https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:57:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441737 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:56:59 +0000 gingerbebe 2441737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh we had grandma care 3 days a week and it cost us more than any other option. </p> <p>Now DS is at a state certified in home daycare for $1000 a month with 2 snacks and lunch provided....but you pay for all holidays and any days missed. This month between MLK and being sent home sick, they got 5 days paid for free! </p> <p>Add that to our back up sitter who we have to pay $13 an hour, and it's more like $1200 this month.</p> <p>A nationally accredited center in our area is like $1600-1800 a month. But the wait lists for those centers are 18 months long! </p> <p>We will be switching DS to a 2's program at a local church preschool in September and that is currently $755 a month and they provide two snacks, you bring lunch. Infant toddler care there (where we hope to get LO2 who I am 6 months pregnant with into before the age of 1) is $900 a month and you provide every single thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441658 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:03:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2441658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I voted in the poll too. I wish my grandma care was free though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441554 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:08:08 +0000 LovelyPlum 2441554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: LOL. It pains me to think about how much we spend, and I know lots of people pay more than we do!</p> <p>@GreeneB2: the idea of daycare for 2 gives me hives. But we love DD's experience at her school, and we want the next one to have that, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441543 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:57:37 +0000 LovelyPlum 2441543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $1205 full-time for a toddler (8 hours) in western NY. The most expensive price at our center is $1465 for 9+ hours of full-time infant care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441541 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:57:10 +0000 bisous 2441541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$775 for 4 days a week. Can't think about what it will be in June when baby 2 starts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441501 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:37:59 +0000 josina 2441501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Didn't say it was? I imagine most 'free' daycare is grandma-care, and if it's not free than they're are $ amounts to vote for?<br /> Wish my mom lived closer so I could take advantage of grandma care. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441344 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:22:21 +0000 ladybee 2441344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am shocked by most replies. </p> <p>We are in Ohio. We pay $660 a month for our full time two year old. It includes all food and snacks. The baby will be $780 a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441340 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 02:10:53 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2441340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grandma care isn't always free! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441336 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:49:11 +0000 matador84 2441336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>590/month for 1, 1300 for both </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2441334 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:29:11 +0000 littlejoy 2441334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$940 for Montessori school ... M-Th 8:15-3:30 (28 hours per week). Includes 2 snacks &amp; lunch. </p> <p>I sometimes do extended days for an entire month (5:30 pickup), which costs $1,175.</p> <p>This is in Portland, Ore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440909 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:56:26 +0000 simplyfelicity 2440909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on how many working days in the month but we pay 25 bucks a day so next month is 525 and the month after is 575. This is for full time infant care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440861 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:17:27 +0000 PawPrints 2440861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I would definitely think your poll could go a lot higher. We pay a little over $1400/mo for full time infant care, and that's in one of the cheapest centers in our region, *and* a 20% discount through my husband's employer (normal rate for full time infant care at that center would be $1760/mo). Most daycare centers we toured were closer to, or above, $2000/mo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440834 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:53:54 +0000 CakeLady 2440834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our 20 month old, at a center just outside Chicago, we pay $1020/month. We plan to switch him to a pre-school/daycare in June and that will be about $1300/month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440831 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:47:06 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 2440831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, my baby isn't even born yet and we are looking at centers now. Our options are range from $1392/month to $1715/month :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440773 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:06:28 +0000 Modern Daisy 2440773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1,250 and includes wipes and snacks. 7:30 - 6. I wish they opened earlier though!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440760 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:58:50 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2440760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted $901-1100. It's actually more than that but, because we have two in the same daycare, and we pay 8 months in advance for both of them, we end up getting a 30% discount on the price of tuition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440727 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:38:34 +0000 Chillybear 2440727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$692/ month... we pay $173/ week at a privately owned center that also qualifies for state programs. She's almost 2 1/2 and is there full day with breakfast and lunch included. Were about 30 minutes north of philadelphia. I am so lucky I found this place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440702 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:26:19 +0000 Eko 2440702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $1300/month just outside of Boston at an in-home daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440680 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:06:35 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2440680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, that is cheaper than our after school care (I just looked into it since DD is starting Kindergarten this fall!). </p> <p>I think we really lucked out. We live in a high cost of living area (CA), but pay $800/month at a center. Full-time care 7:30-6 pm, with breakfast, lunch, drinks, and snacks provided. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440243 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:50:56 +0000 PurplePeony 2440243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$1800 per month for the toddler room. Our daycare is in downtown Seattle and the cost is on the lower end of average. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440227 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:41:03 +0000 fussygal 2440227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted $0 because we're doing Grandma care right now, but last year we were doing a combo of nanny and grandma and were paying around $400/mo for the nanny (about 15 hrs/week).</p> <p>ETA: Daycare prices scare the crap out of me and I have no idea how we would do it if we didn't have my mom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440216 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:33:00 +0000 kodybear 2440216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ds (17mo) is $1780/month and dd is $1300/month :crying: and its not even one of the best or most expensive daycare/preschools around here which is sad! can't wait til ds turns 2 when it'll drop a couple hundred </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child/page/2#post-2440210 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:30:16 +0000 Mrs D 2440210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$1032 (just did our weekly x 4)...this includes breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks. DC hours are 6:30am-6:30pm... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440167 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:19:21 +0000 catlady 2440167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2k for a toddler in full time Montessori daycare in Boston. </p> <p>Sadly, this is actually a good deal here. Full time infant rates in my area have gone above 3k per month at some centers now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440158 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:15:16 +0000 BandDmommy 2440158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is $1,645 a month and DS is $1,340 a month. We get 10% discount off DS. FWIW, I think our prices are great for our area, we paid a LOT more at our last daycare. Over $2k for infant care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440140 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:08:58 +0000 josina 2440140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Benefits of small town living I guess!<br /> If he were in a center it would be closer to $585 a month. Our price includes all food and wipes. Can't complain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440117 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:02:52 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2440117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$550/month for in-home for a FT preschool age child.<br /> I live in the Midwest, but outside of the metro area. Anywhere closer to the cities is substantially more expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440116 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:02:34 +0000 lamariniere 2440116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>€290/month/kid full time for a private center. Public centers are free. Daycare is subsidized here by high taxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440076 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:45:59 +0000 yellowbird 2440076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One kid is $500, the other is $625 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-monthly-fulltime-daycare-bill-for-one-child#post-2440072 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:45:09 +0000 wrkbrk 2440072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: $450 a MONTH!? Wow! Our center is $1750/month and I am also in the midwest. </p>