To cut a long story short... I took voluntary redundancy last year during mat leave as my media job was horribly stressful and I had the boss from hell.
After years of trying, I've managed to land the job of my dreams in the NHS and apart from feeling terribly guilty about putting my DS into nursery and wondering how the hell I'm going to fit everything in as it's full-time initially I should be happy but I'm just feeling really up and down about it all.
When I applied I didn't think I had a cats hell in chance of actually getting it so didn't consider the fact that I'm taking a massive £12k drop in salary and when I've paid the usual bills, childcare etc I'm literally going to have £100 a month spare cash.
I'm waking up in the night torn between wondering if I should go back to a well-paid job in the media, which equals stress, long hours and it's not a child-friendly business at all or going with this complete career change which for a few years will mean we're strapped for cash but will pay dividends in the end both emotionally and financially.
As I'm in my late 30s we were planning on trying for another baby next year but god only knows how we'd afford another one!
Is this how it is for many families? Do you accept you won't have much cash until the kids have left home!