Hi thanks for the welcome. Blimey lots of sleep deprived mums on here, you have all my sympathies! Mine are older now but you never forget those days when you feel you’re never going to sleep every again, lol.
Been struggling financially for about the last year. Don’t get me wrong, bills are all paid, we go on holiday, but the day to day stuff is just getting tougher.
We are both self employed and for reasons too long and boring to go into here, DH has taken a side step career wise. He was offered work in the area he wants to be in when he gets too old to keep doing his job now. The offer has come about 5-10 years before he was planning on it happening, but when the chance comes your way, you take it don’t you? But as a result, his income has dropped.
It’s the small things that hit us really. Grocery shopping getting ever more expensive, scout subs, swimming lessons, DH and DS both need new passports, school photographs have just been taken, the list just goes on. Because of the drop in income, the spare cash just isn’t around like it was and I hate asking DH for extra all the time as he’s working soooo hard to try and make up the shortfall.
So I’m just trying to do what I can. I meal plan and shop quite well already (Aldi, cheap brands, etc). But I’m sure there’s more I could do there.
Impressed myself and the kids today by NOT throwing out old bananas and transforming them into banana loaf which they love. And I’ve just chucked a load of veg that wasn’t looking too good into a pan to make soup, added some spices and it’s smelling lovely so that’s my lunch sorted for the next few days.
Looking forward to getting to know you all xx