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May 2011 Moms
MrsDL
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Who is investigating daycare options?
MrsDL
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How is your search going? This is by far my biggest stressor right now but today we saw a wonderful place and I feel much better. Last Friday we looked at a place and I cried a little when we got home - it was like a child storage facility (at a whopping $360 a week). Messy, the providers were not interacting with the kids, no good security, the newborn section was just aweful. First impressions - I was petrified they'd all be like that.
The one we saw today was great - secure, more like a school, a very interactive learning philosophy - it is $376 a week but the $16 difference is negible for what you get.
Daycare around here is very expensive (I knew it was pricey but didn't realize how much) - we still have to look at more places - but it looks like the range is $350 to $380 for newborn (centers). I'm sure some in-home places may be a little less expensive but after that Texas story last week I'm not sure how I feel about exploring that option. The centers are 6:30 am to 6:30 pm - the one homecare provider I talked to seemed lovely, she won't meet with me until April, but she's $280 a week M-TH only and 8:00am to 4:30 so if you break her down per day it's comparible to the others. I told DH we could have adopted a 17 year old and sent him to the University of Maryland for what we'll pay in daycare, but the most important thing is finding a quality place with quality people. There are waiting lists that go until next October.
How is everyone else doing in their search?
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Re: Who is investigating daycare options?
I'm on a wait list for October 2012. They don't take kids under 18 months, though. I put my name on because everyone at work raves about the center, and there was no cost to get on the waitlist.
I'm going to need something for May - October 2012, but I figure it can wait.
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We registered LO about a month ago so he can start in the fall. I think I'm paying $620 a month, but he's only going M-F 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We already pay $750 a month for DD ... Not quite sure how we're going to pay for all of it!
I will say, I love the place we found for DS. I didn't start looking for daycare with DD until she was about 3 months old, and I cried, too! I didn't find anything I liked that offered part-time care, so we hired a nanny to come three days a week. Nannies have their pluses and minuses, and this time I wanted a daycare center. Found one close to DD's preschool and I really love it. Glad we got in!
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We just secured child care last night!!! I was surfing my local Bump board several months ago and someone had posted a CC rec, which happened to be 3 blocks from my house, so we went and checked it out...she's awesome! No, scratch that, she's beyond awesome. 1 woman, in home care, infants to 3 years, $280/week for infants, beautifully equipped facility (it's the whole first level of her house). I am ridiculously excited that we found her, love her and that I don't have to keep searching. I'm also a teacher and her rates for holding a spot for him over the summer are totally reasonable.
Gotta tell you, OP, you're right, rates in the MD/VA region are stupid high. The woman we are going with, her rates are right where I wanted them to be. You're also right in that a lot of centers end up being child-storage facilities, which is sad, and totally not what I wanted for this little guy.
I too live in MD (DC area) and I can't believe the prices and the waiting lists. I would have applied for daycare before I even thought about trying to conceive. The daycare we really would like LO to attend has an infant waiting list for 12-18 months, well she will not be an infant any longer
So not sure what we are going to do as of yet. There is another that has hours until 6 but we really need 6:30.
DH and I visited five nearby daycares the last couple of weeks... now we just have to shorten the list and decide on one. DH also got a recommendation for another day care center from someone at work, so we might check that one out too, but I think we have some good ones to choose from so far. Next step: check the budget and see how they fit.
We'll start day care in September when I go back to work.
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I actually started Daycare shopping today and the daycare I want, which is actually at my place of work (I work at a university) I am number 14 on the list and they only take 6 infants at a time....sooo looks like I am going to have to do more shopping farther away from work.
I have seen the prices yet, quite frankly I am scared! I thought about hiring one or two elementary education majors at my university, but I don't know what is a reasonable offer for 20 hours a week.
Any thoughts on what to charge an in home nanny (I guess that is what you'd call it) in the Midwest?
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