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A perfect recession buster book for parents worried about the costs of a new baby when struggling on a reduced income - full of creative ideas, tips and advice
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A new baby brings a great deal of excitement to a household, but managing on a reduced income can be a daunting prospect. Full of top tips and creative ideas, this practical guide will help you make the right financial decisions during your pregnancy and throughout your maternity leave - whether this is 6 weeks or 6 years!
How to Afford Time Off with Your Baby will:
* help you to budget at each and every stage, from pregnancy to starting school
* offer guidance on the essential pieces of baby kit so you don't overbuy
* propose creative ways to generate a little extra cash and achieve more with less
* advise you on how to release and save money during this critical time
With an extensive resource section full of up-to-date websites, activity groups and key advisors, How to Afford Time off with Your Baby is an indispensable guide that will help you worry less so you can enjoy those precious moments with your new baby much more.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
How to Afford Time Off with Your Baby: 101 Ways to Ease the Financial Strain is an excellent book. If you are pregnant and wondering how you will make ends meet if you don't go back to work, you should definitely check it out.
I get fed-up with the tired old tips that come out again and again in many features on saving money when you have a family, and Becky Goddard-Hill has done a great job in coming up with realistic and practical original advice for cash-strapped parents and mums to be. What's more, she hasn't fallen into the trap of many yummy-mummy journalists who were obviously living on a much higher budget than most of us in the first place and offer somewhat unrealistic advice.
What Becky does offer is straightforward practical tips on subjects like:
10 things you should borrow for your new baby
birthdays and baptisms on a budget
looking after yourself for next to nothing
low cost activities for the pre-school years
earning money while staying off work
and an inexpensive Christmas
You can tell that Becky has tested out her own advice in real life.
I get fed-up with the tired old tips that come out again and again in many features on saving money when you have a family, and Becky Goddard-Hill has done a great job in coming up with realistic and practical original advice for cash-strapped parents and mums to be. What's more, she hasn't fallen into the trap of many yummy-mummy journalists who were obviously living on a much higher budget than most of us in the first place and offer somewhat unrealistic advice.
What Becky does offer is straightforward practical tips on subjects like:
10 things you should borrow for your new baby
birthdays and baptisms on a budget
looking after yourself for next to nothing
low cost activities for the pre-school years
earning money while staying off work
and an inexpensive Christmas
You can tell that Becky has tested out her own advice in real life.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a brilliantly written summary of so many areas of early baby-dom and beyond. Not just for new-borns it's a book you will seek advice from for years to come and reinforces the idea you're not the only one wondering what the options are! Packed with both lists and suggestions, it's great to pick up and flick in any spare moment and will remain beside my bed for many years to come!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am glad I borrowed this book from the library and didn't buy. I read cover to cover and found the advice very 'out of balance'. Unusually the mum earns much more than the dad, the mum stays at home. No mention is made of any attempts to increase the dad's salery. They take a 6 month holiday from mortgage payments. Mum manages to stay at home because her in-laws, parents and extended family pay for lots of activities for the children. When her children pester for an item she asks Granny to buy it for them! Pocket money given to the children is not saved but spent on groceries! She's apparently on a tight budget and advocates picnics in the park but also states she takes her son out for breakfast in a cafe and magazine weekly! She gets her friend to pay for her slimming class!?
If you really want to know about budget living just read www.moneysavingexpert.com for free :-)
If you really want to know about budget living just read www.moneysavingexpert.com for free :-)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great book with great advice
I really found this book helpful, full of great advice and money saving tips. It is well written and interesting. It gave me loads of ideas and has helped me save and make money. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Carol
Extremely Useful....
I found this book really helpful when I had my two children. There's a stack of great ideas to help you to save money and even though I like to think of myself as financially... Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Bailey
Must-have book for mums-to-be!
Jam-packed with tips on saving money as a new mum, this book is essential reading if you want to reduce your working hours to spend more time with your young family. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Helen Lindop
Common sense......
Although the author sets out to help the reader think about budgeting and staying home, most of the advice given is pure common sense. Read more
Published 12 months ago by RNS
How to Afford Time Off with your Baby: 101 Ways to Ease the Financial...
Boring book - nothing inspirational.
Some tips completely ridiculous!!!
Author only appplies some tips to 1 of her children, & not the other..... Read more
Some tips completely ridiculous!!!
Author only appplies some tips to 1 of her children, & not the other..... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Brownie
Some interesting ideas
Found some great idea's but I should have bought when my baby was first born as have already gone through most of the stages.
Published 23 months ago by R. J. North
Great Read
I thought this book was really useful, in a light hearted way on such a tricky subject. The book is packed full of really useful information that you can implement into everyday... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Ms. L. M. Jackson
fantastic read
i bought this book as i wasnt going back to work after my maternity leave and we were starting to sturggle a bit with money. Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by V. Usher
Great read - can't wait to put money saving tips into practice
Really enjoyed reading this book, it was full of insightful tips and hints on managing your money while you're off work looking after children. Read more
Published on 7 April 2010 by Ms. K. Owen
brilliant and inspiring!
I bought this book when my second child was 18 months old and so wish it had been out when I was pregnant with my first. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2010 by L. Slade
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