dh maintenance

[howtoapproachthis]

i am going to have a conversation with dh later this week re access arrangements and also im going to bring up maintenance. i know that his income has increased, as he has went from being a student working part time, to being in pretty much full time employment, however the last 2 months since the change, he hasn't given me any more money towards dd. (he has been giving a small amount each month). he just bought her 2 pairs of new shoes. he does buy her things if she needs it. so, i am worried that if i ask him for more money (or tell him i should be getting a certain amount of his income for her every month) he will get annoyed or angry saying he does buy her things etc. the trouble is, i could do with the money, more than the random stuff he gets her. for example she did not need 2 pairs of new shoes. he wants to buy her new school uniform when she can have second hand off my friend. i just don't know how to approach this without offending him. any tips would be grateful.

im already going to be annoying him by asking him if he can be more consistent rather than me working round his shift patterns, but thats another matter.

[nomoretether]

Use the CMS calculator, then he can't accuse you of being "grabby". If he won't give you a figure for how much he earns, call them straight away. They are slow and only backdate from the date of your claim.