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How long did it take you to get back to your normal income after kids?

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Chocstrawberry1 · 18/04/2025 14:56

As a household, after having kids and one of the parents income dropping, how long did it take you to build it back up again?
As a lot of mums I know go back part time to try to balance everything and inevitably that takes a hit on the household income.

Did it take you a while to go back to how much you used to earn together or did you choose to go back full time straight away and equalise what you were on prior to your child?

I am currently on 2 days a week (I used to be on 4 days) but I am still feeling the hit financially. It’s the dilemma of spending time with your kids whilst they’re young (mine are under 3) and earning well.

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CSR721 · 18/04/2025 21:39

I'm not sure we ever will tbh. I went back 0.6 after mat. Then I got a new job and went back full time, DH dropped to 0.8. Now he is going back to full time and I'm dropping back to 0.6. I have no plans to go back up to FT in the near future.

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