MSNBC: 10 tips on diaper costs
When my daughter was little, we lived in an apartment with no laundry hook-ups. We had to carry our clothes to either my parents’ home, and wait for our turn to use the laundry machines in a busy...
View ArticleSimple Dollar: Stop wasting money on disposable things
Trent at the Simple Dollar has this post: Stop wasting money on disposable things. A snippet: It’s just trash, right? If you look a bit closer, though, you’ll see something else in there. Money. Each...
View ArticleBaby Pantry helps Oakland County families with diapers
The Detroit Free Press has a story today about Baby Pantry, a program to help working families with the expense of diapers for their children. A snippet: Created two years ago, the Baby Pantry is a...
View ArticleBaby supply coupons can go to Heartbeat of Monroe
This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.: There are several community coupon swap boxes in the Monroe, Mich., area. Most of them are hosted by the area libraries. Today, I pinned down the...
View ArticleParenting class and layette from Heartbeat
This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.: Heartbeat of Monroe will offer a parenting class for new mothers and fathers from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday Nov. 12 at its office, 415 N. Monroe St.,...
View ArticleBig families are not as expensive as you think
I’m the oldest of seven children. My parents have heard lots of questions over the years about raising “a big family.” But big families are not as expensive as you think. My dad has explained it this...
View ArticleCost is going up for diapers. Now what?
Kimberly-Clark has posted a press release announcing that prices will go up this summer for its Huggies, Pull-Ups and Good Nights diaper products with increases to range from 3 to 7 percent. The...
View ArticleBeyond Coupons: Cleaning supplies and paper goods
The Beyond Coupons series focuses on ways to cut your grocery bill that don’t require coupons. One of the details I have to include when I’m explaining what I think is a reasonable grocery budget is...
View ArticleAffording cloth diapers on a low income
Keeper of the Home has a great post from Erin called Affording cloth diapers on a low income. She outlines some of the charities across the country that can help with loaner diapers; suggestions for...
View ArticleFashionable diapers, not so fashionable cost
Have you seen the merchandising for baby diapers with patterns and designs as if they were a pair of fabric bottoms? This was a short-term promotion, but according to some news reports you’ll be seeing...
View ArticleWhy it’s expensive to be poor
Does it seem like that those who are in the higher income brackets have no idea what it costs to get by in the poverty or median income brackets? They might not. Here’s why. Some daily expenses are...
View ArticleTraining pants dilemna: paper or cloth?
The Associated Press has an interesting story that’s making the media rounds about disposable training pants and potty training of toddlers. The article is on page 3D of today’s print and e-editions of...
View ArticleCost-cutting tip on diapers: consider the warehouse clubs
When I gave one of my grocery class this weeks, I heard a great tip from a mom who was in the audience regarding the cost of diapers. She had a membership to Costco Warehouse. Now while that retailer...
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