https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 02:39:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1124320 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:08:15 +0000 Sammyfab 1124320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>some of the prices are insane and others are super inexpensive!</p> <p>We are in Calgary, Alberta and daycare costs $1200. I think it may go down when LO turns 2. Breakfast, lunch and two snacks are included. We provide diapers and wipes. In-home daycares are about $700-900 here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1124195 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:24:52 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1124195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy cow! These prices are crazy... there would definitely be NO POINT in me working if we had to pay something like that.</p> <p>I don't have DD in daycare, but my MIL's daycare is two blocks away from us and she charges $34-$39 a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1124140 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:12:01 +0000 ShootingStar 1124140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I called around to some daycares in Concord, where DH works, and got quoted $3300. I just laughed and said no thanks. </p> <p>We will pay $1325/month at a center outside of Boston and will eventually include snacks and lunch. The other daycare we considered was $426/week, and while it was a little nicer building, I didn't get as good a feel from the staff and couldn't justify a difference of $120/week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1124041 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:45:34 +0000 lamariniere 1124041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in Vienna, Austria and daycare is heavily subsidized (hello high taxes!). But, DS goes to a full day (8am-4pm) bilingual Montessori preschool and we pay a little less than $300/month, which includes food. Before he was potty trained we had to provide diapers and wipes. Just to note, if we had gotten a spot at a public school, daycare would have been FREE. </p> <p>We lived in NYC before, and while I ended up SAH, we were looking at $2200-2400/month for full time care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123940 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:07:18 +0000 skibobrown 1123940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now in small town Iowa we're something like $850/month for full-time center-based daycare. Next month when we move to "big" city Iowa we'll be just north of $1,000/month for the same kind of care. Our daycare includes all meals. Usually I miss our old life on the east coast, but not so much when I look at the cost of daycare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123907 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:56:43 +0000 heartonastring 1123907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD won't start until the spring but we already have a spot saved for her. In-home care in southern Ontario is $37/day or approximately $800/month. That includes two snacks and lunch every day, but we need to provide diapers and wipes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123813 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:32:44 +0000 mrsmate 1123813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted $500-700 but DD only goes 2x/wk. It is Mandarin immersion in downtown Boston. It includes breakfast, lunch and snack. Also, she started as a toddler. 5 days/wk for an infant is $1506/mo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123792 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:23:59 +0000 keiki_mama 1123792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $850 a month for full time home daycare (7:30 AM - 5:30 PM). We bring diapers, wipes, creams and she provides all the food and milk. When LO used formula, we brought that as well. She actually makes really good food for the kids! Brown rice with fish and vegetables, oatmeal, fruit and crackers as snacks. We're really lucky!</p> <p>Previously, we were sending him to a center for $1175 a month which is the norm in my area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123779 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:18:53 +0000 banana 1123779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is at a home daycare and they charge $850/month, which includes all food and milk. I just have to supply the diapers. My son goes to preschool and it's $1300/month, which includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123776 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:17:24 +0000 MsLipGloss 1123776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: starting at 18 months. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123772 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:15:51 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1123772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm glad this second page has some higher prices, I was really surprised by how low page 1 was!</p> <p>We pay $450 a week for 4 1/2 days for an in-home nanny in soCal ($1800 a month plus gas). In-home daycare would be cheaper for sure. Centers are the same or more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123724 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:53:46 +0000 mediagirl 1123724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow...I didn't realize I would need so many more choices above $1500/mo!!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123720 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:52:20 +0000 mediagirl 1123720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: your daycare has UNIFORMS!?!??! Gah! Really!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123683 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:38:10 +0000 mrs. wagon 1123683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: too late! I got my invoice for the full school year with two kids and just about fell over.. and ours is considered to be an affordable place! in the suburbs! haha. Wagon Sr. and I are very excited for when our kids are in school.. we're going to have so much money!!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123675 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:36:32 +0000 bhbee 1123675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I know it is really crazy! we decided to have a part-time nanny for the infant age so didn't pay it ourselves, but full-time care costs almost $40,000/yr at that age at these BH centers . . . I guess in the city there are enough parents who can pay that that they get away with it! also probably best not to do the math on what any of us pay on an annual basis . . . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123630 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:25:05 +0000 MsLipGloss 1123630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just over $1,600 per month . . . it's mostly all-inclusive, save for things like uniforms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123626 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:23:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 1123626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: over $3k, holy cannoli!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123622 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:20:48 +0000 Periwinkle 1123622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Suburb of NYC and we have an in-home daycare arrangement. We pay ~$1,300/month and will inculde food when he's a bit bigger, if we want. I will probablt continue to send food, though. Also, no diapers or wipes included. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123597 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:09:12 +0000 jisforjessica 1123597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in Oklahoma and pay $135 a week for in-home. That's a couple hundred less than some of the centers in our area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123588 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:07:20 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1123588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$1100-$1300 range. We're in a fairly large city in Colorado. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123587 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:07:19 +0000 starberry 1123587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$1900 for infant care in the so cal area. It's insane. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123581 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:04:53 +0000 mamabolt 1123581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>280 per week for a toddler in a center in the philly burbs. Snacks included but they are junky so I send my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123563 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:56:18 +0000 babynumber1 1123563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $160 a week, so $640 a month in a medium city in NC. Food and wipes are provided. </p> <p>All of the centers in our area are very comparable in this price range. It seems so expensive until I see what everyone else is paying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123556 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:52:45 +0000 KT326 1123556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is $1280 a month right now. Will go down to $1070 when he turns 2 in six months. We have to provide everything. For the SF Bay Area it isn't that bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123534 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:45:43 +0000 Trailmix 1123534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$700/week for an in-home nanny for our twins for approx 32 hours each week, comes out to about $20/hour. Kill me now, hate NYC prices! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123525 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:41:24 +0000 sillygoose 1123525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live just east of downtown Toronto. DD is 23 mths now and we pay $1550 per month for the toddler room, infant room was $1640 - includes all food, no diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123495 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:31:12 +0000 SeptMomma12 1123495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Goddard School in the NYC suburbs. We pay $1350/month for 4 days/week in the pre-toddler room. Doesn't include diapers or food, but they do offer "school snacks" at snack time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123436 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:15:18 +0000 bhbee 1123436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we use a Bright Horizons in the Boston area (city not suburbs). it is ~$1700/mo for 3 days for a toddler. I think infant full-time was over $3000 . . . insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123315 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:41:45 +0000 avivoca 1123315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in Kentuckiana, and ours will be $766 a month for full time infant care. We provide diapers and bottles. I looked at a Bright Horizons school and that was going to be almost $1200 a month for infant care, which is more than I make in one pay period and also doesn't include meals and diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-daycare-cost-per-month/page/2#post-1123285 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:33:18 +0000 lovehoneybee 1123285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The one in my town is around $700/month for E's age group, but I don't know if that includes meals and such. </p>