r/workingmoms • u/daughterofabiscuit • Apr 20 '26

Working Mom Success Spending to make life better

What do you guys spend money on to make your life easier/better? Working is part of my identity and I love my job. My husband and I are also in the very fortunate position to be saving a ton already for retirement and 529 accounts for our 2 kids (3.5F and 2 months M). What are some ways to spend extra cash to make life easier/more enjoyable?

Things we already do:

Cleaner every other week

Paid someone to do mulch delivery/spreading

Paid for our pool opening/closing

Planning to take 2 nice vacations this year

I don't really have a set budget but maybe something in the range of $500-$1000/month? Or once time purchases ~$5000?

What can we afford to let our lifestyle inflate that has been "worth it" for you?

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u/doctormalbec Apr 20 '26

Also for anyone with babies - a night nurse/doula. Best money I have ever spent in my life.

But in general, house cleaner every other week is a must for me. Also people to do yard work and pool cleaning/set up. We also do grocery delivery occasionally if we really don’t have the time to get to the store.

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u/totoro_457 Apr 20 '26

I’m curious what made the night doula so worth it to you. We had one for several weeks and actually didn’t really find it to be worth the money, but we seem to be in the minority.

I guess from my perspective, I exclusively breastfeed so I have to wake up every time the baby wakes anyway, so all the doula was doing was changing her and putting her down (baby has always been very easy to put down so maybe that’s part of it?). 

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u/doctormalbec Apr 20 '26

I exclusively pump, and I have an oversupply so I don’t have to pump overnight. Basically I get the sleep I desperately need. May be mostly beneficial to people bottle feeding.

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u/totoro_457 Apr 20 '26

Ah that makes sense! That’s nice that you don’t have to pump overnight. I have an oversupply as well but not sure if I have enough of an oversupply to not pump overnight if I were to do bottles. Maybe - but I didn’t want to risk harming my supply.