Stay at home mums (uk) please answer!!!?

Question

I have a 18 month old son and am hoping to soon get pregnant again.
I was recently made redundant from the perfect job (child care wise lol)
I do not know what to do? My husband would prefer me to stay at home now but we cannot afford it.
I cannot work nights as it proves too much of a strain on our relationship.
I obviously would love a job like i had before but cannot find one and part time jobs do not warrant the cost of nursery.
What do other stay at home mums get in the way of help from the government and any ideas on making money.
I sell avon but to be honest it is not brilliant money where i live and i do not wish to sell things on ebay.
Any ideas gratefully recieved.
Thankyou all.

Answer 1

I child minded. Lots of mums prefer a family environment to a nursery. They feel their child gets more attention.

I also did party plan - Osbourne child books and made a mint doing party plan Streamers Shoes.

Answer 2

I have been a stay at home mom for 4 years now and love it!! I watch 2 other kids to make extra money!! I would recommend kids that are older, because it is really hard taking care of multiple babies!! You could also sell Mary Kay, Avon, or something like that!! Maybe even find a job you can do from home!! I am not on government assistance of any kind!! Good luck!!

Answer 3

I recently became a childminder and find it hard but rewarding. You have the opportunity to meet other childminders and therefore get the very important adult chat during the day and when your chldren are school age you can still be therefore them should they be ill (not infectious) or on holiday. For me it is the ideal job, set your own hours and pay, get holiday pay and are able to be a part of shaping young minds and preparing children for the rest of their lives.
At the very least find out about it in your own area. It only took me six weeks to become registered and a couple of weeks after that before I got my young charges.
Give it some thought could be just what you need.

Answer 4

Hi there! I have been a stay at home mum for the last 4 years (have 4yr old and 2yr old) I dont get benefits because my fiance earns £17, 000 a year, on top of this we get £120 a month child benefit and £50 a week tax credits, we run a car and pay £400 a month rent, we manage just fine, actually we are never skint!

Answer 5

Tax credits!! We claim tax credits which helps its about the same as i would be making if i went to work by the time id paid out £30 a day for childcare. As for making money i don't know really i did a car boot sale with my sister in law the other week i just went along for something to do really took aload of old junk that id been meaning to throw out and some stuff i never ever use and was just cluttering the place and thought o this is aload of junk no one will buy. i didnt really take that much stuff really but i made £80 which isn't bad for 3 hours.

Answer 6

If you make a list of what it costs you to work away from your children and home, You will quickly figure out you are really not making much money.

This will only be for about 5 or 6 years. I stayed home until my youngest began school. Then I took a job as a product merchandiser, admittedly you will not get rich. But, you generally control your own hours. Get out of the house while they are at school. The job generally pays for all mileage to cover all of your gas expenses. I have done it for 25 years .
This has added to our budget, and they were never farmed out to child care.

Make a list of what it costs to work. Extra car and expenses, lunches, clothes, child care, and of course guilt. You will discover, while you have to pull your belt in, you can do it while they are of preschool age.

Good Luck on your decision.

Answer 7

"If a company requires initial payment from you in order to work for them, they are not legitimate." There are a few legitimate data entry companies but are not hiring and have large waiting lists (1-2yrs). The majority of data entry jobs you seen online are scams. A real company will want you to have skills inc fast typing, may want you to know MS Excel, and will usually ask that you have high speed internet. Once in a long while you may found one online on a job website but thats rare. If you do an advanced search on yahoo, you will find previous answers, sometimes the info on these is good as the info they gave is likely to have been verified if the answer was voted as 'Best'.

Answer 8

I'm a full time mum of two and my partner works full time we get child benefit of £30 a week and child tax credit which at the moment is around £70 a week (it all depends on how much you earn a year).
The inland revenue tax credit website has all the info you need www.taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Hope this helps xx

Answer 9

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It gives free training on how to make money online

Answer 10

Hi, I have a 4yr old daughter and I recieve £59 p/w income support and £45p/w tax credits. I do little part time cleaning jobs if there's anything like that in your area. Good luck