How much do you pay for daycare?
Hubby and I have come to the realization that Lex needs to be in daycare. his mom simply can't handle the little fireball.
Just curious how much you guys pay on average. I'm finding that full time care in Austin (approx 8 hrs) runs about $700-$775 per month.
Just curious how much you guys pay on average. I'm finding that full time care in Austin (approx 8 hrs) runs about $700-$775 per month.
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If we have another one I feel I'll be working to pay for daycare:sad6:.
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That's how a lot of us get to be SAHM's. With 2 or more, daycare's often unaffordable and it doesn't pay to work.
Does the sitter come to your house or do you send X to his/her house?
We had the arrangement for a little while where a sitter came to the house but MIL drove her away.
But starting in March.. He will be going to a preschool.. it's a little more than I want to pay almost $100 more a week but the pros outweigh the cons.. (so figure $1,079)
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both our kids went to the same daycare/preschool. we paid $525 a month for our son. by the time our daughter entered a few years later, we had to pay $600. that was still a bargain, considering that many facilities here charge $800+ for children and don't include food in their tuition! it goes up when you are talking about newborns and infants!
our son entered the facility just before he turned 4, which is why the sliding scale rates dropped (he was an older toddler). the same with our daughter, who entered the facility in the preschool class.
definitely ask if they offer help with tuition. it doesn't make sense to pay the full rate if you qualify for a cheaper one.
Addison is free right now because grandma is watching her...if we payed full time for her at the same school it would be 233 a week. We would have to provide food and diapers for this class. (We do however compensate Grandma...gift certificates etc, dinner out etc. She won't take cash).
I do have other breakdowns. For the Toddler 1 class this is after infant care (start walking). This class is 211 a week. At 18 months they move to Toddler 2 class which is 198 a week.
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I managed to actually talk her down from $270/week to $200/week, so we're getting a great deal in comparison to the other parents.
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I take him to her. He needs a change of scenery.
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During summer its $3,000 for camp and before/after camp care for 11 weeks of care.
Although I only pay half of all this, because I share it with my exhusband.
I receive partial subsidy, and I pay $306. Subsidy is $410, so I guess his daycare fees are $716.
I should also point out that DS's daycare is a non-for-profit daycare.
often people around here find it less $ to have a nanny if they have 2 or more
we've been lucky with help from relatives
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A nanny would definitely be less for us too. But a) I would have a hard time trusting a stranger alone with my kids all day, I trust the daycare center more because it as all open doors all the time b) my son is at the age where he needs some social interaction and more stimulation than a nanny could provide, so we would likely end up paying for some kind of preschool anyway.
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Home care at someone elses home runs from $2.50/hour to $200 a week. If you want someone to come to your home it will run about 10-25 dollars an hour.
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I agree. Kennedy is 3. We considered a nanny when Cassidy was born but Kennedy needed social interaction badly. She had been with my aunt who was a nanny and had another child (but she didn't charge us nanny prices). Cassi is in home care with another relative and Kennedy is in a wonderful preschool.
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I used to babysit at my house before my son started school - I made sure he had other kids to play with since he's an only child. I charged $50 for the first child and $75 for two kids. I usually had 2-3 kids at a time.
Before he started school he went to Head Start ($45/week for before and after care), and until he was 3, my mother watched him.