Keeping to a Budget: Toddler
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Does Anyone Stick to a Real Budget- Monthly or Weekly? Willing to Share Ideas?
Asked by M.D. from Dallas
on September 2, 2007
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Ok moms- I need to know Im not alone. Im a SAHM and I feel that my husband makes enough for us to live comfortably and me to not work. But come time to pay bills- it...
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- Check out the Dave Ramsey - Total Money Makeover - a life changing book for budget/daily living. U can order the book online or get it at most bookstores. He also ha...
- Hey there - I am just sharing what we do here... Both of us work - but we are in our 1st home (almost 2 yrs now!) and I feel it's VERY important to stick with a bud...
- We finally went to a cash only method for weekly extras....not bills, but anything extra like birthday presents, stops at a restaurant, things for the kids, makeup, et...
Family Finances
Asked by B.S. from Chicago
on August 10, 2009
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I wanted to find out how other women talk to their husbands about finances. I have recently handed over the finances to my husband. He is the spender and I am the sav...
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- I have found that if you both aren't involved, then there isn't a system of checks and balances. You both need to set goals and priorities with your income and saving...
- I read the other responses and bottom line you need to be involved!!! You need to have a handle on your finances and access to your accounts so you know that bills ar...
- I was in the same situation that you are in. My husband never knew what was going on with the money, and everytime I told him we didn't have enough, it was somehow my...
Allowances and Finances
Asked by P.M. from San Antonio
on July 12, 2011
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Recently I read different ways parents teach their children the value of money. Some give their children a weekly allowance, some give them a monthly allowance, some ...
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- I never had an allowance. As soon as I was old enough I got a job, before that I babysat. My parents bought me necessities but extras I mostly paid for. My son (1...
- my two older brothers and i were all given five dollars every friday for doing chores. which were dishes, laundary, taking out the trash. we drew names on who did what...
- My mom had this can system. We received an allowance and immediately split it up into 3 cans - one for tithing, one for saving, and one for spending. I fully intend ...
Combining Finances - How Do You Do It?
Asked by S.J. from Charlottesville
on March 24, 2008
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I am new to this site so I am hoping that I can get some good advice on what to do. My daughter was born 3 months ago and my husband and I are trying to figure out ho...
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- Hi S., We handle finances that way at our home and what we did was take out a credit card that is only used to pay for the things our girls need/want. At the end o...
- My husband and I have been married for 10 years and we have had a joint account since we got engaged. Much easier to handle finances that way. The way I see it is, i...
- I just thought once you get married everything gets merged togther. Well when my husband and I were dateing and living togther we had sepreat accounts but now we put e...
Budget
Asked by M.M. from Los Angeles
on September 27, 2008
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hi everyone.
my husband and i are are trying to make a budget and want to stick with it. i would love suggestions and ideas on you guys budget and come up with rea...
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- Start keeping your recipts for a month and add them up at the end to see what you spend. I have a budget I use every month. Send me a message and I will e-mail it to y...
- I was in debt over my head and had about 10 credir cards go to the collectin agency. This was about 5 years ago and it had gotten so bad I stopped opening my mail alt...
- My husband and I decided on a budget when we first got engaged because each of us had some debt we needed to get rid of, a wedding to plan for and a house to save up f...
Budget
Asked by M.M. from Dallas
on November 8, 2006
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Hi- I really didn't know where to post my questions, so here it goes. I have a problem, I really need to get on budget!!! I really do not know how to go about it. I k...
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- I have worked with many people helping them budget time/money etc. I would suggest first thing is to get receipts on everything. The purpose of this is to see exactl...
- M., I am in the same boat. Hoever, I have been listening to Dave Ramsey and have just purchased his book called "My Total Money Makeover". You can listen to him at...
- My husband and I live my a strict budget monthly. We go over all of our monthly expenses about once every six months and figure out where our money needs to go. You re...
Marriage and Finances
Asked by J.F. from San Francisco
on August 19, 2011
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My husband and I have been married for 6 years now. When we started out he had a good amount of credit card and misc. debt. It got pretty bad at one point, to where we...
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- The issue here sounds like control, and money is just the weapon he is using. Marriage counseling is in order. There is much more going on here than his behavior w...
- Wow. It sounds like he has changed a lot. Is he only starting to act this way since you started being a SAHM? Sounds like he holds grudges that he makes the majority o...
- I am just throwing this out there as a possibility. How strict was the budget? I have said this many times, a budget that is too strict is like starvation dieting. ...
Finances Question
Asked by K.B. from St. Louis
on July 30, 2011
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So I know Dave Ramsey is loved by mamapedia users everywhere and I have reviewed his site for some tips on how to fix my finances, but I'm still struggling and wonderi...
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- I printed out your question and took it to church to show my son. He has taken Dave Ramsey's seminar and teaches Finanacial Peace Ubniversity. He says that you pay t...
- i totally understand where you are coming from here ... i dont know how old your little one is but for me the first year was the hardest. i tried to apply for assista...
- I second angel food ministries. While you still have to pay for the packages, they are at a steep discount and have helped us out in the past. I do agree with trying t...
My 1 Year and 9 Month Old Son Still Doesn't Talk
Asked by T.R. from Los Angeles
on May 4, 2010
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is it ok if my 1 year and 9 month old son still doesn't talk? he walked when he was 14 months old, i'm guessing his speech is also delayed. he only babbles and doesn't...
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- My 18 month old doesn't talk much either. I think the only reason she says "no" is because she has a 5 year old sister and she's heard it so much from her. We'll he...
- Hi T., My name is D. W. and I am a Speech and Language Pathologist working in Newport Beach, CA and I am happy to answer your question. At 21-24 months of age a ch...
- Maybe, but don't you want to know for sure? You will likely get many people who say he is a boy, or that their neighbor's coisin's child was the same and is now perfe...
HELP PLEASE! My 20 Month Old Son Wont Eat
Asked by S.G. from San Francisco
on June 28, 2010
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Hi Moms,
I need some serious help here. My 20 month old just wont eat, every single meal time is a serious challenge. We're doing all things wrong, distracting him ...
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- You are kind of answering your own question. You're chasing him? Giving him sweet foods? I don't get it. Why would he eat under those circumstances? You aren't tea...
- Those kids you see eating un-fussily in a high chair probably haven't eaten in 10 days! LOL I went through this. I would ask, beg, chase, tempt.....then one day I ha...
- maybe he just isn't hungry. kids go through phases and mine used to throw his food if he wasnt' hungry. mine goes through phases he eats like a perfect angel and other...
