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How much do you pay for daycare in your area?

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Currently, my mom, MIL, and my aunt take turns watching DD. Its great because she is around family, but DH and I want to start putting her in daycare soon so she can socialize with other kids her age. I looked into a few options here, and I'm leaning to one in particular. For 3 days from 8-6 its about $800/month. I think if she were to go full-time, it would be around $1250 or so a month. Just wondering if that's normal. I know it all depends on where you live, so I'd just like an idea of what other nesties pay for daycare.
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  • 102503Natalie102503Natalie
    DD goes two days a week @ $40/day for a total of $320/month.  It was one of the least expensive places we looked, and they were one of the few daycares to offer part-time care.  The other daycare centers in my area run about $200/week. 

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  • hudsaunt1hudsaunt1 member
    I pay $100/week, but I live in a LOC area.
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  • auburnbride2beauburnbride2be member
    It is about $200 per week for full time which is 4-5 days. Part time is not much cheaper at about $160 per week.
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  • TnkrbelleTnkrbelle member

    When DD was still in  daycare, i paid $182/week.

     

    ETA: that was for full time as well, they didnt offer part time for infants.

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  • axh2277axh2277
    When DS was in daycare we paid 333/week for 5 days.  We live in Mass near Boston and daycare rates are very high.
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  • snuggles277snuggles277
    $205/week for 2 days (10 hour day). Crazy.
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  • AnnetteWalkerAnnetteWalker

    DS goes to a in home day care full time 8am to 5pm and we pay $45 per day so 900 per month.


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  • mommytosammommytosam
    We live right outside NYC - $1625 per month - YIKES!
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  • barkers4jmmbarkers4jmm
    We just came off the waitlist but are deferring a few months because DH is home recovering from ankle surgery - freaking $1800/month.  And no discounts for multiple children.  Daycare in my area is insane.  If we lived further out (from DC), it would be much better.
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  • MrsJeffsWife2BMrsJeffsWife2B
    Suburbs of NYC, $1400 a month full time. Thank god we only have to send him 3 days, but it's still $1000!
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  • greenqueen11greenqueen11 member

    imageaxh2277:
    When DS was in daycare we paid 333/week for 5 days.  We live in Mass near Boston and daycare rates are very high.

     

    Places we looked at were about the same, and if you wanted p/t it was $100 a day... I would have been better off SAH at that rate! Thank goodness I found a friend who will watch her for $40 a day.

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  • HappyNovHappyNov
    $220 a week for full time.  But its the most expensive place in my area.  They have cameras to be able to watch your children during the day and a double keypad entry system.
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  • mrspatrick06mrspatrick06
    We pay $228 a week and he is there 8:00 - 5:00 M-F.  We live in a fairly LCOL area.
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  • Temp174496125006552Temp174496125006552 member

    Well, my husband just lost his job last week...so we had to let our nannies (one of which is my sister) go, but we were paying $280/week for 4 days (I'm off on Mondays).

    I recently looked into daycares around here because I was curious and it looks like they run about $240 - $280 week for 5 days for babies Ben's age.  Younger babies are about $20/week more.

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  • aulrobbriaulrobbri
    South Georgia-- we have private in home and it is 85 per week. Daycares here run 60-105 depending on the faciltiy and the age of the child.
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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    I live about 20mi south of Boston and we pay $190 a week for three days( about $760). I looked at places that were closer to Boston where I work and they wanted $1300 a month for 3 days a week. In the end we choose the place we are at because it is really close to home and I may not always be working in Boston.
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  • mattnlinz03mattnlinz03
    We live in the Twin Cities, MN and pay $155 for an in home daycare.  That is really on the low end.  All the other ones I called were about $200-$225.
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  • mooregatemommymooregatemommy
    I live in Illinois and pay $25 per day. Since I have 2 kids in daycare I pay $45 per day. We do part time with her.(3-4 days per week) She is a private in home day care. We were looking at another day care provider and she wanted $23 per day for one dc but had to be full time
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  • dzinerchelliedzinerchellie
    $207/ week, for 5 days per week. I live in Iowa.
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  • Linds&Chris777Linds&Chris777
    I use an in home daycare provider.  I think it's the better way to go with DS being so young.  I plan on putting him in an actual daycare probably after a couple years and then preschool so he can socialize with more kids and everything.  Right now he goes 3 days a week and it's $30/day.
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