Thanks for the answers it helps - I was speaking to some recruitment agent and I was talking about wanting altered hours so say 7:00 - 15:00 or something and he said lots of people do just normal office hours - but I don't actually know anyone with both parents doing standard office hours - but I know lots of people who do work full-time, so I just wondered. I just can't get my ahead around it having to be like it is now but five days so us both leaving home by 7:15 and getting home 17:45. So I think I am on the right lines sticking to wanting altered hours, unless I can get a job 15 mins away.

Work have begged me to stay an extra month for the past two days - so now I am compromising and agreeing to do a couple more weeks of knowledge transfer. I don't know if is the right decision, I can live with 9 more days.