This book is christian based and offers insight for how to lower your spending and increasing your income. Being a millennial mom, most of the content was already familiar to me, Therefore, I didn't garner as much ground breaking information as I would have liked. This author also hosts a popular blog, and if you follow her blog then a lot within this book will feel redundant. However, if you are a mom who has never looked into frugal life styles or small side jobs to supplement income and just not sure where to start, I think you'd enjoy this read a lot more. The writing style was very easy to follow and divided up into precise topics. The author got straight to her tips without needing many antidotes, which I appreciated.

This book is full of wonderful and practical ideas to save money and stay home with your kids. I highly recommend this great guidebook.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.

This book was informative and full of great tips for any parent! definitely worth checking out.

This is a great book with tips on how parents as well as anyone who needs to take care of someone at home make a living without leaving the comfort of their abode.

I really appreciate the ideas here.

I had reviewed Erin’s book More Than Just Making It and I really enjoyed it. This book is essentially that content but distilled into a gift book format. It would be a nice gift for encouraging a young mom that it is possible to care for you family from home and ways to deal with the sacrifices, yet still make like special. If you’ve read the first book, there’s no new content.

One of the things I knew I wanted before having kids was this: I want to be there, I want to enjoy them, I want to see them grow, I want to enjoy their childhood, I want to be involved in their life until they become responsible, mature, happy adults. But how!? we know we have to invest a lot to do that, so we have to produce a lot. So I´m thankful for this kind of resources, stories and ideas that light up a bulb in the brain and give us hope to achieve it. Want to continue the discussion? did you read the book? let's talk about it. Book ideas are helpful.

You Can Stay Home with Your Kids!: 100 Tips, Tricks, and Ways to Make It Work on a Budget has some fabulous tips for those who want to stay home with their kids. As a stay at home mama, I found some new tricks on how to save money. This book is a keeper for me.
Five stars.

This guide book to staying home with your kids is helpful and inclusive. While some tips and categories are no-brainers like Distinguishing wants vs. needs, others are more in depth and helpful. I like that Odom includes specific apps and resources for her readers, and suggestions of ways to stay on top of budgeting. Some ideas are more unexpected like bartering for goods or services with friends who have a talent, skill, etc. that you don't have. Bartering is alive and well and we tend to forget about it! I also like that she is bringing back things like keeping a price book for groceries, cooking from scratch, and cloth diapering. She approaches each topic in a manageable way and provides useful examples and reminders to readers. No one needs to be told to identify wants vs. needs, for example, but it does provide a helpful reminder for things we continually (and knowingly!) put off. An example of that for me would be meal planning, not browsing my favorite online shopping sites for deals, and not trying to "keep up with the Joneses". I found myself wishing there were some super inexpensive recipes in here, though there were many DIY cleaner, etc. recipes. Most of the section about cutting expenses on activities was pretty straightforward. Probably the most helpful part of this book was the section on health care. It has a lot of information on traditional insurance and health care expenses and exact resources for where to go. The sections on buying a home and car were also pretty detailed and filled with good ideas. The section on making extra income was also interesting, but I would say there is nothing too earth shattering there. This book mostly has a secular tone, though it is blatantly religious at points. If that is not your thing I would not particularly recommend this one.

Not a bad book. Had some interesting ideas, but not many more than we all already know. It was a pleasant read though, and a very encouraging book for any moms who want to stay home but struggle with finances.

Really enjoyed this book and like that it is in "bite sized pieces"! With small children and so many things going on I don't have lots of time to read long chapters. She gives great advice and practical, easy to apply tips that you can implement into your life.

This is a book about tips on saving money and being able to have one parent stay home with the children. I have read many books on the subject and I didn't really find anything new here. The most frustrating thing in the book was that the chapters were really short and concise and each chapter had a summary with take-away points, which basically re-iterated the whole chapter, it was like listening to each chapter twice. Also, some of the "tips" were not very practical. For instance, the author recommends booking a beach vacation during the off-season/colder months to save money and then says that even though the kids can't swim in the water they will enjoy the views. This might be practical for an adult couple but if I booked a beach vacation for my children and it's too cold to swim I'd have a riot on my hands. Sorry to say, but I'd pass on this book.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Lots of good information in here for a parent looking to leave the workforce and stay home with the kids. It was very encouraging and gave me some ideas I hadn't thought of. My only complaint is the fact that there are references to free resources throughout the book that are supposed to be based on her website.. The site is no longer active. This would be disappointing, but halfway expected in an older book, but this book is only just over a year old. Otherwise a very good book for parents trying to stay home.

Erin has so many great and practical tips that are easy to implement. I think this book is something every wife, mom, or even couple should read. There is so much value in staying home with your children, but beyond that these tips are for anyone who needs some ideas to tighten their budget.

This book is easy to read and practical! Just what every hectic mom needs! BUT this book is NOT just for moms, there are a lot of tips in here that my cheap penny pinching college self could have used too! This book applies to anyone trying to make things work on a budget.
It has helpful ways to manage your budget so you can enjoy a life at home while raising your kids.

As a SAHM for 18 years who lives on a tight budget this book really wasn't for me.

A really good book for someone who is truly wondering if they can stay at home with their children instead of returning to work. Lots of tips and tricks and solid advice for that.
So many things mentioned that I would tell a friend about my experience thriving on a tight budget and making life work while I stay at home with my children.

What a easy quick read. I find this book practical—although for some who have read through maybe a few budget type books there are a lot of “I have heard this before”.

I love her DIY section of the book. She incorporates simple recipes for things like deodorant, window cleaner, foaming hand soap and more. I appreciate that.

The topics she talks about are short simple and to the point. With two kids in tow I find it hard to read something intense. This is just perfect for me. At the end of each section is an “action” step to take that encourages you to take a step towards that goal.

I do feel like it is a basic “how to be thrifty and save money” book. For those who have been through books—maybe not the best.

But I do think this is perfect for a young couple who are looking to save money that to them this sort of living might be entirely new concepts. It is not a very deep intense look at budgeting, which might be a good fit for a reader looking for broader General money saving tips. This book hits on a variety of topics quickly and for me I like it.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book is a helpful guide to alternative ways to earn income while staying at home with your kids. Essentially, it has ideas and tips for being a work at home mother as opposed to a stay-at home mother.

This was an encouraging and inspiring book. I’m so glad I read it and highly recommend it to any Christian mom!

This was a organized and concise book. The tips are helpful and can be applied to a wide audience and don't feel like they'll be immediately "dated".

This book is written by an author who has clearly thought out all sorts of different ways to save money, based on real life experience. It is arranged in sections such as "curb spending", "eat well on a budge", "DIY household products", "shop secondhand and sales," and more, with a total of 100 tips and tricks, that all have good advice and action steps. I liked that the advice was short and to the point. Although my husband and I are both working and don't have kids yet, I learned a lot from this book about ideas for saving money now and in the future when we have kids and want to buy a house.