Question for SAHM

My husband is a powder coater painter making $30hr and getting paid every week

Currently we are staying with family because our truck is draining our bank account in repairs

My husband works in sales for an AV company. Some months we are tight and then a bigger commission month roles around. I also have 5 hours of remote work i do a week and in May am bringing in 1 kiddo 2 days a week for extra income

My husband will stay at home when our first is born, and I will work. I work for a technology company managing relationships. No student loans, no car payments, mortgage is $2,300/month, other reoccurring bills (phone, internet, car insurance, etc.), is about $400/month, food is about $500/month … we live somewhat frugally but travel a ton. Have two dogs with occasional vet bills. We do have a side furniture business that’s bringing in a good chunk of $$ on top of my pretty decent salary. To be honest, it seems like a lot of people have vehicles with insane car payments instead of just buying a car that is affordable (sorry — but, that’s where I see a lot of my friend’s money going when who are struggling financially).

My fiancés is a construction worker, anything inside and outside a house he does. I’m a sahm with a three year old boy and a nine year old girl. We rent a house and have tons of bills. We can usually afford everything but his checks come in when the job is done so for example, we’ve been waiting three weeks for a check and currently behind 😅 but when the check comes in we get everything back on track.

My husband is an air quality manager in oil and gas. We cut back and budgeted and made it a priority to pay off our vehicles while I was pregnant. That opened up funds for me to be able to leave my job after maternity leave.

33 weeks pregnant. Had to stay home since 9 weeks.
My husband works as a chef in restaurants, 14year career. So he is a higher paid employee at his restaurant making $25 a hour.
When he’s working his full 40 it’s okay, but it’s been slow the last 4 months. So we are currently struggling and have had to rely on our credit cards.
But when his hours are good he’s making roughly $3500 a month and our bills run about $3300 a month.

I honestly use rocket money budgeting app, I pay $6 for premium and it helps me see our bills and spending. It helps me tweak our budget as needed.