if your partner isn't technically clearing anything (or much) from the business when you take out expenses (profit and loss) you'll be eligible for assistance. if he is clearing less than 1400 per fortnight (you should be able to work this out from his last tax return where expenses have been taken out), you'll qualify for an amount of parenting payment partnered. if you qualify for this, you'll also qualify for max rate ftba (around 150 a fortnight) and part of ftbb (depending on how much ppp is paid) - anything up to 130 a fortnight

i think your partner has to take of his rose colored glasses and wake up to what raising an infnat is really like. you simply cannot expect them to fit in with your work from home hours if you're working 18 hours a day. they don't need a feed just because it's lunch time and you have half hour off the puter! they are demanding, and NEED constant attention!!

if i were you, i'd be putting my foot down and simply saying no, we'll make it work, but i'm not going to have our child be an inconvenience to you in your work day. If, after the baby arrives, he pulls his finger out, can keep his business going AND take time out that is sufficient for the baby, then maybe you can rethink it, but i'd be making it clear that, until the baby arrives and you see how things are going, you're not "planning" a return to work at all!