Hi! (new here) and quick question (or two) :)

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Look into wic if you have not, the help with juice, milk, cheese,

cereal, and peanut butter is a huge perk. they are awesome for paying

for most/all baby formula for the first year as well.

look up a local freecycle group, i think yahoo has groups for most

communities. you can post what your child outgrows, and you can

request clothes they will be coming into. there are also groups on

yahoo for community sales and things if you do not want to give away

your used items. craigslist is another good site for finding used

items and making money off of your used stuff.

a way to stretch money for toys is to create a “toy trade” with a

couple other mom’s. it does not even have to be official, maybe

someone you have lunch with here and there can bring a couple toys to

swap for a week or something.

baby specific tips are as follows…

tell friends and family you want a costco membership (or other

warehouse store membership) for a baby gift, or if you are already a

member, have them pay for the next year for you 🙂

stay away from the playtex bottles that take the insert you have to

buy. there are other bottles now that allow less air without having

to buy the inserts.

buy wipes in bulk if you are not making your own.

buy diapers in bulk after size 1. Size 2 only buy 1 bulk box, than

buy the bags until baby is out of them. Size 3 is safer to buy bulk

without fear of wasting half a bulk box due to baby growing too fast.

Even if you use disposable diapers, you should buy a couple of cloth

to use at home. Imagine the savings that three diapers a day can add

up to after a couple of years. You can find them used online at Ebay,

Craigslist, and other auctions sites.

Buy the three packs of baby Tylonal, I am sure you know this after

having older children.

Take baby toy shopping with you. Things that do not make their whole

face light up, do not buy. My daughter looks things over and if she

does not really BEAM over them, we keep looking. Who needs more toys

that they leave behind while playing with the empty kleenex box?

Find a mom to trade sitting with. You have no idea how hard it is to

find someone to watch 4 children until you have 4. Family is great,

but 4 children is alot to expect them to take when YOU ask them to. I

know this one, I have 4 who are 10, 4, 3, and 10 months. I had tons

of sitters and offers when it was 1, 2, and even 3 children… now..

not so much.

Ok, think I am done rambling now.

Shawnee

— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “Kim” wrote:

>

> Hi there,

>

> I was on this list some time ago, but had to leave b/c of no time

for

> the ‘net.

>

> I’m Kim in KY, living with my 3 kids, hubby and a new baby on the

way.

> I’ve got a few questions, and I hope they are okay to ask. 🙂

>

> 1. Do any of you do your own home health care? We do a lot of

things

> that you would get from a regular check-up at the doctor except for

> blood tests. This has saved us a lot of money over the years…

>

> Anyway, if you do a lot of your own home health (herbs, alt.

remedies

> and so on), what are your favorite sites/books/blogs to reference?

>

> 2. Any suggestions on saving the budget once a new baby arrives. I

> have twin girls, age 8, and a boy who is 18 months. Every time I

> think we are living as close to budget and frugal as we can, I see

> that there are more ways to save money. Again, any

sites/books/blogs

> that offer good advice would be great.

>

> Loads of thanks!

> Peace,

> Kim U in KY

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