What do you pay for daycare?

FieryIrishAngel

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• How old is your child(ren)?
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time?
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center?
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)?

FieryIrishAngel

• How old is your child(ren)? She's 4
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time? We pay $170 for full-time childcare, which reflects a $5/week discount for being YMCA members.
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? It's a center in Aberdeen (Harford County) - she was in in-home daycares until she turned 2.
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? If she's there by 8:30, she's given breakfast.  They also include lunch and an afternoon snack.  No diapers or wipes would be provided if she needed them.  I don't often have to pay extra craft or activity fees, but do occasionally pay for special days: supplying a t-shirt to decorate, paying $5 toward a clown coming to visit, contributing to food for a party, etc.  I would estimate it's only another $50/year, if that, and that's because I voluntarily bring food to each party they have.  Some parents don't contribute to those at all.

shoeboxx

1) He's 18 months

2) Full time $145/week

3) Daycare is in Parkville/Carney/Perry Hall and is an in-home

4) She provides his meals and milk.  The parents rotate providing snacks for the week.  I send LO with milk from home because I'm a nut and I need his cups cleaned to my standards nightly.  I also send diapers and wipes.

KathrynMD

• How old is your child(ren)? 2.5
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time?Full time care in a center is 1100/mo; they are open 6:30-6:30.  It was 1500/mo when she was in the infant and toddler rooms.
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? It's a center in Columbia.  She's been there since she was 3.5 months old.
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? Morning and afternoon snacks and drinks (milk in the am, juice in the afternoon).  I could pay 15/week for lunch, but its easier and cheaper just to bring it myself.  The charge various activity fees for singing classes, entertainers, etc. during the year, its a higher fee during the summer b/c they have activities/visitors at least 1x a week.  Its slightly annoying, but eh I'm not going to change daycares over it either.

jcsntms06

• How old is your child(ren)? 20 months old
  
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week? $175/week  Full-time or part-time? Full time
  
• Where is the daycare located? Abingdon (HACO) Is it an in-home or a center? in-home
  
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? I provide lunch, diapers, wipes, her milk, sippy cup.
  

I'm also looking into switching A when she turns 2 in October. So far I've found an daycare center in Abingdon/Edgewood that provides everything except extra clothes, sheets for cots, and lunches on Friday. The price is not bad $188 for full time. The center is located not far from my house and the hours are better. Plus they seem to have structure to their day, plus we feel she needs to learn a little too.

madladybride

Full disclosure - I copied some of Kathryn's answers because we have the same center, but different locations.

• How old is your child(ren)? almost 5 months
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time?Full time care in a center is 1500/mo; they are open 6:30-6:30. 
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? It's a center in Columbia.  She's been there since she was 10 weeks old

• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? Morning and afternoon snacks and drinks (milk in the am, juice in the afternoon). 

Since DD is bf'd we don't avail ourselves of snacks. We provide diapers, wipes, etc. They were one of the few places that had the hours we needed. We may end up switching to the local Y when DD is 2, since she will probably go to school with those kids and she'll be able to get to know kids in our area. The price is definitely less than what we are paying now.

 

weezie825

 I have nothing but love for our daycare center.  They have been a godsend.  All of DDs teachers learned how to do DD's physical therapy and did her exercises with her every day.  She would not have progressed nearly as quickly if they hadn't been willing to work with her. 

Also, when DD got her orthotic device all of the teachers and floaters, the office staff and the owners all asked us to teach them how to put it it on, take it off and how to care for it.   

The Goddard School, Sparks Location

Operating Hours:  M-F: 7 am - 6 pm

$1475 per month for infant room.  (Full time only in infant rooms.)

Includes:

2 snacks per day- Menu distributed each month (Pizza day on Tues and Friday)

1x week Music class (Sept - June)

1x week Gymnastics class (Sept - June)

Summer Activities:

A summer activiy fee is required (minimal) for children 2 and up.  (If I recall correctly it is $1 per year, per week, so a 2 year old pays $2 a week and so on.)

Goddard has a policy the prohibits field trips, instead they have activites come to the school.  There is at least one big activity per week during the summer  (ie dance party with DJ, Magician, Concert, etc.)

1x per week Water Play, weather permitting

Amenities:

Indoor Gymnasium, (used for classes or when weather is bad)

4 outdoor play areas (Infants and Toddlers have their own areas)

Closings:

Closed 4x per year  (once each quarter) for teacher in-service.  This is for state required training for all centers.  The school attempts to put these days on Federal Holidays of other days where people take off when possible  (ie Easter Monday, Columbus Day)

Memorial Day,

July 4

Labor Day

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Week between Christmas and New Years Day

Other notes:

Peanut Free Facility

Fully compliant with new crib requirements (over a year before the rule takes effect.)

Cooper81

• How old is your child(ren)? 18 months
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Toddler and Infant room is $309 a week.  Full-time or part-time? full time
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center?   In AACO, it's a center
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)?  They provide all meals, snacks and beverages.  We provide diapers, wipes, cream, suntan lotion, etc for personal care.  They also do a TON of arts and crafts, so I factor that into what we are paying as well (all the art crap, glitter, paper, paint, crayons makers, feathers, sequins, etc, I imagine they have their own little Michaels store in the center)

JoanHarris

FieryIrishAngel:

Only respond if you feel comfortable, of course!

• How old is your child(ren)? 7.5 months
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week? $1386/month Full-time or part-time? Full time - She goes from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Where is the daycare located? Forest Hill Is it an in-home or a center? The Goddard School
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? They provide snacks, but we're not to that point yet. Everything that weezie said applies to our location except I don't think they do music or gymnastics.

AKBrideinMD

How old is your child(ren)? not born yet Baby will start at 10 weeks How much do you pay for their childcare/week? $200/week Full-time or part-time? Full time  Where is the daycare located? AACo Is it an in-home or a center? In-Home Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? We provide diapers, wipes, and BM.

I answered based off of our original plan for care but since then my aunt has offered to watch the baby for about $15 less a day two days a week, so the baby will be with my aunt two days and the in-home provider above three days a week.

SarahKate31

Only respond if you feel comfortable, of course!

• How old is your child(ren)?
just about 3 weeks but he'll start daycare at 10 weeks
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time?
250 per week. Its expensive for in home care but still way less than a center so we went with it. Its full time care.
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center?
in home
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)?
she'll provide meals once he's eating table food and also whole milk once he's on that. I think we provide everything else

salc21

Only respond if you feel comfortable, of course!

• How old is your child(ren)? He is 8 weeks right now, but will start daycare at just under 3 months
  
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time? $299/week Full Time (FT only for infants)
  
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? It's a Center located in Annapolis
  
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? I'm providing most for him until he moves up to the toddler room and can do snacks and what not.
  

JennigoesUSA

• How old is your child(ren)? 3 1/2
  
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time? $175 full time or $130 for 3 days/week
  
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? AA County, in home
  
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? I brought diapers and wipes when Luke still needed them, she provides everything else
  

lacey321

How old is your child(ren)? Not born yet, he should be making his debut sometime soon!How much do you pay for their childcare/week?  Full-time or part-time? We will pay $1042/month for full-time childcare.Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center? It's a center in Owings Mills.Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? They provide snacks and food for all of the older kids.  I believe they provide snacks for the infants when they are old enough.  We will provide everything he needs.

mrs. remy

How old is your child? 2 next month

How much do you pay for their childcare/week? 177 per week, full-time

Where is the daycare located? AA Co

Is it an in-home or a center? center

Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)? We have to bring in mostly everything which is part of the reason the price is so low compared to other centers in the area (I only paid $234 a week when he was in the infant & toddler rooms). Which is fine with me, I would actually prefer to pack the food he eats every day. Although in his new room, they do provide a morning and afternoon snack.

ITGurl0626

• How old is your child(ren)?   My baby is 11 weeks this week.  She starts day care on 07/05.
• How much do you pay for their childcare/week? Full-time or part-time?   $170/week full time
• Where is the daycare located? Is it an in-home or a center?  Located in Windsor Mill, it is an in-home care.
• Aside from care, what do they provide (food, snacks, formula/milk, diapers, wipes)?  Since I have an infant I provide formula, diapers, & wipes.  Once she gets older and can eat solids, they provide snacks/meals.