Working...

ok..advice from you Mum's out there...

We need more money.. at least so we can keep Sky and other things we like:) solution,...i work Saturday or during the nights(which is interesting as my qualifications are all for the day time teaching /ECE hours) but I don't mind what i do for a job.. anyway Dh is a carpenter so makes easily 2/3 times what i could make working....he wants to do the 6th day...

I don't want him to as 5 days is enough but i can see his logic in that he wold make heaps more money....i want to feel like I'm contributing though ... but if i worked nights we wouldn't see each other..

so has anyone had a similar situation..what did you do? do i put my foot down and go get a Saturday job(as DH is super happy bout staying home with Ethan) or do i let him do another day and make heaps more money? (hard because his job atm leaves him very tired but weekend jobs are different..not as intense.. )

Or how about doing tutoring? If you go through somewhere like Kip Mcgrath, you don't need to worry about gathering resources or the 'business' side of things. I'm planning on doing that if we find that we really need some extra $$ this year. They only take trained teachers so you're up there with that.

Or, you could always do 1 day a week in an early childhood centre and take Ethan with you. I have a friend who does this (don't think she has to pay for her baby, or it's cheaper) and it works really well for her.

Hard choice....in our case, if I do overtime I earn more than if B does overtime so I'm always now the one to pick up the extra work. That said the difference for us is that becuase I start work around 5.00am tacking on overtime either before or after has no effect on how much we see each other.

I do remember what it was like before I went back to work and B always did overtime on Saturdays, it really sucked!

Does the 6th day have to be a permanent thing or just an occasional thing?

Yeah I find it harder now that DH is doing longer hrs plus working Sat's too. I used to earn way way more than him, but its not an option for me to return to my former job, so we are just sticking to him working longer hrs at the mo. Usually 55 hrs a week.

thats true..though atm..it goes on my work until i left (at 20 weeks) so it way more than we actually earn atm..and it sucks:(

i dont think so...i havent filled out any new forms..they havent said anything adn i only just sent them the last ones.. they just sent me a thing for end of this financial year though (15$ a week:( )\

my friend who worked same as me had to wait the whole of the year but then her boy was born in July....maybe i should call them? surely i dont have to wait a whole another year?:(

Yep ring them, it can be adjusted at anytime. Ours was when DH changed jobs.

hey kaww
im an ece teacher too and have been relieving at work which is giving us some extra pocket money! I know your boy is still quite little just yet but T copes really well in at preschool and while they are young its fine to be in there with him. Once he gets older and more aware it might be a different story but for now he is quite happy eats,sleeps plays just as he would at home

pekemoemum wrote: agree with the others...'estimate' what you 'think' you and DH will earn this coming tax year apr08-march09 and they will sort it out based on that. As someone else said, it's probably not worth it for the money you would get doing a supermarket job or the such ... different if you were doing to pick up some relief teaching?? pretty good money in that I think!? Or you can do what we did... cut sky! ;) boohoo..!! oh well!! we are very similar kawwww. I am primary trained, but haven't worked in that sector.. have done 'health' and secondary since being trained! haha.. all the best...

i think part of it is just getting out in the world..i love being at home just need a little break with adults:)! would love to relief teach but cant at nights and weekends:) i guess they didnt point out that i should change and tell them my new circumstances..they good at taking money not giving..(though i had crap advice that said i couldnt get PTC till april but i applied 4 weeks late and got it and they put it through in 4 days so they arent always bad i guess...i will call them tomorrow:)

yeha i liked primary but my heart wasnt in it....and ECE i loved the children but i need a break..so not sure what i would do .. but relief work if it was at weekends would be great:) when i go back to work not sure what i will do.. (later i mean)

as for sky yes i know you arent supposed to watch it while feeding bu ti always have done!!:)

simone but thats it..some days hes great other days needs more attention than what i could give him while i was working as well... just not my scene yet for him.. maybe when hes more settled..so that leaves weekends...

its hard to explain about what i mean about working with him..i just am not a fan of it..ive seen it work out but ive seen it not as well:( but as you say he wouldnt be short of attention:)