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.
For instance, Insure.com estimates that the average mom spends 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, taking care of her kids. The mean hourly wage for such a jobâchildcare workerâis $11.10, which adds up to $23,088 annually.