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Papersatan:
Do either of you have flexible work schedules at all and or do you know anyone else who is having a baby, or recently had one? My brother and his wife save on child care by working out a deal with another couple they know. Between the 4 of them they have worked it out where they stagger their "weekend" at their respective jobs and watch each other's kids. My brother only has to seek outside child care one day a week, or if something comes up. Even if you can get one day a week taken care of this way it could save you money.
calenlass:
A note on the not-driving thing: If you keep a(n extra) car but cycle/walk/train/bus to work, make sure that you drive the idle car at least once a week. It keeps the oil and transmission fluids circulating, and if you just let it sit you might have problems (gasoline eventually evaporates, for example) that could cost you unnecessary money.
Elysiana:
I am really hoping that I can talk my place into being more flexible. I have the ability to work from home on occasion, but they really prefer people to come in. If Ryan ends up with any weekdays off, he could watch the baby then, and maybe I could work from home on two of the other weekdays, and maybe just get a sitter for like $50 for the fifth day. That would be pretty ideal, but I think I'm going to wait to bring it up to them. They've just recently started discussing what my maternity leave will entail, and part of that is letting me work from home, so I kind of want to wait and prove to them how well it will work first.
Barmymoo:
I was all set to be horrified at $1200 a month, but then I worked out how much that is per hour and assuming an 8 hour day, five day week, that's the same as here.
I have just been searching for ages to try and find the website/blog I read about food storage - it was really good, and really interesting, but sadly I have no idea what the address was and don't keep my browsing history. If you google for food storage LDS you will get loads of tips, as Mormons are advised to keep a year's supply of food in their homes. I'm not suggesting you go to this extreme, but in terms of bulk-buying and where to do it, that would be a great resource. Places like Sam's Club and Costco come up a lot, and I've used Costco myself, it's fantastic.
In terms of diaper advice, it looks from your blog like you've already thought about it quite a lot! This is not the website I was looking for, but it is quite comprehensive and well laid out.
Elysiana, would it be weird for me to follow your blog?
Oh in terms of daycare, what do you think about moving to Canada? Maternity leave there is a full year and I think daycare is cheaper too! (This may or may not be a joke.)
Elysiana:
We've been debating on doing Sam's or Costco. Weren't sure if it's worth the cost of the membership but maybe we could find some friends who would be willing to chip in and we could pick stuff up for them too.
That diaper page is great, I like how they have the comparison charts. I think that's the most info I've seen on one site about clothies, actually.
No, you're absolutely welcome to follow it! I'm not very good about posting to it though haha.
Sometimes I think moving would be easier, but we're staying put. I just moved to B'ham about 3 years ago, after 12 years of moving around every 2 years because my ex was military, and I'm tired of moving lol. Plus we're renting his parents' house so that's kind of handy.
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