Cost for full time childcare?

mrsjones06 · July 2009

Those of you with kids in full time childcare, can you tell me what you pay per week? (Also, let me know if it's a center or home-based.) A co-worker asked me what was typical, but DS goes part time & our sitter was kind of a favor, so we get a really good deal. TIA!

gigimarie · July 2009

We pay $210 for the toddler room at a center in the Keller area.

Jessibell · July 2009

$135 a week at a home center.

All the regular centers in our area were 200+ per week.

gigimarie · July 2009

Jessibell:
$135 a week at a home center.

All the regular centers in our area were 200+ per week.

I am so jealous!

mrsjones06 · July 2009

Thanks ladies! I asked my SIL too & she said she pays $780/month for home based care. My co-worker looked into a center that was $920/month which sounded expensive to me, so it sounds like there's a broad price range out there.

mrsjones06 · July 2009

Also, if anyone has a home-based provider you'd recommend in the Keller area, please let me know. Thanks!

Jessibell · July 2009

gigimarie:
Jessibell:

$135 a week at a home center.

All the regular centers in our area were 200+ per week.

I am so jealous!

We got sooooo lucky. I was really close to putting her in a center when I found our sitter and she is wonderful. I think we would have had to wait a lot longer to TTC if we had gone with the center.

CreamPuff06 · July 2009

gigimarie:
Jessibell:

$135 a week at a home center.

All the regular centers in our area were 200+ per week.

I am so jealous!

I am too - T is almost ready to move to the Toddler room at school, but until then we're paying $230/week in Plano. It will go down when she moves, but until then - ouch, man.

MrsTotty · July 2009

Jack goes part time to an in-home place ... and we pay $90 for 3 days a week. Full time there would be $125 a week. Our wonderful DCP is in Hurst

amanda7207 · July 2009

We pay $240 a week / $960 a month at a center. It looks as if it's cheaper to go with the in - home route.

lizzyjames · July 2009

$235/week at a center. I'm jealous of the $135/week!

mandarod · July 2009

$935/month for a center

Ludenbelle · July 2009

I pay $100/wk for home-based childcare but it's a close friend of mine. I believe my SIL pays around $125-150/wk for the same area (NW FW) at a different in-home daycare.

flyer23 · July 2009

We didn't move here until DD was a year old, so I'm not sure about infant care...

When she was a toddler (1-year-old), most centers were in the $225/week range and most good in-home places were in the $150-$175/week range. We ended up going with a SAHM who watched only DD (no other babies, kind of like a nanny but out of her home instead of ours) for $200/week.

We just moved her into a preschool. We're currently paying $650/month ($150/week) for full-time care. It'll go up to $715/month ($165/week) when the school year starts in September.

We're in the Carrollton area.

flygeah · July 2009

lizzyjames:
$235/week at a center. I'm jealous of the $135/week!

Ditto I am jealous too! We pay $230/week for the toddler room. We drop another 5 buck when he moves to the next room.

bnljane1988 · July 2009

$180 per week for home care. That's for 4 to 6 days a week.
She is the wife of one of my assist. kitchen manager. She just has K and her own 3 boys ages 2.5, 4 and 7. She is awesome and her boys love K (they're trying to convince me to let them keep him....um no. But it's really cute how protective they are of him.)

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