13 Functions of the Library You MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
Know what Amazon and the public library have in common? Both started off as being all about books, but both have evolved into offering WAY more than just that. Your public library is one of the best kept secrets to being a happy and successful frugaler. I’m pretty...
How to Get Free Baby Stuff: 12 Strategies to Score Freebies
4 pacifiers 3 packs of diapers 2 packs of wipes a piggy bank 6 baby bottles a breast pump 6 cans of powder formula baby books a nursing cover a bunch of onesies That’s just a fraction of the totally free baby stuff I’ve been able to score for our first son. This...
Saving for a Baby: 35 Tips All New Parents Need to Know
$9,400. That’s how much less I spent on my son’s first year expenses than the average U.S. family does. In my post about the costs of raising a baby, I talk about how American parents shell out on average $16,100 for their child’s expenses during the first year,...
Baby Checklist: EPIC List of Practical Baby Essentials
$6712.77. That’s the total money we spent on everything related to our son in his first year, which was almost $10,000 less than the estimated average that parents spend on their newborns. We were able to keep our first-year baby costs pretty low because we took steps...
Preparing for a Baby? How to Plan for a Baby Financially
$5,000. That’s our recommendation for how much money to save before baby arrives. Of course, everyone’s situation is different. But barring anything out of the ordinary like severe health complications during pregnancy or birth (knock on wood), that amount should...Chang Resource Vault
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