Child benefit split, 2 or more children.

Hello, for those that have more than 1 child, are you splitting the child benefit evenly between your children or keeping it as the set amounts? For my first (2Y) I have just used the child benefit as as and when needed for clothes etc, but now I have my second (8 weeks) I’m thinking of possibly splitting the amount evenly in pots for any bits they may need? Realistically I can’t save it at the moment and both are starting at £0 so it seems best to do 50/50 rather than £26 for one and £17 for the other? Thoughts?!

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