Hi everyone!

In just a couple of months I'm finishing my Level 3 advanced aat diploma (accounting) and starting the Level 4 professional diploma.

Along with this I want to start an apprenticeship, its with an amazing company with opportunities to advance in my career, somewhere I've always imagined working in too.

The problem is its only £4 something an hour (it's the apprentices' wages), 35 hours a week, on top of college hours, I have a toddler who will be starting pre school in September, and I'm half way through pregnancy. I've just turned 22 with no car, a partner who works full time on minimum wage and we receive government assistance. I have spoken to our work coach and she says with this apprenticeship we won't receive government assistance which includes free hours for childcare as we will be earning "enough".

So I'm worried I will struggle to juggle parenting, college and a full time low income job and not even be able to afford childcare for my little one on the way.

Do I go with this amazing opportunity and struggle temporarily or carry on being a stay at home mom, finish my Level 3 and wait till the baby is in school too to do level 4 and see if there's good opportunities then too?