Hi,
I just wanted some advice. Me & DH have been thinking of having a 2nd child. For context, our first child was unplanned & we didn't even think we wanted children, however especially for my DH that has changed & he desperately would like another. We live (mortgaged) in a lovely 2 bed terraced. Our DS will be 3 next year, we both work full time & DS goes to nursery 3 days a week & grandparents 2 days. If we were to have another child, by the time they are here, we would have the free nursery hours for DS, so we would only be paying for one lot of childcare. However I'm concerned about being able to provide all we need to for 2 children. We earn just over £40K between us, which I realise isn't extremely low, but once childcare, bills & savings comes out. My DH is looking for a better paid job, however at the moment there isn't too much out there, but both our work are very flexible in terms of childcare etc. I guess I'm just after some similar experiences & whether you have managed to make it work. I'm also concerned of only living in a 2 bed, it's a good sized 2 bed but the children would have to share. We plan to
move in the future, but realistically I imagine it would be a min of 5 years before we could afford a 3 bed in the area.