So here's a lovely maths example to throw the V's at the government & my boss!
It's going to cost me £45 a day to put Lydia in the same nursery that I work at.
I am on minimum wage at £6.50 an hour, which will pay me £65 a day!
Typically I will be leaving work with £20 a day!
I really don't want to claim any benefits, but I also wouldn't survive without them! 😭😭😢
Same here @shannon391 I'm only doing 3 days due to the costs and not wanting to loose out on too much time with baba :( xx
Believe me I'd happily stay at home with my little on and spend every minute but it's not possible bills don't pay themselves I'm afraid 😢 us moms work bloody hard! @lydiasmomma xx
It's ridiculous! But atleast we can say we work & deserve what we are given to support us @shannon391 💚xx
It's horrid for those who work are always worse off, I'll be the same when I go back to work, having a pay for private childcare as I'm not entitled to anything.. will be looking around £200 a month for my little one 😢
Luckily my ex partner promised to financially support me until I went back to work. But now that I'm back he's quit his job and moved on.
I've had to enter all my details into the benefit calculator and apply for forms to be sent to me 😥 we live in such a vicious world! x
I am majorly concerned how we going cope on my maternity pay xx
So someone contacted me waiting me to watch her son four days a week for $150/wk. I had to tell her that even if someone worked for $10/hr it only pays for a day and a half in my opinion?
I mean maybe I’d do it for $300? But the $150 I just can’t see if being worth it to me
Yesterday I went out with my boyfriend went to watch a movie, me and him don't live together yet. but point is yesterday when he was dropping me off his like sleep over at my house witch the mom and dad lives. I said no,
his response was why is everyone deciding or making choices for you and their going to do the same with the baby, when I know that's not true. what he thinks is that my mom tells me not to sleep over. So he left all mad. and I felt in my heart that he went on and cheated on me...

Am I wrong to be upset? Last night I was running a fever, weak, tired, sore, my left boob feels like it got used as a punching bag. I asked my husband to call out of work today to help me with the kid so I could get some rest. He went to work. I texted him this morning. Part of me thinks I mean. The other part of me thinks I was fine for saying that because he should've stayed home with us.
I'm used to working 20hrs or more a day. So to go from that to a stay at home mom has left me soooooo bored! I need a hobby. Any suggestions?
How many days do you have left ?!?
How many days until you're done work- if you're still working ?!
I'm asking for my hours to be done in 4 days instead of 5 and hopefully, me and my OH work at the same place to would like to think they will try and help us out knowing how hard to going to be @lydiasmomma xx