Post by Jalapeñomel on Aug 3, 2015 11:49:17 GMT -5
We have a diamond in the rough for bilingual daycare in our neck of the woods at ~$1000 a month. I keep thinking she'll realize how much she is undercharging us, but for now, I'm counting my blessings.
In MA, full time (7:30-5:30), from 18m-2.9yrs, was $260/wk/kid. So about $1040/month (we were obv paying double that). And this was a cheap place!!
Now it's $304/wk/TOTAL so it's awesome. I love preschool (same school!).
this is amazingly cheap for MA. you're so lucky! whenever i look up and inquire about costs near me i want to barf. thank goodness preschool is cheaper because i need L to go.
Infants at my center (the new one) are $425/week for five days. That's about $22k/year, still cheaper than a decent nanny around here. Older kids are a couple bucks cheaper.
It's a center, open 6-6, food included, every teacher is a college grad (associate teachers do not necessarily have college degrees), large and bright rooms, clean, full of yuppies and yupsters.
Eta: I say this not to imply the care is 2x as good as the care at anyone else's center, but to make clear the numbers you're seeing are loooooooow from my perspective. I live and work in an urban area, though. The same type of center in a suburb would be nearly half the cost. This is A price I pay for wanting to live where I do and choosing a center over an in home. Which I do because the redundencies mean that, for example, a teacher's illness doesn't mess with my life.
Post by fortnightlily on Aug 3, 2015 12:07:52 GMT -5
MD suburb of Washington DC. We pay $330/wk for full-time at a center for infant/toddler, which works out to $1430/month. However, I think for new people starting now it's $360, and we're just grandfathered in. It'll go down to $290 when he turns 2.
This was also one of the cheaper centers we looked at. Most were closer to $2k/month. Some were more. And many of those don't provide meals, which ours does.
The in-homes we looked at two years ago when he was born were between $1250-$1450/month for full-time.
ETA - I think you live in my area, OP. A LOT of the centers around here have priority for Federal employees, so it can be nearly impossible to get off the waitlist at them for infants if neither you nor your spouse work for the government. Those centers also tended to be the more expensive ones we looked at. Feel free to PM me if you want the scoop on any particular places, I did lots of research and have toured a few around.
Side note. Good job looking into this ahead of time! I know so.many.couples who had a planned baby without checking into this and then when the due date is approaching panicked because they can't afford child care and where is the baby going to go.
Listen some people just decide to plan for a second child while burying their head in the sand about daycare costs and that is OKAY! Not that I would ever do it or anything.
I am in NOVA and pay $351 a week for a center. They are open 6:30a - 6:30p. Do you have a daycare center at your office? If yes (and you want to use it) get on that waiting list ASAP.
Side note. Good job looking into this ahead of time! I know so.many.couples who had a planned baby without checking into this and then when the due date is approaching panicked because they can't afford child care and where is the baby going to go.
Listen some people just decide to plan for a second child while burying their head in the sand about daycare costs and that is OKAY! Not that I would ever do it or anything.
@rakisback I am in NOVA and pay $351 a week for a center. They are open 6:30a - 6:30p. Do you have a daycare center at your office? If yes (and you want to use it) get on that waiting list ASAP.
Listen some people just decide to plan for a second child while burying their head in the sand about daycare costs and that is OKAY! Not that I would ever do it or anything.
@rakisback I am in NOVA and pay $351 a week for a center. They are open 6:30a - 6:30p. Do you have a daycare center at your office? If yes (and you want to use it) get on that waiting list ASAP.
I am in MCOL. All rates are based on full-time M-F. DD is in care 8:30-5ish.
Infant - 3 year old In-home sitter: We paid $150/week, Daycare center would have been $250ish a week
3 year old - 5 year old Daycare center/Pre-school: Place we used is currently $205/week
School Age child Before/After School = $342/month, 10 months Summer Camp = $190/week for 9 weeks We are able to work from home to cover winter break, spring break, snow days, etc. otherwise we would pay additional for those
In MA, full time (7:30-5:30), from 18m-2.9yrs, was $260/wk/kid. So about $1040/month (we were obv paying double that). And this was a cheap place!!
Now it's $304/wk/TOTAL so it's awesome. I love preschool (same school!).
this is amazingly cheap for MA. you're so lucky! whenever i look up and inquire about costs near me i want to barf. thank goodness preschool is cheaper because i need L to go.
State funded baby! The other places were more with less/no curriculum. If I'm paying that much I'd rather pay for a curriculum of sorts.
Rex I'd look at naeyc accredited places. Often cheaper, not always, with the curriculum accreditation backing.
I didn't know you had your head in the sand. Duuuude. is it cheaper to get a nanny after you have 2 in NoVa?
Honestly, I really don't know how regular people survive in NoVa. We had to flee. I have cable now. And my AC is set to a comfortable level.
I am being sort of tongue in cheek about it. We know it is going to be expensive as fuck and we know that we are going to have to budget better. I have just decided to not cross the "having to stop my love of Amazon and Target" bridge until if/when I actually get knocked up.
Also, Rak sorry to hijack your thread! Daycare is a money suck that you hate paying but you also want to leave your kid somewhere you feel comfortable with so it is hard.
Lcol (finally!) and $710 per month or $170 per week. It is the most expensive in our area, worth every penny and more, and less than half the price of what full time daycare would have cost if we had stayed in a hcol area.
MD suburb of Washington DC. We pay $330/wk for full-time at a center for infant/toddler, which works out to $1430/month. However, I think for new people starting now it's $360, and we're just grandfathered in. It'll go down to $290 when he turns 2.
This was also one of the cheaper centers we looked at. Most were closer to $2k/month. Some were more. And many of those don't provide meals, which ours does.
The in-homes we looked at two years ago when he was born were between $1250-$1450/month for full-time.
ETA - I think you live in my area, OP. A LOT of the centers around here have priority for Federal employees, so it can be nearly impossible to get off the waitlist at them for infants if neither you nor your spouse work for the government. Those centers also tended to be the more expensive ones we looked at. Feel free to PM me if you want the scoop on any particular places, I did lots of research and have toured a few around.
I'm further West, not that close to DC, but thanks!
I am a fed, and we have a center at work, but I telework two days a week now, so I'm looking for something closer to home.
LCOL, DFW 'burbs. We pay $235/week, so just over $12K annually.
Same, but I am in Dallas proper and I pay $205 a week for a 3 year old, but during summer there is also always some sort of extra 'camp' fees that are like $40 a month. We use something similar to Peanut Gallery.
There is also a registration fee/re-enrollment fee to consider, that was $150 for us.