Made DP get a better paying Job! Lol. We then saved half of whatever he got paid. Maybe not do-able for alot of people. But we saved what we could. Also helped that DS was born at tax time, so we were able to live off of Tax returns for a while.

I layby'ed alot of baby stuff early on, and started paying it off quickly. So that when bub was born, we wouldn't really need much.

I also paid extra on my electricity and gas bills so that i was up heaps and they could take bills out of the money i was up.

Also stocked up while shopping, I had an entire shelf of toilet paper in the cupboard, boxes of washing powder in the laundry, and my pantry looked like a mini supermarket. lol