Would they not get 30 hours funding for Lachlan if they both work? More than enough to cover when she works, and then they need childcare for Isla in the holidays anyway, so he could just go term time (albeit possibly not at the same nursery...) and then they would pay nothing, or very little, for childcare! It baffles me that he is in so many hours.
Also, my husband would tell me where to go if
I insisted on painting every room in the house (we are lucky enough to have an equal relationship where we both pitch in and work as a team, but he wouldn’t be ok with me making him paint after working all day
) within a couple of weeks of moving in. What is the rush?!