What is your status? If you are a 1st or 2nd year medical student, she might consider getting a part-time evening job at your school/hospital....great for her to step out of the house once the little one arrives, great for you to spend one-on-one time with your child. Otherwise, I suggest she look into her professional background and see if there is anything she can do freelance (I tutor for REALLY good money, and although I'm a certified teacher, there are MANY, MANY other tutors I know of who have no education experience...if your wife has a college degree in English, Spanish, math or science, she could do well) Once she gets through new-mom initiation, she may consider watching someone else's child.....if that is too scary for full-time, often women at my husband's school will have a child during their 3rd or 4th year (or during residency) and need short-term, flexible help during certain rotations. There is always MaryKay or Avon, but I would be very, very, very cautious about that.....unless she is gung-ho and has a large group of willing friends, it can be impossible to get off the ground. STAY AWAY from medical coding/billing programs (they are either scams, or worthless because it is impossible to find a physician/physicians group who hires random individuals to code their charts)
Also, to help the money go farther, look into your state's healthcare program for children...we have EXCELLENT care, all specialists, no copays, full dental benefits, etc...for $0 a year 😀 also, look into WIC (Great program that helps purchase basic food for your baby to 5 year old (or your wife if she is breastfeeding)) Things like milk, eggs, formula, juice, cheese, etc... It goes a long way in our household! Our local program also gives out vouchers during the summer/fall to use at local farmer's markets and also gives FREE breastpumps to new mothers. one last thing, does your school have "volunteer" research opportunities? Some of the studies here pay up to $500.00 😀
