A free Friday email for the baby's first year

The first year's money dates with their forms, plus the recalls no store emails you about, for gear that came secondhand or as a gift.

Free. About 4 minutes on a Friday. One click to leave.

The Money Clock

Each step with its form or page, on one sheet. Two of its lines:

30DAYS

Employer plan: at least 30 days after the birth to add the baby. The plan's papers name the last day, and it can be later.

60DAYS

HealthCare.gov: apply within 60 days after the birth. Coverage can start the day the baby was born.

The form never asks for a due date. The steps count from the birth, so the sheet never needs to know when that is.

The Money Clock page

Friday, Nov 6. 2 recalls. 0 dates. 0 car seats. 4 minutes.

What's in an issue

Every issue opens with that count. The rest runs in this order.

Due Soon

The next money date and its form, then the three after it.

15DEC
TUELast day for a HealthCare.gov plan starting Jan 1. A birth gets its own 60 days.

This week's recalls

Gear a baby under one uses, from CPSC's Thursday recalls. The model number, where it sold, what you get back.

No Remedy Offered

CPSC warnings on first-year gear, with the seller's status in CPSC's own words.

The Report Count

Not a recall. A dated count of public reports on one brand, when that brand is in the news.

Search Your Orders

The words to type into your order history.

Then one of these six, in rotation.

  • The Price Tag
  • Fixed So Far
  • Grandparent Corner
  • Birthday Buddies
  • Made Before the Rule
  • Before the Letter

Free car seat checks

Free check events listed for the days ahead.

The Line

One sentence worth forwarding.

The Nov 6 issue

This one is a sample. It never went to a list, and the records in it are real.

Read the whole issue

See you Friday.

Free. About 4 minutes on a Friday. One click to leave.