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How does that make any kind of financial sense??????? Can you earn enough to warrant that outlay? Or do you get most of it paid back in credits?
It does go down after they are 2 years old to just under £1300. Both of us get childcare vouchers. so that is £200 quid back, so the NET will be £1100. In total we pay 3 months at £1800
My wife took 6 months sabatical after her 12 month maternity + accrued holiday as it would have been pretty marginal. She does earn a fair bit though thankfully, but still better for her to spend nearly 2 years off with the kids than have a net few hundered a month after child care
Yep £340 a month here for two days a week.
I did try and float the idea of having a young swedish Au Pair come and live with us as I reckoned having the extra help around the house and baby sitting would be awesome.
Can't see it costing a shed load more than we were paying before the eldest started pre-school.... unless she charged for extra's of course.
Alas the missus was having none of it. Spoil sport.
We spunk nearly 1800 a month for our two. That's a nice new frame, wheels and forks a month!
And then I'm told I'll lose my child benefit! 😐
I did try and float the idea of having a young swedish Au Pair come and live with us as I reckoned having the extra help around the house and baby sitting would be awesome
I asked if the sister in law could move in or a chinese/japanese overseas student and I didn't receive a reply. She knows what I was angling at...
...lots of 'oops I've just popped out of the shower' and 'I was only cuddling the au pair/sister dear'