A quart is 2 pints. A pint is sixteen fluid ounces of water and weighs about 16 ounces (avoirdupois weight.) A gallon is 4 quarts (8 pints) and thus weighs about 8 pounds. Five gallons would be about 40 pounds.
In some cases, if your mother is on Medicaid, she can designate you as her personal home care aide and you can get paid a small amount through Medicaid. If your mother has her own resources, you can draw up a contract agreeing to work as her home health aide and she can pay you a salary that you both agree upon.
Assistance with childcare. If you canât find or afford good, reliable child care, you canât go to work. Itâs that simple. But, you have to go to work if you are ever going to earn the money you need to raise your kids right and have a decent life. Itâs a tough problem, and one that faces so many single moms in Texas. So, make the most of the help you can get from your state.