Life with two kids: nursery costs
Having discussed this a few times with people, generally to their amazement, I thought I'd mention it more generally:
Our nursery costs for 2 kids: £2060/month.
That's with discounts for a sibling, it being cheaper for older kids, and Sophia getting free hours because she's over 3. It's £726 for Sophia, £1334 for Gideon
They'll both be in nursery for the next 2 years, after which life will get a lot cheaper as she goes to school and it's just him in nursery.
The government will give us £2k per year for each child towards that, which will drop our total yearly costs from £24,720 to £20,720. Yay!
Not looking for sympathy towards this. It just seems to be a hole in people's knowledge and I thought it was worth mentioning.
It's definitely worth wondering how people *not* in their 40s would manage this without leaving a 5-7 year gap in someone's CV (Almost certainly the woman.)
(And having now been in three nurseries in Edinburgh, the prices are all very similar to each other.) Original post on Dreamwidth - there are
comments there.
Our nursery costs for 2 kids: £2060/month.
That's with discounts for a sibling, it being cheaper for older kids, and Sophia getting free hours because she's over 3. It's £726 for Sophia, £1334 for Gideon
They'll both be in nursery for the next 2 years, after which life will get a lot cheaper as she goes to school and it's just him in nursery.
The government will give us £2k per year for each child towards that, which will drop our total yearly costs from £24,720 to £20,720. Yay!
Not looking for sympathy towards this. It just seems to be a hole in people's knowledge and I thought it was worth mentioning.
It's definitely worth wondering how people *not* in their 40s would manage this without leaving a 5-7 year gap in someone's CV (Almost certainly the woman.)
(And having now been in three nurseries in Edinburgh, the prices are all very similar to each other.) Original post on Dreamwidth - there are
comments there.