We opted to go with a home daycare. It worked best for us because she is way more flexible for schedules and drop off/pickup times, plus she is $21/day cheaper than the center we liked. What type of childcare do you use and why did you choose it?
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nanny for LMW and daycare for Wagon Jr.! (couldn't vote twice.)
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I'm a sahm. Its what I've always wanted to do, and it makes sense financially for us.
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We have a nanny share. LO gets to socialize with another baby and it's cheaper than having the nanny to ourselves.
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Bright horizons daycare center.
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@mrs. wagon: edited the poll
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@mrs. wagon: does the price for a nanny change if you have 2 LO's vs 1?
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Looks like we'll be using a home daycare in our subdivision. It costs more but it is SO close and we really like her
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@prettylizy: our nanny is just for LMW and Wagon Jr. is in daycare full time. Also, she's a nanny share technically (she brings her own baby to our house and takes care of both girls in our house). We have her 4 days a week. It rocks and we love the setup!
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@prettylizy: but I'm pretty sure that a nanny gets a significant raise if you add another child.
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glad you posted this as i am still figuring out what to do! since we live in the same province, do you mind me asking how much you pay for a home day care? i was just looking at some in my area today and filled out an application for one. It's the only price i know so far, so i am not sure if this is considered high or low (approx $50/day).
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@PurpleUnicorn: for the home daycare we will be paying 25 dollars per day. At Center daycare it would be approximately 46 dollars per day as an infant, then it would drop to 38 a day when she turned 18 months. I do know that it is very dependent upon location, and where we are home daycares for anywhere between 25 and 35 a day.
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We're planning on using a daycare, but I'm hoping to switch to an in home daycare once she has two spots available. I just prefer the homier environment while they're infants.
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@prettylizy: thanks! i'm gonna keep looking for sure, and i also think it depends on where exactly i am looking. i am also still considering a nanny, but have no clue how much that would cost us yet!
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We chose a day care center. We don't have family near by and a nanny just didn't make sense financially. I prefer a center to a home care for a few reasons. First off, I just feel like there is more regulation/supervision in a center. Secondly, I prefer my daughter to be with children close to her own age, especially when she is so little. Lastly, our center is very education focused and has a much more robust curriculum than a home center could provide.
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I wish my Mom would still watch our LO, she watches my ds after school. For our LO we use a friend who does a home daycare with her daughter and another little boy a few days a week.
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My mom watches her for free (we are soooooo lucky!).
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A day care center. We love it so far and a lot of friends have sent their kids through it and still rave about it!
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Luckily as of now me and DH work opposite shifts, but I would probably like a sitter or daycare for like 2 days a week so I can make sure and get sleep. Not sure how much that would run and I wouldn't want to burden my parents so I'll have to look when it arises.
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I'm a sahm.
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Daycare center, we just liked the structure and we didn't hear any recommendations for home centers.
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I'm a SAHM for the same reasons as @artbee.
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This has been an absolute nightmare for me as we've tried personal nanny, taking our baby to another SAHM's house, and finally we found a licensed home daycare that will take her only 2 days per week. Sounds perfect, but the catch is it's in a really bad area of town. So, I'm still not totally happy. SIGH.
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I'm a SAHM. We could afford it and I've always wanted to stay home when our kids were small.
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We use a daycare center. I'm pretty much in love with the workers in the infant room.
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We'll be using a mix of daycare and very generous family members.
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I'm *hoping* to maraculously find a nanny share that would be convenient for us.....but if we don't, daycare will be our next-best option. We can't really afford a personal nanny, I don't think. Although I may explore that option just to compare.
Daycares in our city are $1700 at the cheapest to $2100ish as the average. So...*maybe* I could find a nanny for the same price? -
@Anagram: is that price you quoted per month i assume?
@kml636: what happened with the personal nanny and other SAHM?
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We used a nanny for the first 6 months, and then we switched to an in-home daycare. Now I'm a SAHM, but next year I'll go back to work. We hope to stagger our schedules and have the kids part-time in a Montessori pre-school so we won't need other childcare. So we've just about hit every option!
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We use a daycare center.
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We stagger our work schedules so one of us has the baby. Luckily my husband works 4- 10 hour shifts, and my schedule is fairly flexible as long as I have one day onsite. Most days I get to spend with our little guy and I work from home during naps and after bedtime.
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3 days with my mom and two days with my MIL. Over the summer my mom will have him 4 days because MIL is going back to work.
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We have LO in a home daycare. Out of all of the daycare we looked at in the area, hers was closest, reasonable, and allowed for a 6pm pickup. We can text message her if we're going to be late or if we need to pick him up early. She's great to work with.
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We started out with a nanny (between 3 months to a year) and then daycare onwards. I am so happy we are done with the nanny and we love the daycare. He benefits so much at the daycare as they read, sing, draw...etc where as with the nanny they did nothing. The only thing is I wish LO would stop getting sick all the time!
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@cascademom: pickup time was a big deal for us too. We both work until 5pm and it takes anywhere from 35-45 minutes for us to get home. Most places close at 5:30ish. If we're running a little late leaving the office, I don't want to get dinged for a zillion dollars.
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@prettylizy: Yep. We looked at a brand spankin' new daycare center which was a hike from us, but the pick up time was something like 5:30pm. There was no way we could structure our commutes to make it work. We know that we got extremely lucky with our daycare with how close it is, how great the teachers are, and her times. I was running late one day and she was going to go out. So, she was all dressed up and just had the dude ready to go. I felt bad for being a touch late. Otherwise, she's been awesome!
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@PurpleUnicorn: The first nanny got another job and cancelled. Another nanny was a friend of mine that was looking for a full time job. I was so paranoid she was going to cancel on me I ddecided to keep looking. The SAHMs (I tried 2) one had a baby the same age as my LO and she said it was too much and the other also watched another LO that was 18 months old. THe mother of the other LO didn't want her watching a baby. It has been SUCH a saga!
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