We're expecting no.4 so will soon be a family of 6. Dh is on about 70k although that is only new this year for the last 2 years prior he was on 60k...I think you make it work but I know I like there to be enough money for my kids to experience things (within reason of course) We limit the material stuff and focus more on learning about and experiencing life!!!
Also, I love that by living this way it enables me to be home with my babies and I plan to be at home until they're all at primary school and then I can asess what I want to do with study/work...
Take care of the needs first, the wants will fall into place with patience.
Centrelink is more than enough to cover the needs. Spent a couple of years living on it while building DHs business as all the income from that went straight onto equipment. Its perfectly doable without denying yourself everything fun in life if its managed properly.
Hi, we have 6 children, hubby is on approx $55k, I'm a stay at home mum and we do just great! Never at any point when I got pregnant did we think "How are we going to afford another child?" Because as other posts have said, you prioritise. We shop only for what we need, we got to beaches for bbqs, parks for picnics and play sports all the time. And we even have 1 family holiday and 1 holiday just for hubby and I once a year.
My children don't go to private schools, or have private tutoring and we don't holiday in Fiji but they are still confident, polite, compassionate individuals. It saddens me when I hear friends say they'll PLAN to have children when the mortgage is paid or after the credit cards are cleared, by then it's too late.
I say have those babies as soon as you can cause there's no house, fancy car or holiday that can out weigh the joy of having a child!
Hi we have 5 and I'm pregnant with number 6. We are lucky as My hubby is a contractor, with the navy. So we make a decent amount of money, we own our own house and car.
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