What help is available when both expectant parents work full time but still worry about money due to expenses?
February 26, 2009
rikketti asked:
On paper we both earn well £40,000, but living in Edinburgh is expensive and our mortgage, council tax and car bills are high which leaves us very little left over. Also once the baby is born my income will fall substantially (I am the main earner) to just over £100 per week in maternity allowance. Does any one have any helpful hints to make things easier and less stressful??
On paper we both earn well £40,000, but living in Edinburgh is expensive and our mortgage, council tax and car bills are high which leaves us very little left over. Also once the baby is born my income will fall substantially (I am the main earner) to just over £100 per week in maternity allowance. Does any one have any helpful hints to make things easier and less stressful??
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February 27th, 2009 at 12:23 am
In Australia there is no paid maternity leave….I went back to work part time 4 weeks after my daughter was born
That’s not helpful to you, but, do you and your husband have parents that could help out so you could go back to work partime or can you work from home? Is there a different job you could do and work from home? Other than that. you may have to sell one of your cars and catch public transport or sell your house and buy one you can afford….pretty drastic but, there are enough stresses with a new baby, money is he worst stress there is (been there done that)
March 1st, 2009 at 5:36 am
Move somewhere less expensive if you can’t afford it. Also check out anything the goverment can do to help, like government programs, etc..
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Move to a smaller house, get rid of a car and/or replace them with less expensive ones. It’s a fact of life, if you can’t afford the lifestyle you have, you have to reduce your lifestyle. Welcome to the real world. Sux, don’t it
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
maybe when your child is in school you may get funding there. I know when children are in college or sixth form they get a allowance around £30 and that can pay for there bus fares and dinner money
March 7th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Welcome to parenthood. You should have thought about the financial impact before you got pregnant. Maybe you need to move or get and extra job.Take care of your own responsibilities. You decided to have the baby, you take care of it.