This book is both practical and encouraging...which is perfect. If you want to stay home with your kids, but do not see how it will work you will need both practical tips and encouragement! It's not always easy, but it's SO worth it.

Erin includes suggestions that I already implement, a few unique ideas I had never thought of, and a few that don’t fit my needs. As you read through the book, find the tips that will work best for you and your family. That is the beauty of this book. There is no pressure to implement all 100 tips, just find the suggestions that make sense for you and your family and make your plan.

Erin doesn't gloss over the fact that it takes the desire and commitment to make it work, but staying home with your children is a decision you will never regret. If you want to make it work, I would encourage you to pick up this book and start applying the tips.

The sections on Curbing Spending, Eating Well on a Budget and Creating More Income had the most practical tips that may have a big impact. I also enjoyed the suggestions in the Entertain Your Family Without Spending a Fortune section.

If you have wanted to stay home with your children, but do not know how you can make it work this book is for you. If you think "well, that would never work for me", get this book! When there is a will, there is a way. This book will help show you the way to making it financially feasible for your family.

I received a review copy, but was under no obligation to leave a positive review.

As a stay at home, homeschooling mama, things can be tight sometimes. Therefore, I'm always looking for ways to save money. Erin Oden's new book, You Can Stay Home with Your Kids, is a fantastic tool that fits the bill. Filled with practical and easy to implement tips, it's a wonderful book to have on your shelf.
The book is arranged in eight sections: Curb Your Spending, Eat Well On a Budget, DIY Household Products, Entertain Your Family Without Spending A Fortune, Shop Second Hand Sales, Provide Health-Care Needs, Hunt Houses and Vehicles, and Create More Income. Within each section, there ar action steps that pertain to each sction's subject. Some of the tips, I already had been utilizing, and some are common sense. Yet, the vast majority of them were new things I'd not heard before.
Erin writes in an engaging, and well organized manner. The book is also very clearly researched. The book itself is a pretty, compact addition that I think would be a fabulous gift for the newlywed, or expectant parent.
I would reccomend this book to anyone entertaining the thought of resorting to a single income to stay with their children. If you follow any combination of the ideas, you will save money as I did.

You Can Stay Home with Your Kids! by Erin Odom is a guide that attempts to explain how to do just that-- stay home with your kids. The book is full of different ideas from cutting extra costs to developing revenue streams to supplement your income. The ideas are good, but they are basic common sense ideas. It is a good book for anyone overwhelmed by the idea of staying home and needing a place to start from. I received a digital copy of this book. These opinions are entirely my own.

I never expected to be a SAHM, much less a homeschooling/homesteading mother of four! I was raised by a working mom and spent much of my childhood in an excellent daycare. I expected our family would take the same route. My firstborn arrived just months after my grad school loans came due. My starting salary was exactly that of our child care costs. We would break even financially and I would spent my days away and from the chubby-cheeked wonder that consumed my days. Now twelve years in, I teach my kids, work one night a week, live a crunchy, frugal life and marvel at how homemaking has worked out, careerwise. Like many of my generation, I was not prepared for this career, and need all the help I can get! Erin’s book is chock-full of solid advice from a SAHM who has made it work. I thought I was the DIY queen, but she had tips, tricks and recipes that were entirely new to me. I especially appreciate the income-generating ideas as I have been exploring opportunities to increase my side-hustle contribution to our family. Erin’s enthusiasm is contagious, but it’s not hype. She has struggled and succeeded at her dream of being a SAHM. I am so thankful that she’s been

I received an advanced digital copy of this book to review. My kids are grown and out of the house but I found some useful tips in this book to save money. She wrote this book to encourage young mothers that indeed they can stay home. I think this book is useful for even people who do not have children yet. It would be useful for the newlywed to read so that they can prepare to stay at home when children come along. It is a useful book chocked full of tips even if a couple chooses to never have children. Erin Odom is a woman of faith and it shows through in her writing but even if you do not share her faith a person could benefit from this book. I highly recommend this book.

You Can Stay Home With Your Kids is the latest book from blogger and author Erin Odom. As a stay at home mom, I truly appreciate this little book and recommend it to anyone looking for simple ways to trim their budget. This book is highly beneficial in content and design as it is divided into chapters with short sections that don’t take much time to read. Erin is a stay at home mom with four children so she has experience when it comes to finding unique ways to save money.

Unlike many books on finance in which the reader is offered tips that will require much time to pass before receiving a return on their investment, this book is very practical and many of the tips can be applied right away. One of my favorite tips was about using Swap.com, an online consignment store for all ages and genders. I had never heard of Swap prior to reading You Can Stay Home With Your Kids so I decided to give it a try and I was ecstatic to purchase 16 items of clothing for under $100. This example is one of many offered in the book. Erin also includes DIY ideas for making household items using ingredients you probably already have on hand. I was excited about this portion of the book since I make some of my own household detergents.

Another aspect of the book I truly appreciate is the aesthetic appeal. The cover design is beautiful as are the pages inside. As the mother of a toddler who is constantly getting into my books, I really appreciate that the book includes a ribbon bookmark. You Can Stay Home With Your Kids is just under $15 on Amazon and I truly believe that the small investment in purchasing your copy will reap large dividends in the long run.

I received You Can Stay Home With Your Kids compliments of Zondervan in exchange for my honest review.

As a stay at home mom, trying to learn how to continue to stay home is what I was looking for. We homeschool and so trying to find a job around that and my husband being gone 5 days a week. But this book gave me some good ideas and even got me excited about starting up my own business. If you are a big family, small family or looking to stay home with your kids, this is the book for you!,

Fantastic read. Great for mums like me. Full of interesting information, It contains practical, bite-sized ideas of how to make ends meet if it truly is your desire to stay home with your kids but you aren’t sure how it could possibly work.

publisher synopsis: Investing your life in your family brings you joy, and doing it on a single income doesn’t need to stress you out! Join Erin Odom as she shows you how you can live frugally—and thrive—while you raise your kids at home in You Can Stay Home with Your Kids!

From the moment you discovered you were going to be a mom, you envisioned spending each day with your kids, guiding, teaching, and loving them. But diapers, wipes, shoes, and braces are expensive! Though it may feel impossible to manage on one income, Erin Odom from The Humbled Homemaker blog is here to show you that, through God’s grace, staying at home with your kids isn’t just doable; it’s doable while living the good life. Your kids are young only once—you don’t have to miss out just because money is tight.

Erin shares 100 tips, tricks, and simple ways that she has provided the good life on a budget for her family—and you can do the same!

Sections include topics like:


making and sticking to a budget
side income ideas
inexpensive ways to do birthday parties
educational and enrichment activities for little ones that won’t break the bank
date ideas and other ways to connect with your spouse without spending a lot
planning for holidays
and much more!
Experience the freedom, flexibility, and joy that come with being a hands-on mom and spending every day guiding, enjoying, and nurturing your kids, while still providing a lifestyle you can be proud of.


This book was an amazing wealth of awesome ideas to decrease your monthly expenses and stay home with your kids. While I do a lot of the ideas listed already, i did pick up some ideas to try out. Wonderful ideas! I know a lot of people want to stay at home and this book is a great resource to helping your dream come true.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

After reading Erin's other book, More Than Just Making It, I was excited to read this title. I read it all in one day. Each tip is easy to read and comes with practical encouragement for using the tip in your own life. This is a wonderful resource for a parent looking to reduce expenses and spend more time with their kids. This book shows that with a little encouragement, creativity, and determination, you can do it. I encourage you if you're a mom or dad with the desire to spend more time at home and less time at work, get this book. You won't be disappointed. It's filled with practical, doable tips to reduce spending and be able to spend time on the things that matter.

"You Can Stay Home with Your Kids".  Don't let this title deceive you.  Although Erin Odom fills this book with 100 tips, tricks and ways to make staying home with your kids possible, the same 100 suggestions can be used in any situation to help you save money.  , The book is sectioned by topic with chapter titles such as "Eat Well on a Budget" and  "Provide for Health-Care Needs", and each topic has several tips and tricks. At the end of each chapter there is a prompt that motivates you to take action.

This is an excellent book to read before making the decision to quit a job and stay home with your kids. The introduction gives important transition advice which may prevent you from possible financial problems.  Once you've made the decision to stay home, Erin Odom helps you to do more than just make it.  Her tips can help you thrive while being home with your kids.

"You Can Stay At Home with Your Kids" is not another book that debates whether or not a mother should work outside the home.  It's just a support book for those who choose to stay home.  Because I've been a stay-at-home mom and a working mom, I can say that the helps in this book are key.  Some are basic but some will be new and beneficial to even the experienced penny pincher.

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

Personal Rating: 4.25                Star Rating:  4/5

I suppose that someone who was raised with a silver spoon would be unaware of these ideas, but for most of us (or, I think, most of us), this is all common sense. This is how we were raised. I did not see any new ideas in here that we don't already do, and have always done.

I wish I would have had this book when I was a new mom. Sure, a lot of this information is available elsewhere, but what young mom has the time to find it? The author describes 100 tips for moms to reduce household expenses, increase income and eventually, how to live off of one income. I've read several of the author's books, so her story isn't new to me, but this little book is still a great resource to inspire small steps that add up to real changes. The section on health care was brand new information for me, and I plan to research those tips to see if they will work for my family.

There are many tips in the book that can save you money. Most of it boils down to thrift philosophy of living. DIY hand soap, tile cleaners, air fresheners and the attitude is cool.

Perfect book for ANY mom looking for money saving tips! It's important to know that this is not a novel; it's a book full of tips AND action steps for each tip, which I LOVE! Erin's book covers so many topics, and each tip within those topics has practical action steps, which means you aren't left wondering how to go about implementing her ideas, and they're great for those of us who are task oriented;) I am a pretty thrifty mom, but I found many ideas that I hadn't even considered. In addition, she includes websites and resources for FREE!

The book is just beautiful, perfect for gift-giving, with a pretty little ribbon bookmark. It's a smaller size and looks nice left out on your table.

I also highly recommend that you read Erin's novel, More Than Just Making It, which is the story behind these tips; they're the perfect pair!

This book is such a great gift to get or give. Without even mentioning the content yet, can I just say the overall look is adorable! But then the inside definitely does not disappoint either. Filled with ideas to implement as you read along without any overwhelm this is a simple but content packed easy read.

You Can Stay Home With Your Kids! By Erin Odom is a new book that releases on April 10th. I was able to read it as part of the launch team. It was a timely read for me since I am a new stay at home mom and living on one income. It was written in small chapters with practical advice to save money. I personally already used most of her tips. I would recommend it for anyone that is interested in ways to cut costs or to save money, not just couples with kids. She had recipes for DIY household cleaners and links for sites to help you save money.

I'm on Erin's launch team for this book and received an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review. This book is wonderful for moms who desire to stay home with their kids and are looking for ways to make ends meet. The book is full of practical tips for saving money in many different areas. Each section has an "action step" so you can easily put these tips into practice. It is an easy read as it is divided up into bite-size sections that are clear and to the point. I love Erin's heart for sharing her experience to help others who desire to stay home with their kids!

Great tips! I like what is in this book and plan on using all the authors suggestions. I’ve read a lot of financial books and this is by far the best. I like how the information is organized and how she lays it out. Easy to understand and easy to do. She also has links/passwords to her website that provide supplement material to print. I plan on reading her other books as well. Highly recommend!!!