Benifits

[megan18]

What benifits are out there and how much can yoh get
For maternity leave and then once i go back to work what would i get help with

Are you currently employed or unemployed? If you are employed how much do you earn per weekend how long have you been employed? How pregnant are you?

Would all depend on your household income in terms of benefits. Are you employed? If you are have you checked what maternity pay you are entitled to i.e smp, ma or enhanced? There is also child benefit which is about £82 per month depending on your income. Without further info would be hard to answer your question.

Only a 9 weeks but im normally working long hours so like 10 hours 5 days a week depends worked there for a year id be working till 8/9 months anyway

300/400 pw but i have rent to pay too

Once i have the baby and ita okd enough i will have yk pay childcare and work less hours so that means less pay

Do you live with a partner? I think you would only be entitled to child benefit and smp to be honest.

Sounds like you'd get statutory maternity pay
www.maternityaction.org.uk/advice-2/mums-dads-scenarios/pregnant-and-benefits/common-maternity-pay-questions/

What is your household income? As in yours and your partner's combined?

Erm i think its like 40k something like that or less more like 35k at the mo but when the baby arrives id have to do less hours

Then it looks like you'll be entitled to maternity pay and child benefit when baby comes. The threshold for anything else is quite low now.

I don't know anything about the childcare thing so that might be worth looking at.

you can go to 'entitled to' (google it) and put your details in there pretending baby has already been born. But I doubt you'll get more than SMP and Child Benefit.

As a pp has said the income threshold is quite low for benefits other than child benefit. There is the new tax free childcare which has replaced the childcare voucher scheme which may be worth looking at.

I would also be aware that employers don't have to agree to part time working. I requested to go down to 4 days after my first and was refused it was full time or nothing. I had needed to go back 4 days for childcare purposes and it didn't occur to me I would be refused. Just something to think about and be aware of.

My advice would be to save as much money as possible before you go on maternity leave.

What would you need weekly for a baby new born to 6 months when they start foods

Nappies, wipes, formula if bottle feeding, clothes when they outgrow a size. Can't think of anything else weekly that you would need. Once they start solids I would just give them some of what your having to save extra expense. I found it useful to stock up on Nappies and wipes while pregnant and then that saw me through for a couple of months.

Weekly... just nappies and wipes really. Formula if you’re formula feeding.

How long is a piece of string?

Depends on the baby. Breastfeeding might not work and formula costs a fair bit + equipment. Baby might need 12 nappies a day.....or not. Impossible to gauge.

Haven't you thought about all this before you got pregnant? Babies cost money, your figure. They eat your time and steal your sleep. Best thing you can do is save your pay and live on your partners only to get used to it. Then you have a cushion.