Will we need to wait until April....

bloolagoon

sacha28 wrote: »

Thanks pmlindyloo, seeing the only 2 options written makes sense!

TBH things will improve massively in April....our TV license goes from £30pm to £12pm, council tax reduces from £133pm to £95pm, LO gets funding for nursery (which realistically means he can continue attending for the same amount of time but won't cost us a penny (I was hoping to increase the amount of time he goes in preparation for school IYSWIM)) it's just, right now, we're in the doo doo.

We had terrible financial problems a while ago and took out a DRO. We were doing very well, living within our means etc, but the cost of the move crippled us and the drop in wages was much more severe than we anticipated (maths is neither of our strong points!).

PM my OH covers the childcare while I'm at work and I do 12 1/2 hour shifts, meaning I finish at 20:30 on a day shift, start at 20:00 for a night shift, so an evening job would be out

He stays at his parents on a Monday night, between shifts, and if he was to increase this it would mean he's away half the week, the other half I'd be working every day so therefore wouldn't ever see each other or spend time as a family. This is exactly how we were living before we moved, we had one day off together in 2 years, and it nearly broke us.

OH has joined the bank for a local company where we live in the hope he could get one day a week extra but, for the same role as he does normally, it's nearly £2 ph LESS than he gets now in his contracted job.

It's hard when both parties need to work, lots of us remember those days well where work life balance is not in balance, it's hard and stressful but doesn't last forever so just tighten those belts and keep looking for extra income until it settles.

FBaby

Hopefully you will be working full-time soon and if you took your child out of childcare until he gets free sessions, then surely you wouldn't be that far off from when your OH was working full-time and you only worked 26 hours?