Where do we buy?

tyllwyd

As one of the posters above suggested, I think you need to have a good think - if you say that you would be gone from home at 7am and not back until 6pm, are you saying that you need to drop the little one off at nanny's before then, say at 6.30am, and won't be back to pick them up until gone 6pm? And nanny is working nights? So she needs to be up at 6.30am, look after a 5 year old & give them breakfast & get them off to school for 9am, back home and in bed say 10am - then up at 2pm to get ready to head off for the school run, look after a five year old and give them tea until you are back at 6pm - then make her own evening meal, off to work, work all night ... any time for a nap before you are back at 6.30 the next day? If that is anywhere near right, she won't be able to keep it up for long.

What about breakfast/afterschool clubs at the school you are thinking of?

poppysarah

Proper paid childcare is the way to ensure that families don't get worn out. However weighing up the cost often means it's not worth going back to work.
I'd do something to make life easier and happier. Low mortgage is best imo and living near work saves on commute time and means the family have more quality time together.

You can either live to work, or work to live. But you are only here once so you should make the most of it.

TBeckett100

sorry should have made it clearer. OH only works 3 days a week, by the time littleun goes to school hopefully oh will find a job closer to home and 5 days a week but at school friendly hours.
thanks for your input tho