Hi
Me and my dp are struggling financially at the moment and I would like a job change to increase our income.
I have one ds who is 7 and ever since he was born I have only worked 2 nightshifts a week in a nursing home in the week and have always had all of my weekends free and always had plenty of time to spend with my ds.
I have always been here to take him to and from school, and have been with him all during school holidays.
However the money from this night job is lousy and I seem to be struggling more and more these days.
I think it would be possible to change my job and earn much more money if I employed the services of a childminder to get my ds to and from school as needed and to mind him during school holidays.
The problem is that I am frightend to make the break from the routine I have had with my ds for the last how many years and have this guilt thing going on about getting him up early to get him to a childminder. The job I would have would most likely be in a care setting so it would sometimes involve very early starts, and then if I was on a afternoon shift I would hardly see him as he would be at school from 9.00am and would be in bed once I got back from work.
It may not seem so bad once I am doing the job as it would be shifts and I would get every other weekend off and of course on a morning shift I would be there to pick him up from school and be with him all day after that.
My family think I have done my bit I have been with him all through his very young years and it will not affect him in anyway now.
They think the change would do us both good.
I really need the extra income but I am being held back by this guilt thing thats going on with me.
Any advice opinions would be appreciated