AllisD, we have been on centerlink while hubby did his pre apprentice plumbing course at tafe, it was hard at first cause we lost a massive amount of income when he left his job, unfortunatly it was not his decission to leave work, he was let go, when he decided to put his family first ahead of work, i was put on bed rest and had no one to look after the kids, but it gave him the oppotunity to learn a new skill and trade and find a job that he really wanted to do.
I did not mean to offend with my comments about Centrelink. I think that it's great that your DH has (although not by first choice) been able to change careers. We thought about it last year when we realised our skills were only any good in one industry - but we couldnt make the figures work.
Have you heard about In Home Care? It is an option for childcare that doesn't cost a cent depending on circumstances.
Hey there - my dh is a tradie and we earn under 45k p/a. We live carefully but not frugally and enjoy life. It doesn't have to cost the earth to raise your children. Babies really cost nothing at all and by the time it gets to school time and bigger costs it all falls into place. As the younger children of a bigger family you don't need to rebuy nursery funiture, bikes, uniforms, etc. Lets be honest if we wanted to hold onto to our money and store it up nobody would have any children at all..?
Thanks for the reply Halltribe
Hubby is soon to be a tradie (hopefully) just got to get an apprenticeship, he was happy to hear that ur hubby is also a tradie and that u guys have a large family.
Its given him hope that u can have the dream of a extra large family and not have to earn heaps iykwim.
My husband is a tradie and runs his own business. He makes excellent money, we are buying our home, run 2 cars, I don't have to work but am studying - we are only on baby 2 but thought I'd comment about the possibilities once he has his trade.
It's great being able to work for yourself - and Plumbers are probably in the top 5 trades regarding pay.
We love it and have managed to grow the business hoping my husband can take a step back in a couple of years while I go back to Teaching and he can be home for the kids for a while.
My hubby owns his own company which is allot of work but it works well for us. He has a personal assistant and people that work for him so he can spend allot of time with the family or at least work from home. But there is times he needs to travel overseas but we manage. We have our own house (we just rebuilt it into a 7 bedroom home with rumpus) and cars. Dh has a few toys as his work has allowed for him to buy them.
It was hard work starting a business but it has really paid off for us.
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