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.
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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.
Otherwise, we don't plan on having a second until LO is in school full-time.
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@Sammyfab: I think the nanny route is definitely more affordable.. especially since we currently pay $390 a week for one child..
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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!
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They will be 20 & 4 months.
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@littlek: I know! I saw your other thread...daycare costs in your area are insane (and I thought my city was bad!)!!
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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
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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!
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@blackbird: that's a great price! We pay $390 for one!
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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.
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We just got our first bill for Montessori with both of them. It hurts!!!
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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...
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A nanny is only a couple hundred bucks more than daycare for one, number two will not be going to daycare.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Ours will be 15 months apart...about $1200/month in daycare.
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Ours will be over two years apart. We will have two years or less that hurt but then it goes down. Ours is about $950 for an infant
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@matador84: wow! That's less than we spend for 1.
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@littlek: perk of living in a small city. And that's the best daycare in town!
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Well, IF I'm pregnant this cycle, LO's will be 20 months apart. By the time mat leave is over (55 weeks), I'll have a...2.5 year old? and a 13 month old.
HOWEVER, we pay (roughly) 7$ a day, per child. So 14$ a day. Which makes factoring in daycare-costs with regards to child spacing nil.
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@matador84: that's awesome! Our daycare is mid tier. The pricey ones are almost $500 a week for one child.
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@sera_87: Canada?
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@littlek: yep, Quebec specifically. They have REALLY good family-friendly policies, which is a big reason why we moved.
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