Indeed. As we get ever closer to that break-even point, recent data has shown a return to single-working-parent households. Not because one income can support a family as it did before, but because if you're going to be spending all of one person's post-tax income on full time child care, might as well not have the money and have more time at home with the child(ren). We're -fiscally- unable to have a second at this time, and may have to wait until J is in public school.