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  1. PurplePeony

    pomegranate / 3113 posts

    Ours just went up to $1730/mo for one baby in the infant room. It will go down a bit when she moves up a room (to approximately what the infant room used to cost before the tuition increase ). This is after a small discount I get through work, since the daycare is affiliated.

  2. Rocker2014

    persimmon / 1367 posts

    $1811,each month for one infant. We'll be switching to the provider that is subsidized by my husband's job as soon as they have an opening in March, which will cost around $1350 each month. Ugh.

  3. avivoca

    watermelon / 14467 posts

    $880/month. I'm not sure how we are going to swing it when #2 comes...right now we are looking at a 3-year gap to cut down on double daycare payments.

  4. delight

    pomelo / 5326 posts

    Ours is 43$ A day or about 860$ a month. We don't pay for Christmas holidays, March break or the summer months as it is a home day care for teachers so LO is home with us then.

  5. matador84

    papaya / 10560 posts

    @Mrs. Bee: Cost of living is way less where I love. My salary is also 1/2 what it would be if I worked in education in your parts.

    @epsion: I don't think I could adjust to living somewhere cost of living is much higher!

  6. artsyfartsy

    cantaloupe / 6692 posts

    $20 a day. Usually 4 days a week. About $320 for a 4 week month.

    I'm off work for a couple of months now though. So $0. But we'll be going back to the same place when I go back to work.

  7. babynumber1

    persimmon / 1396 posts

    $700 for 1 LO in the 2s classroom. It is a center daycare in NC.

  8. GrapeCrush

    grapefruit / 4823 posts

    $740 a month for 2 LO's 2 days a week.

  9. AprilK

    apricot / 391 posts

    We've had quite the progression of cutting costs-always for 5 days a week:
    When we lived in Chicago it was 2140 a month for one
    Here in Indy it was 1990 for two
    Just switched to our church's daycare which is 1125 a month for two.

  10. PrincessBaby

    cantaloupe / 6610 posts

    Our daycare isn't that bad....We pay a reduced rate because we only send LO full time when DH is away at work, and then she just goes sporadically when he is home. The FT price for weekly is $200. We end up spending $500-600 a month.

    When LO2 gets here, we'll pay FT daycare for infant, about $700 a month, and LO1 will start preschool which is $1200 a month - no negotiating based on DaDa's schedule:(

  11. Andrea

    GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts

    Over $3k for 2 kids. DD2 only goes 9 hours per week so it is pretty ridic. Looking forward to DD1 in public school next year!

  12. looch

    wonderful pear / 26210 posts

    @BabyBoecksMom: I bet if we looked at percentage of cost against take home pay, we'd not be that far off.

    These hard dollar threads are skewed because of cost of living anyway.

  13. Corduroy

    pomelo / 5258 posts

    $880 per month for in home daycare in the bay area.

  14. hotchildinthecity

    nectarine / 2272 posts

    He's not in yet but it will be about $1200/month for a toddler, Astoria queens.

  15. bushelandapeck

    pomelo / 5720 posts

    $360/week for a part time nanny. It will go up quite a bit when she starts watch DD too...

  16. lamariniere

    pineapple / 12566 posts

    €290/month full time. Preschool is heavily subsidized by the local government here.

  17. Greentea

    pomelo / 5678 posts

    It would be $1300 for one child. Double for two.

  18. Greentea

    pomelo / 5678 posts

    @lamariniere: wow that's fantastic!

  19. lamariniere

    pineapple / 12566 posts

    @Greentea: at least my taxes are going somewhere.

  20. mrs. wagon

    blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts

    Almost $3k for 2 kids.

  21. Mrs Green Grass

    pomelo / 5628 posts

    Right around $2k for a nanny 4 days a week.

  22. Mrs. Pen

    blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts

    @T.H.O.U.:
    @lawbee11:
    Long story short, it wasn't a good fit for him. He's at an in-home now and doing much better

  23. MrsTiz

    cantaloupe / 6800 posts

    He starts in a couple weeks but it will be 747 a month for 5 hours a day 5 days a week

  24. Mrs.Pinecone316

    persimmon / 1316 posts

    This thread terrifies me!

  25. Mrs. Oatmeal

    blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts

    Wow...I am a little in shock by the cost of some of these daycares! Seems like the US/bigger cities are pricier for sure.
    We pay $35/day for K, but she only goes 3 days/week. If she went 5, it would be $30/day. Comes out to about $450/month for part time.

  26. matador84

    papaya / 10560 posts

    @Mrs.Pinecone316: nothing could prepare me mentally or financially for the cost of child care!

  27. LovelyPlum

    eggplant / 11408 posts

    It is 1305 for eight hours of infant care at our center. 1465 for 9+ hours. They do have a tuition assistance program, which helps.

  28. Kimberlybee

    grapefruit / 4997 posts

    @Mrs. Pen: I was wondering how your little guy was doing! That's great you found a better fit for him.

  29. SugarplumsMom

    bananas / 9227 posts

    It comes out to less than $200 full-time. We live in Sweden where childcare is highly subsidized.

  30. snowjewelz

    wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts

    Will be paying $720/month for just 2 days a week at $180/week

  31. Kbee

    kiwi / 560 posts

    We'll be paying $1395 a month for full-time Most daycares/preschools here do not have part-time options. Reading some of your other costs that are much lower makes me hurt to think of what is going to be leaving our bank account!

  32. swurlygurl

    honeydew / 7091 posts

    $1,470/month for both girls, full-time in an in-home daycare.

  33. .twist.

    pineapple / 12802 posts

    $1,150/month for one infant 5 days a week.

    I would love to spend less, but we did that originally and it didn't work out.

  34. lilyann

    nectarine / 2878 posts

    $1700 for 2 kids full time in a daycare center at a church. Meals and wipes for diaper changes are included.

  35. skibobrown

    pomegranate / 3388 posts

    We pay just over $1,000 per month for one child. The cost will go down slightly next year when she moves up to the 3-yr-old room.

  36. Mrs.Pinecone316

    persimmon / 1316 posts

    @matador84: Yeah I am getting that feeling!

  37. JennyPenny

    nectarine / 2460 posts

    I pay $475/month for my 3 month old at our heavily subsidized on-site daycare at work. I always knew we were lucky but seeing these costs I feel even more grateful!

  38. LC

    cherry / 197 posts

    We pay $1170/month full time for our toddler, which will drop by about $90/month once she's potty trained. Once LO2 arrives in May and starts daycare in August it'll be $2400/month for both. Not looking forward to it.

  39. plantains

    grapefruit / 4671 posts

    I pay $2500 per month for 1 toddler. Agggghhhhh!

  40. plantains

    grapefruit / 4671 posts

    @hotchildinthecity: would love to hear more details about this center in Astoria as it is half of what I pay in LIC!

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