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4 weeks to go until your due date and suddenly everyone starts asking if you have packed your bag! Suddenly it all becomes very real indeed and instead of thinking what is going on in your body you finally have to think about how you are going to get your baby out of your body!

Packing your bag for hospital is a good way to start the changing thought process. I tried to keep my bag to a minimum but there are some key essentials.

Buying as good pair of shoes for your baby or toddler can be a difficult business, and also an expensive one. Trying to squeeze your fractious child’s foot into yet another pair of shoes whilst listening attentively to the assistant explaining the virtues of this particular brand, style and shape can become a monumental task and one liable to cause you to lose your nerve very easily. When faced with the astronomical cost of shoes for toddlers it can seem tempting to purchase cheaper alternatives. Certainly supermarkets offer a wide choice of children’s clothing lines, including shoes, and for a very good price.

I’m a stay at home mom, successfully living off just one income, my husband’s. My children are 6 & 8 years old now, but it wasn’t too long ago that they were in diapers.

And boy oh boy was that expensive! Until I hit the diaper mega-load and came across enough free diapers to keep their bottom’s dry for life, with several hundred extra to spare.

How? It’s all about using coupons to your advantage. Forget clipping a 25 cent coupons for a brand of shampoo you don’t even like, I’m talking about walking out of a store with two shopping carts full of goods they paid you to take.