When to have a child...

My husband has a good paying job and works 3-11:30 pm on call til 5 am. This has been his schedule for years.

Im getting a job as soon as we move into our house snd we will be able to save almost all of my pay.

We font have family living around us. They all live across the puget sound. We reside in WA State.

Im 28 so i feel like baby making needs to happen soon. We are only planning to have one child.

But i just feel anxious due to child care. How do we makd that work?

How much average is your daycare each month?

I mean in a perfect world id stay home with our child until school age to avoid such high daycare costs. But we dont live in a perfect world so id likely have to figure out how to work at least part time.

My transportation is the bus and i dont plan on changing that.

So is it realistic to try and save enough money snd stay home or should we both work smd try to manage working, dropping off and picking up? And all that giant cost of daycare?

Ive slways wanted to be a mom but this aspect makes it feel impossible atm?

What does your family do to get by?

We arent expecting right now but ideally in the next few years.

Also im 28 amd dont want to be an old mom. So thst gives me some worry as well.

Please be nice.