I'm 13+4 with my first child and planning on taking a year off (nine months for me and three months for DH).
Since I got my BFP, we've been saving and putting together a budget so we know how much money we'll have coming in at each stage - my package is the standard 6 weeks at 90% then straight to stat.
We've recently had a few unforeseen money draining issues ( work on the car and a new boiler) which has depleted the savings we've built over the last few months. We can start again and have a pretty healthy stash ready for baby arriving (about 5-6k) and based on outgoings, we should have enough to last each month without needing to dip into savings too much.
However, I don't know if I'm being naive about how expensive mat leave will be. Baby is due January so I've upped the gas and electricity budget and also the groceries budget (by an extra £50 a week) but are there any things I've missed that I need to be aware of? Things like the cost of baby groups, eating out with other mums, petrol, clothing etc...
Any help on this from current mums would be fab!
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PhoebeGeebee · 23/07/2016 11:49
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