https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:37:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2024727 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:45 +0000 Sapphiresun 2024727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our daycare full time kids pay $47/day and part timers/drop ins pay $50. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2024420 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:07:53 +0000 daniellemybelle 2024420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nannies in my area start at $12/hr for one child. That's too expensive for us. Our daycare comes out to about $30/day but it is 9-3 (more of a Mom's Day Out/preschool). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023307 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:07:21 +0000 SerenaSF 2023307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @sooz I live in the bay area as well and I am just mind boggled by how inexpensive childcare is for some of you! I'm currently pregnant and just started the hunt for childcare, and the going rate for a nanny out here is *at least* $15 an hour, and most in-home daycares are around $90 a day. This is for one child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023279 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:55:24 +0000 creativemomma15 2023279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! We are in a more rural area and I had heard of most people around here paying someone in home $25-30ish. We looked into someone before who charged $20 per kid and provided breakfast &amp; lunch but I wasn't sold on the setting. Now we just talked to someone who would charge $80 total for the day with both kids. I know she needs to make money for the day too but I don't get paid much that only profiting $20 for the day after paying her doesn't really make sense to me at this point. Ugh, trying to figure out our options. Thanks for your input! I know we are lucky to be in a more affordable area to begin with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023278 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:55:16 +0000 sooz 2023278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I just read through the replies and I feel like I'm paying an arm and a leg. I live in the SF Bay Area and I pay $21/hr for two kids and I would say that's about the going average rate. For one child, we paid $16/hr. </p> <p>Our nanny takes care of the kids at our home 3 days per week/10 hours per day, so that adds up to $210 per day, but we also provide sick days, vacation days, and holidays and regular cash bonuses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023243 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:40:42 +0000 Littlebit 2023243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay our sitter $25 a day. Ours is the only child she watches besides her own (a 2 and 4 year old). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023125 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:26:21 +0000 catomd00 2023125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I expect $100/day minimum for in home nanny for one child in our area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023097 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:58:45 +0000 Mamaof2 2023097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our DCP has a drop in rate of $50 per day per child </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023094 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:53:08 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2023094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My BFF used to watch LO for $50/day for us 2 days/week. I'm not going to lie, I think she was ridiculously cheap for watching LO all day. I know she charged me less b/c she was my BFF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023077 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:39:02 +0000 yellowbird 2023077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>35$ a day for an in home. Cheaper if you do weekly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023075 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:37:15 +0000 JoJoGirl 2023075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $82/day for an in-home daycare outside of Boston. It's the cheapest around by a long shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023070 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:24:22 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2023070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $100 per day for one 9-hr day, every other week. (Which I think is too high, but we needed something quickly and it was supposed to be a short term solution and has gone longer than expected.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2023009 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:17:21 +0000 PrincessBaby 2023009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sitter, who is a high school senior that lives right next door and is kind of the "neighborhood babysitter," charges $10 an hour. When we recently had a nanny for a brief period at the beginning of the year, she was $13 an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022954 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:58:56 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2022954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drop in rates are around $70 a day here at some daycares. At our daycare, 2 days is $115 a week. They don't offer 1 day a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022664 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:06:28 +0000 plantains 2022664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$80 - 130 per day for one child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022597 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:24:34 +0000 jetsa 2022597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caitlanc: interesting! I hope mines the same way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022503 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:24:35 +0000 blackbird 2022503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ladies charge $50/day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022467 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:06:47 +0000 Lindsay05 2022467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lie. It's actually 60/day for two kids (one being and infant). Price goes down slightly for two toddlers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022464 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:05:35 +0000 LuLu Mom 2022464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We currently pay 115/week for fulltime daycare at an inhome daycare in the Midwest. This is actually on the low-end for the area, it's normally closer to 130-150 for in home and 180 for center. we got lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022450 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:52:29 +0000 caitlanc 2022450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: I vaguely remember something about it being a little less for subsequent kids when I was first interviewing her for LO1 but that was 2+ years ago and my memory is pretty fuzzy these days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022443 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:48:10 +0000 looch 2022443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is all relative, I think. If you earn $15 per hour, you'd want to pay less than that, right?</p> <p>I'd put an offer out there at the amount you want to pay and see if you get any interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022416 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:33:32 +0000 youboots 2022416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The day rate at the church daycare we will likely use is $40/day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022413 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:32:40 +0000 PinkElephant 2022413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay our babysitter, who is a nanny in the neighborhood, $20/hr for two kids. I haven't asked about 1 child rates but i'd probably still pay $20/hr if we took the baby with us. Shes not OUR nanny so we don't have a day rate established. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022404 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:29:09 +0000 jetsa 2022404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caitlanc: do you think it'll be less? I just assumed our rate would double. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022401 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:28:12 +0000 psw27 2022401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would expect to pay about $100-120 per day. I live in Boston though and child care is very expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022393 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:25:27 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2022393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it really varies according to region. Our former daycare charges $115/day for 8am - 6pm.</p> <p>nannies here watching 2 kids make at least $18/hour, usually $20+. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022392 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:25:12 +0000 caitlanc 2022392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay $30 per day for an in home day care in (very rural) Colorado. I'm not sure yet what the cost will be for a second child. I need to find out since LO2 is due in just a few weeks!</p> <p>The back up in home daycare that we use is $3.25 per hour per kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022391 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:23:56 +0000 lady grey 2022391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@creativemomma15: In Seattle we paid $350 for one day per week at an in-home daycare. If we had used a nanny instead it would have been $15 per hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022382 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:19:31 +0000 lamariniere 2022382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before DD started daycare, I was paying between €10-12/hour. I had two different part time babysitters who would watch DD anywhere from 3-5 hours per day. I would only be comfortable with someone babysitting in my home (unless it was some sort of approved in-home daycare). If it's just infrequent sitting, I would pay hourly. If you need someone several times per week, I would probably do a day rate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-for-1-day-of-care#post-2022376 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:17:58 +0000 jetsa 2022376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay $25 per day at an in-home daycare in a rural area. My daycare lady offers 1, 3, or 5 day schedules. </p>