Club SAHM

[ectanz]

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happy to be mum:

hi sleepy


you are lucky that your husband is optimistic, how i wish mine is like that!

mine is worrier as though we completely do not have any savings! the problem is he is not a drawn salary worker as he is his own boss..so i can understand his worries and concerns. But by being like that, I will also feel so stress to be a SAHM...*haiz*..why should I do??

My Dh is the same as yours, a worrier. But I attribute that to his poor childhood and that he has worked hard in his education (to get uni scholarship) and work to be in his job position today. We are not poor but we have to control bit by bit if we want to put our 2 kids through university next time.

To be honest, only 3 months as a SAHM for me so I'm still not making much progress in saving $ (too used to spending my own money for so many years) but I am getting there! Getting a shock from seeing my bank statement helped heaps! Wahahaha! :spank:

Money is important but it definitely can't buy the closeness between us and the children. And I like that there is always nutritious dinner waiting for DH when he comes home from work and DS when he comes home from school. :imanangel:

In fact I can save even more when I became SAHM. I don't go shopping until weekend with hb cos I can't handle both dds alone. Normally hb will pay for groceries and things that I bought. Since became SAHM, I think before I buy and thus save money on unnecessary items.

[LOLMum]

yes, being a sahm does help to reduce a lot of unnecessary expenses and i can control the budget better.


the most obvious areas of lesser expenses are clothing, shoes, makeup, accessories, transport, food and extertainment.

also there are not that many wedding angpows, baby gifts, farewell gifts, cny angpows and xmas presents to spend on.

[janet88]

LOLMum:

yes, being a sahm does help to reduce a lot of unnecessary expenses and i can control the budget better.


the most obvious areas of lesser expenses are clothing, shoes, makeup, accessories, transport, food and extertainment.

also there are not that many wedding angpows, baby gifts, farewell gifts, cny angpows and xmas presents to spend on.

Can save more as a SAHM bcos there is no need to buy clothing, shoes and makeup. Save on lots of wedding and baby 'summons'. Other than all these savings, I do wish the GOVT recognizes the contributions we SAHMs make.

[just888]

janet_lee88:

LOLMum:

yes, being a sahm does help to reduce a lot of unnecessary expenses and i can control the budget better.


the most obvious areas of lesser expenses are clothing, shoes, makeup, accessories, transport, food and extertainment.

also there are not that many wedding angpows, baby gifts, farewell gifts, cny angpows and xmas presents to spend on.

Can save more as a SAHM bcos there is no need to buy clothing, shoes and makeup. Save on lots of wedding and baby 'summons'. Other than all these savings, I do wish the GOVT recognizes the contributions we SAHMs make.

But I still get \"red bombs\" from my ex-colleague..
How to siam those?

[happy to be mum]

but SAHM really is a tough job..no joke about that!


i am relating to those who really have little or no help from in-laws / parents / maid category. just a few day into \"this 伟大\" job..& I am super exhausted! & I did not cook somemore! just got a maid...hopefully can work out this time round..and then i will be back to work (i am lucky to have understanding bosses at work)

salute to all SAHM! not the tai tai type k those who have to wake up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, tidy up house, prepare lunch and dinner and all the washing and coaching the kids's school work! + husbands dun do much to help except bringing back home the bacon!

[BeContented]

happy to be mum:

but SAHM really is a tough job..no joke about that!


i am relating to those who really have little or no help from in-laws / parents / maid category. just a few day into \"this 伟大\" job..& I am super exhausted! & I did not cook somemore! just got a maid...hopefully can work out this time round..and then i will be back to work (i am lucky to have understanding bosses at work)

salute to all SAHM! not the tai tai type k those who have to wake up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, tidy up house, prepare lunch and dinner and all the washing and coaching the kids's school work! + husbands dun do much to help except bringing back home the bacon!

Me?
After going through the 'tough' life, cannot take it on a daily basis liao......have cut cooking by 30% ie. only cook 4 weekdays. Now trying to find gadgets to see if can help further eg. Happy call pan that I reading in another thread, scooba etc
Kids - training & enlisting their help (sometimes) to fold clothes, wash their own dishes, sweep floor, pick up/keep their own stuff instead of leaving them around etc
Hubby - nag him until he prefer to help a little else I'll :gloomy: :frustrated: :rant: :nunchuk: Also refused to go out with him when he's bored, citing simple reasons like
- got chores haven't finished.
- very tired after slogging whole day
- refused to do anything else except plonk on bed and KSP :evil:

Sometimes, must see who have higher threshold on DIRTYNESS also. IF DH is the dirty type, then too bad.....many tactics cannot work liao

[janet88]

HI SAHMs gals,

I had a roomba too...worked wonderfully for 1 year, then battery died completely :stompfeet: ...now back to my trusty Kaarcher again.

[MummyThreeStreams]

Janet,


I use a roomba too! It’s quite effective. I recently had to repair it coz the motherboard got fried (I got mine from the US, then the transformer blew a fuse and fried my roomba). You can consider replacing your battery. I think the place where I repaired it may be able to help. They also sell roombas comparable to US prices, but I’m not in the market for another roomba yet. If you’re interested, I can PM you.

[janet88]

MummyThreeStreams:

Janet,


I use a roomba too! It's quite effective. I recently had to repair it coz the motherboard got fried (I got mine from the US, then the transformer blew a fuse and fried my roomba). You can consider replacing your battery. I think the place where I repaired it may be able to help. They also sell roombas comparable to US prices, but I'm not in the market for another roomba yet. If you're interested, I can PM you.

It's effective...just program it to vacuum as and when...now the battery simply died...what should I do ? Where can I get battery ? My roomba was bought from US too. Pls advise. Thanks.

[MummyThreeStreams]

Hey Janet,

Just sent you a PM! Hope you will not have anymore white elephants!