As long as we're talking about really expensive stuff...

SoxFan777 · June 2014

For those of you who have looked into daycare, how much will it be for you? I have a toddler already, and it will be $490 per week for both kids. Ugh! That's pretty standard around me. So what area are you from and what will you pay? Oh, for ease of comparison, I'll format it... Others can follow the format if they like.

I live in suburban New England and I will pay $490 per week for two kids at a learning center 5 days a week.

melkeeney · June 2014

I am a nanny out of my home (moms bring their kids to me) I charge $30 a day per kid.

LadyRoarsome · June 2014

I'm in the Central PA area, right now we pay $130/week for E. Once baby comes we'll pay $250/week with the small discount for a sibling. Daycare will be more expensive than my rent. The thought process of spending so much on care makes me want to quit my job, but I tried for a long time for this job, and not it's not practical to live off of H's income alone, even without a daycare bill.

Drgn30 · June 2014

full time infant daycare in my hood will set me back more than $2,000/month - and that's assuming you can even get in. i can't believe it's so much cheaper in other parts of the US/world.

Amanda&jay · June 2014

Average around me is $185 a week under 3 and $165 a week over 3 yo

KristenFMR · June 2014

Holy cow we pay $900 a month per child you guys are getting a deal.

nopegoat · June 2014

Before I moved to the other side of town it was going to be over $1000 a month for my 2 and the reason I decided not to go back to work yet.

CandEChicago · June 2014

I live in Chicago. Daycare facility we are interested in is over $2,000 a month for a baby for 5 days a week.

Like twolittledogs said...it is more than my mortgage payment.

OhBaby+2013 · June 2014

I'm just outside Toronto, ontario. If I stick with the same home daycare DS is currently in it will be about $350 a week or $1400 a month for two kids. If we switch to a daycare centre it will be $675 a week or $2700 a month for both. DH really wants to be a stay at home dad though so we will likely look into that possibility.

bumpuser7846882 · June 2014

I'm paying $509/month for 2 days/week right now for my one year old in Southeastern Virginia.

allfalldown14 · June 2014

I'm in NE and I pay $633 a month for one of the nicer montessori schools here(only Mon-Thurs 8:30-3)

emsrdh03 · June 2014

I live in a Kansas suburb of Kansas City. If we sent both kids to the center DS is currently at it would be $470 per week. DS is starting a new school in august though which doesn't accept infants so we'll be looking for an in home daycare for baby. Hopefully at a cheaper rate than our current center charges.

kimba1976 · July 2014

I live in south Florida and pay $480 per week for DD. That will probably go up to $600/week with second baby. I have no idea how we are going to do it.

RayRay007 · July 2014

35$/day per kid, so average about $735 a month. For three that'll be about $2200.

lucymcgillicudy1010 · July 2014

I live in arizona and will be paying about $1100 a month for full time daycare

PacoCat33 · July 2014

In Pittsburgh- $980/month.

@SLC1102‌ I can't believe you have daycare that cheap!! We left DC a couple years ago, bc in the district daycare was over $2000 and we couldn't live in our apt. and have daycare.

nashamber · July 2014

In Honolulu - $1,700/month per child part-time and $2,200/month full-time without a meal. I had no idea that meals were separate - silly me.

No clue how this will pencil out, but trying to keep a positive attitude. Ughhh.

momtoE25 · July 2014

DS' daycare was $560 a month. We are moving though and should be about $400 a month for him. So for both, it will be a little less than $1000.

ETA: that amount is in Texas.

brookey79 · July 2014

I live in Vancouver, BC and once I go back to work (after a year of mat leave), it will be about $1400/ month per child at a full-time daycare. I didn't realize it could vary so much!

byrne15 · July 2014

I live in suburban western NY and I will pay $665 per week for two kids at a learning center 5 days a week.

So $2,880 per month

BrideLinds · July 2014

I'm paying $255 per week right now for just my 2 year-old. I'm scared to even ask what adding an infant into the mix will add! We are exploring our options right now. I live in the Raleigh, NC area.

kboyet · July 2014

I just signed up this week and will be paying $275 a week. I did visit a place that was $2500 a month so now I feel like I'm getting a deal lol!

JCM285 · July 2014

DH and I are going to start looking after our next appointment which is one week from today. I'm kind of afraid to find out how much daycare is though. We live in northern NJ and everything is so expensive here!

irish2014 · July 2014

OMG I need to get on this. You are all so on top of things!!!

lightaftrerdark · July 2014

$250/week ($13,000/year) for our baby at the caretaker's house with max of 4 other kids. To hold the spot, we have to pay every week even if we don't go (aka, sick days, vacations, holidays). The bigger day care centers I looked at were quite a bit more than that.

jbthrow · July 2014

Daycare in the providers home that DS goes to (and I love) is $50/day. I send him 4 days per week since I currently work Saturdays and have a day off during the week, so his works out to be $800/month. Because they'll be close in age and both under two there would be no discount for my second baby, so that's $1600/month.

I work for a small non-profit so my salary is only like $2000/month, so I will be staying home with them both. I did find a Mother's morning out program at a local church that allows them to come and play with others one morning per week for like $40/week, so I'll be doing that so I can have some downtime during the week.

Meether · July 2014

SoxFan777 said:

For those of you who have looked into daycare, how much will it be for you? I have a toddler already, and it will be $490 per week for both kids. Ugh! That's pretty standard around me. So what area are you from and what will you pay? Oh, for ease of comparison, I'll format it... Others can follow the format if they like.

I live in suburban New England and I will pay $490 per week for two kids at a learning center 5 days a week.

We will have a nanny and then transition to daycare at around 18 mos to 2 years like we did with dd. For dd, our nanny was $2800 per month (great deal) and preschool/ daycare was $2200. Now she is in preschool in NNJ and it's $1600. We also pay someone to take care of her after school ends. I suspect having a nanny will be a little cheaper than it was in NYC but I'm not sure. I think we will pay around $4000 for preschool and nanny. I'm also hoping to quit my job, so we will just have to pay for preschool.

LSauer21 · July 2014

Looking into a home care babysitter which is $25 a day so $125 a week.. $600 a month. MIL hopes to retire next May so the baby will probably go to the babysitter for 2-3 months at most if all works out. Free all day 3 and 4 year old preschool in our town. I'm in South Jersey.

hoping4aUNICORN · July 2014

I am a stay at home mommy

nolanova85 · July 2014

The center I like near our home is $1700 a month for an infant. We live in NOVA but work in DC. It's gross.

lionyloo32 · July 2014

In my area we have found the average to be around $1,200/month for M-F for an infant. REALLY keeping fingers crossed that by the time baby comes DH will have grown his business enough that I can work for him (from home).

desireeariel · July 2014

The daycares around me are very high priced. I will be using my MIL lol

If you want decent care in a clean place where I live you have to cough up between $700- $2,000 a week. There are places in the $400s but I actually worked in one and the children were not properly reprimanded and I quit after 2 weeks because I did not want to be part of that psychologically damaging environment. It was also very dirty.

Kasey880 · July 2014

SLC1102 said:
PacoCat33 yeah my H and I are very fortunate. We both work for Uncle Sam, this is one of the perks.

My DH works for Uncle Sam and doesn't have shit! Lol

jayellekay · July 2014

Don't hate me...

I live in North Dakota, and it will be $150/week for an infant in full-time home daycare, all meals/formula (if needed) included. He/she will go to the same home daycare provider my 3-yr-old DD went to, and we love her like a member of our family, so I'm very pleased. DD goes to a Catholic preschool, and it is also $150/week. The difference is, her school doesn't provide meals, only snacks.

erynpdx · July 2014

If we go with the full time center option we'll be around $1000-$1200/month - I'm also looking at in home options which look more like $800/month or if there's a way to go part time some how. Trying to just have faith that it'll all work out in the end.
ETA: In Portland, OR

brittandjp · July 2014

This is precisely why I am staying home. We already spent half of my teaching salary paying our nanny this past school year. It just doesn't make sense to work such a demanding job with a second baby. I wouldn't be bringing home enough money to make it worth while.

ecgorder · July 2014

We just got on the wait list for 2 centers near my office and about 25 minutes from DH, but luckily it's on the way home for either of us. $380 a week for 3-18 months is what I've been quoted. We live in Northern VA and work in Maryland so this was a much cheaper alternative to a nanny which I have found to be about $15 an hour. Our awful schedule would require 50 hours a week!

feenie1152 · July 2014

So what you guys are saying is I need to start my own daycare center...

Wulfgar · July 2014

We pay MIL to watch our DS and she will be watching this one also. We will have preschool costs this fall also. We pay MIL $600 a month and preschool will be roughly $115 a month.

Wulfgar · July 2014

We offered since she tried teaching while we were pregnant then was not renewed so we are basically paying her student loan debt. We would have paid her something no matter what since SIL in is Catholic School and if MIL can't work it would be worse for them. Plus this is about $200 to $400 cheaper than putting him in day care.

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