Rachel on 09/12/2008 |
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You might want to watch a child or two, as they could be playmates to your children. In some states, ( Atlanta Georgia ) You can watch two with out being licenced! However I would attend classes about early education to be the best you could be! ( This would not include your own) If you would like to do more than that, you can get a packet from your state. The potential of 600.00 to 1000 can be made. If you make a playroom ex. for them the job is much better!
Hope I have helped!
Chris |
| posted by christine on 09/13/2008 |
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| We went from a joint income of 56K a year to 34k a year, its not easy but we manage. No more going out to movies, we rent an on demand movie for family night and I print off coupons from online for shopping as well as I found a grocery store that will take coupons from all other grocery stores. We have paid down almost all our debt when ever we had extra so that when we didn't have extra we weren't hurting for much. Everyone has made some personal sacrifices, but we have found that we are closer now than when I worked and everyone went their own way. |
| posted by Renae on 09/14/2008 |
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| Our income is roughly 34k and I stay home with 3 babies under 5 and our 4th baby on the way. Its deff not easy but we do fine we had medicade for the fist two and now have it again for the 4th. We also have food stamps now. that helps with groceries which was always the tight spot. We have a tight budget but luckily own our home so no morgage or outragous monthly cost of an apartment. I budget everything we do an always try for cheapest cost but decent quality. Once a payday we go out as a family to a restraunt. We have a savings account set for family outtings 25 bucks a payday goes in it we get paid bi weekly so if we only do a museum visit once a month or a trip every 3 months it saves up. We try to do free or cheap outtings. The best way to start budgeting is to list all bills an document every cent you spend payday to payday an watch where your money goes. |
| posted by BratPacMom on 12/07/2008 |
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