This is purely hypothetical at the moment as I have been offered job A but waiting to hear back about whether I have an interview for job B..
Background: DC age 3 and 15 months - didn't go back to original job after second maternity leave due to cost/time of commute. But financially need to get another (local) job.
Job A: 3 days a week (DC would be in nursery two days and with DH one day as he does compressed hours). Step down in both responsibility and money. Annual leave 25 days (pro-rata). Fixed-term until end of the year but have been told it will be extended. Not as good an organisation. 7.5 hour working days (though I would probably ask about the possibility of doing one shorter day and two longer days to fit in with DH (as would be car-sharing).
Job B: Advertised as full-time but I'm hoping they would be amenable to 0.8 (so four days). DC would therefore be in nursery three days and with DH one day (but shorter days as DH would also request to do 0.8 - flexible employer so likely it would be granted). Only 7-hour days so we'd all be home by 4.30. 35 days holiday (pro-rata). Money and responsibility on par to what I was doing before. (Monthly take home would be 1/3 more than job A for only 5.5 more hours a week). More high-profile so workload/stress potentially more particularly as I've been not working now for nearly 18 months. Obviously see DC one day less a week. Better organisation.
As I said, all hypothetical at the moment anyway as not even been offered interview yet for job B let alone the job...