Spit-up On My Shoulder

Last Saturday, I attended a six-hour all women retreat. November was a month of many deadlines and other stresses, so I was VERY ready for this retreat.
The woman who ran the retreat, Jo Hatcher, was wonderful, but I had the darnedest time relaxing because of the build-up of stress in my body. [...]

A recent study found that married women do about one less hour of housework per week for every $7,500 they earn as full-time workers outside the home, regardless of the husband’s income.
I found the study’s conclusions interesting, but was surprised about the following comments from women in the article:
“It’s not about the paycheck for [...]

I thought this article in the 11/14/07 of Dollar Stretcher for Parents gave some interesting points about the financial and environmental benefits of using cloth diapers.
I used both cloth and disposable diapers with my girls, but I wish I had known at the time how much I could have saved by using cloth [...]

If you haven’t heard of MOTHERS (Mothers Ought to Have Equal Rights), I hope you’ll check out their website here.
MOTHERS is a grassroot organization whose mission is to improve the economic well-being of mothers and other family caretakers. Below you’ll find some startling and disappointing recent statistics from the MOTHERS newsletter. The United [...]

Becoming a parent can really stretch your finances. Do you have money anxiety? Do you worry that you won’t have enough to cover what your family needs?
I am a big worrier about money – ask anyone who knows me! An unusually high water bill, a sick cat, the car breaking down – [...]

Did you know that every two minutes you spend in the shower uses as much water as someone in Africa uses in a whole day? This statistic really made me think about imbalances in the world and also about how wasteful I’ve been with water.
I hope you will join me in cutting [...]

Here’s a great idea for saving money on baby wipes that I found in the 5/16/07 issue of the Dollar Stretcher newsletter:
Instant Baby Wipes
I raised four kids and didn’t buy baby wipes for home or travel. A roll of toilet paper or box of generic facial tissue and a bottle of dollar store baby oil [...]

One of the most stressful parts of becoming a parent is the financial strain it puts on a family. We’ve talked here before about ways to cut back on baby expenses, but, if you’re like me, you may be one of those people who can obsess about money concerns.
It seems that in most couples [...]

Ron Lieber had an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal last Sunday. The article was on the importance of obtaining life insurance before your baby is born.
Due to the high occurrence of postpartum depression, it’s best to obtain life insurance as soon as you plan on having a baby. Unfortunately (and [...]