Holy crap daycare is expensive

danjou21

I mean I knew this, but I if work part time it will be pretty much all of my income.  Looks like we need to check out some other places asap!

wingedbride

oh no!! So far we have been lucky in finding something in our price range, but yeah it will still be sucha  big hit!

purplepuggles

yup. in-home daycares around here are much less expensive than centers, and i found them to be more accommodating in terms of following what i wanted for my son rather than what was "normal" or "policy". maybe that would be a good option for you?

i paid HALF as much for a day at the in-home center than i did at a center, and i got a discount at the center because i worked there! and i was a lot happier with how personalized his care was at the in-home too :-)

danjou21

purplepuggles:

yup. in-home daycares around here are much less expensive than centers, and i found them to be more accommodating in terms of following what i wanted for my son rather than what was "normal" or "policy". maybe that would be a good option for you?

i paid HALF as much for a day at the in-home center than i did at a center, and i got a discount at the center because i worked there! and i was a lot happier with how personalized his care was at the in-home too :-)

I will most definitely be looking into this.  I've also thought about just finding college kids from the college I went to since I'll just need a few days a week.  Thanks!

CABunny

I know!  When the boys were younger ( J was 2 1/2 yrs and C was 9 months) I was paying $2,000 per month.  Now that they are older (and at a slightly cheaper center) I'm down to $1,375.

Alibean

When Fisher was an infant, I had him in daycare 3 days a week . (but only for about 8 weeks)  We paid $1100/mo for just him!  Nuts!  I only worked 20 hours a week so it took up quite a large chunk of my income.... making the decision to SAH much easier.

Lotte134

Yuppers.  I looked into going p/t but it wasn't worth it. 

Dobie_Mama

They are.  Particularly the infant rates.  And it blows my mind that here I can put S in a Montessori preschool at 2 for 1/4 of the price I can have her in daycare.

mynaturalbaby

I take DS to an in-home daycare and it's much cheaper for us than going to a center.  I'm working fulltime, but it still hurts to write that check every two weeks!

CrunchOoEezyMama

Yeah, we had the same dilemna with part-time work, and we found a cheap daycare that we liked!  I ended up quitting work, it wasn't worth the meager $$ I brought home after daycare expenses.