please help unsure

SweetPea23

If money is that tight you can't afford to buy nappies then why not get some reuseable ones, we used these with my son and had resuseable wipes too we didn't do it to save money though but it did save us quite a bit and I knew exactly what was touching my sons bottom.

davenkirst

SweetPea23 wrote: »

If money is that tight you can't afford to buy nappies then why not get some reuseable ones, we used these with my son and had resuseable wipes too we didn't do it to save money though but it did save us quite a bit and I knew exactly what was touching my sons bottom.

I did think of that but to be honest i find it hard to fine the time in the day to pee / hoover / wash up - let alone clean nappies... Perhaps its something i will look into.. Thankyou!

IS hasnt started yet have got to go to my appointment at jobcentre next week and see whats what.. Also going to be claiming HB so hopefully it doesnt all take too long

Bogof_Babe

I'm confused. On the "shed" thread you say you love your other half dearly and would not ask him to leave. Or are you talking hypothetically, i.e. if you had an "other half"?

davenkirst

i have an other half just dont live together - hes moved up north with work (2 months ago)

Bogof_Babe

In that case do you actually count as a lone parent?

davenkirst

Yes as he is not the father to either of my children (So hes a boyfriend) We have never lived together... As it was always a possibilty that he may move and didnt want my children becoming too attached

astonsmummy

What were you doing before you became a lone parent then?

davenkirst

I was with my daughters father for 4 years until he beat me up badly so i left him (and he kept all my furniture!!!!) then i moved in with my parents for a while.... All this time i was working as a branch manager in a recruitment agency.. Then i fell pregnant.. with my youngest who is now 6 months.. Am having to leave the place i live now as i just rent a few rooms here to move into a private property and am have claimed IS today!

Oldernotwiser

davenkirst wrote: »

wow they dont give much for people tp live on do they? Still i have always worked so guess anything other than a monthly wage would look like a small amount

£60.50+£105+rent+council tax? (Unless I've missed something) Depending on rent that equates to far more than many people earn working full time.

lynnexxxo

£10 per week on nappies!!

I buy Aldis, a 50 odd (depending on size) pack is about £5.79. So for £10 a week you could get about 100 nappies. My boys used to poo all the time when i was bfeeding them but i think they would struggle to get through 12 a day!