https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:09:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-925012 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:24:52 +0000 sera_87 925012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: yep, Quebec specifically. They have REALLY good family-friendly policies, which is a big reason why we moved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924999 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:21:50 +0000 littlek 924999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: Canada? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924995 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:21:18 +0000 littlek 924995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: that's awesome! Our daycare is mid tier. The pricey ones are almost $500 a week for one child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924984 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:18:23 +0000 sera_87 924984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, IF I'm pregnant this cycle, LO's will be 20 months apart. By the time mat leave is over (55 weeks), I'll have a...2.5 year old? and a 13 month old. </p> <p>HOWEVER, we pay (roughly) 7$ a day, per child. So 14$ a day. Which makes factoring in daycare-costs with regards to child spacing nil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924983 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:18:17 +0000 matador84 924983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: perk of living in a small city. And that's the best daycare in town! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924949 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:09:41 +0000 littlek 924949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: wow! That's less than we spend for 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924928 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:01:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 924928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours will be over two years apart. We will have two years or less that hurt but then it goes down. Ours is about $950 for an infant </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924867 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:48:23 +0000 matador84 924867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours will be 15 months apart...about $1200/month in daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924865 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:48:09 +0000 Sapphiresun 924865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're hoping to maybe only have one year of overlap. So, three years apart would mean 1 in day care for three years, then I'd be off on maternity leave for a year so no day care, and then just an infant and a preschooler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924827 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:39:09 +0000 littlek 924827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just talked to DH it looks like we are going the nanny route when we have LO #2. Daycare for 2 would be about $700 a week. Ouch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924738 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:22:32 +0000 yin 924738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister had a LO who is 4.5 months younger than mine, and she doesn't plan on having another until her LO is closer to school age. It's difficult to afford 2 kids in daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924733 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:21:26 +0000 oliviaoblivia 924733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A nanny is only a couple hundred bucks more than daycare for one, number two will not be going to daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924727 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:19:56 +0000 sslm 924727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We feel that we'd be ok with double day care, but if we have 3, the first would definitely need to be in school full time which here is when they're 5 I think? I can't imagine 3 under 5 so I think we're good... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924725 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:19:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 924725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just got our first bill for Montessori with both of them. It hurts!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924683 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:11:26 +0000 mamabolt 924683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay just under $300 a week for one, and we are planning on approx 3 years between LOs, so only two years of dual daycare if we go that route. We will look into a nanny as well and see if that might be more cost effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-924340 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:05:12 +0000 littlek 924340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: that's a great price! We pay $390 for one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923716 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:28:30 +0000 blackbird 923716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two years for the first two, with at least the first in regular school before we have a third. Daycare will be about $400-$450/week for two here. Pricey but manageable short term! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923663 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:13:28 +0000 Bookish 923663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At least four years apart, if we decide to have #2. Daycare costs are actually the guiding force behind our family planning, which is depressing :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923660 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:12:57 +0000 Sammyfab 923660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I know! I saw your other thread...daycare costs in your area are insane (and I thought my city was bad!)!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923650 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:09:50 +0000 autumnlove 923650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They will be 20 &amp; 4 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923649 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:09:35 +0000 KT326 923649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan on spacing our kids out. Once DS is three, daycare/preschool is a lot cheaper. It will still be expensive having to pay for two but better than paying for two infants! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923636 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:06:18 +0000 littlek 923636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: I think the nanny route is definitely more affordable.. especially since we currently pay $390 a week for one child.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923622 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:03:16 +0000 Sammyfab 923622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The cost of two kids in daycare makes me nauseous! Haha. But really, if we had to pay for childcare for 2 kids I would probably explore nanny options in great depth before resorting to daycare.</p> <p>Otherwise, we don't plan on having a second until LO is in school full-time. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/age-gap-between-kids-if-you-sendplan-on-sending-your-kids-to-daycare#post-923590 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:57:36 +0000 littlek 923590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is/do you plan on being the age gap between children if you plan on sending both to daycare? DH had a total freak out last night about the cost of 2 kids in daycare. </p>