MN ladies

MKC12/22/2006

Minnesota ladies - if you live in the Twin Cities, what is the typical cost for daycare for babies? My friend has a 7 week old and is wondering how much is reasonable. I live in Greater MN where it costs less, so I don't know the answer. (Posted in FB group too.)

Kate_C

We pay $210/ week for in-home in the city of Minneapolis, but that's low in the city. Most in-homes in the city are $225+/week. Centers are generally $325+/week. A coworker paid $175/week in Lakeville, but that was six years ago.

I hope she already has child care lined up...finding an infant opening is really hard. We told our current DCP about our positive for #2 before we told the grandparents!!

CoachTay

Where in the metro is she? We're in the east metro and pay $105 for 3 days at an in-home.  If we were to go full time, we would pay $140/week.  My brother is in the southwest metro and pay $170/week for an in-home (was $190/week when my nephew was under 1). Centers around me are $275-$330.

MKC12/22/2006

She is near Bloomington.

JSS1002

MKC12/22/2006 said:

She is near Bloomington.

Near Bloomington might be even a little higher than what I posted on the FB page -- I pay $315 / week but it is $354 per week before my corporate discount.  However, I've been told that Edina/ EP / Bloomington are even more expensive (I'm down South of the river).

arschm02

Yes. The center I transferred from was in Bloomington and the cost was $335/week then. I can believe it's gone up since then. Granted that for a corporate owned center. Private centers are probably cheaper and in-homes even more-so. If only the employees would see some of that money. *sigh*...

JSS1002

arschm02 said:

Yes. The center I transferred from was in Bloomington and the cost was $335/week then. I can believe it's gone up since then. Granted that for a corporate owned center. Private centers are probably cheaper and in-homes even more-so. If only the employees would see some of that money. *sigh*...

Our is corporate owned too (New Horizons).  The private center that we looked at (Anna's Bananas in Savage), was about $280/week. 

MKC12/22/2006

Thank you!

megandscott07

I have three centers on my list if/when DS has to start daycare. They are all approximately $150/wk for 2 days per week and increase to $330/wk for 5 days. I live in Stillwater.