What’s the going rate for an at-home daycare?

[Anonymous]

Hello parents- I am new to this and wondering 1. What’s the difference between a “daycare” and an at home daycare -2. what is an appropriate monthly tuition range (low end and high end ) for a home day care; hours 7-5pm, provides meals, diapers and wipes. We just drop the child they take care of the rest, CC cameras available.

Is $3000 too high? Reasonable ? Or a bargain?

[Anonymous]

3000 is insane. Unless you meant $300? We paid $300 a week. They provided food, we provided diapers.

Infants are more than 4 year olds too, so the age matters when you ask questions. Also very location dependent.

[Anonymous]

Wow! $300 a week. Now that's for sure a bargain - I paid over $450 a week when my child went to Georgetown Hill, (part time)!! I think for a home daycare, full time, $450-$550 a week, (full time ) is reasonable, that's give or take $1800-$2200 per month, so yeah $3000 is too much, I think but then you're not providing diapers and wipes .....still a bit overpriced.

[Anonymous]

Location is critical for this exercise. $3000 a month for an in home daycare is a lot. That’s nearly $700 a week! We live in the FFX County, and you can get the same service at a daycare center for closer to $525, and this includes some sort of accredited learning program. In home daycares are far less, as they’re not paying corporate licensing fees, and might have gaps in service to support the owner’s time off/sick leave. $300-400 a week would sound more reasonable.

If you’re closer in, I could see the rates increasing, but not by that much. Also, providing diapers and wipes isn’t a great selling feature. How many children will you care for? A lot of parents have preferences for diapers, or their child might have sensitivities to certain brands, and everyone will be in different sizes. It seems like a massive headache that might cost the parents $10 a week to do on their own.

[Anonymous]

$300-$400 is pre covid and dirt cheap at that. 500-$600 a week and they are way better than centers if you find the right one as far as learning goes, Our has Masters in Education and twice a week music lessons included. Food way better that in the center. Yes, 2 weeks vacation is an interruption but I much prefer it to center high turnover. I would go for most expensive home daycare option with a trusted provider, op.

[Anonymous]

We were recently at an in-home daycare in Forest Glen. They charge $355 per week for infants, $335 for toddlers and up to age 5. Camera fee is $5 per week optional. They provide hot breakfast and lunch and snacks. Parents supply diapers, wipes, formula and baby food. They do close for almost 3 weeks s year, paid.

[Anonymous]

There was a thread from an OP asking this same question a while ago and the consensus was that $3000 was too much for an in-home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$300-$400 is pre covid and dirt cheap at that. 500-$600 a week and they are way better than centers if you find the right one as far as learning goes, Our has Masters in Education and twice a week music lessons included. Food way better that in the center. Yes, 2 weeks vacation is an interruption but I much prefer it to center high turnover. I would go for most expensive home daycare option with a trusted provider, op.

I agree. Not that the more you pay the better care your child/children gets but for example if the provider has a degree in child education, that should count, what they offer beyond food, diapers, wipes etc should also be taken into account (e.g music lessons, language lessons (e.g French, Spanish, Chinese, arabic). Sometimes as parents I think we do not take into account the fact that these providers are humans who also have bills to pay/and live.

I suggest asking how many children they're taking care of at once. I'd rather pay $600 a week for my child to go to the right daycare/home daycare with max kids than to pay $300-$400 for 1:10 provider/children ratio. Even though it's at "home" they still need to pay rent/mortgage, utilities, and live. Happy provider means=happy child=happy parent.

[Anonymous]

We pay $650 for in-home. She takes 4 kids, 2 under 12 months, and a husband who helps most of the day. She is a marvel. Has a degree, plays kids a violin, teaches them all kinds of things. They do yoga, sign language, water play, painting. She does not take more kids and the 4 she has are from just 2 families who still take covid precautions as there is a child with medical issues.
This is our secret find but hopefully op can get lucky too.

[Anonymous]

The difference between a daycare and an in-home daycare is the environment. I’m assuming the in-home daycare is licensed. They have a smaller ratios.

3000 a month is very high for an inhome daycare.

[Anonymous]

My in-home daycare is more like nanny care. They cook fresh food every day. The kids love the provider and the older ones had her from age 3 months, so they are pretty much at home in her house. For great in-home daycare, why should it be less than center care? Center care does not serve even the basic needs for infants, look at all people complaining their babies not napping, refusing bottles, clueless caregivers, etc. A lot also depends on a kid of course. Some babies are less sensitive and would be OK in any environment. The babies in general are very resilient, haha. But I am not going to put my kids through the incubator. It is expensive where we are but it is only for a few years and it makes all the difference to my children and me.

[Anonymous]

I meant $650 a week of course

[Anonymous]

If it's near the metro is near $400, $350- $380 sometimes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay $650 for in-home. She takes 4 kids, 2 under 12 months, and a husband who helps most of the day. She is a marvel. Has a degree, plays kids a violin, teaches them all kinds of things. They do yoga, sign language, water play, painting. She does not take more kids and the 4 she has are from just 2 families who still take covid precautions as there is a child with medical issues.
This is our secret find but hopefully op can get lucky too.

Ooh did you get that wonderful caregiver who posted on here a few months back that she was establishing a in home daycare with that sort of setup and rate? Sounded great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay $650 for in-home. She takes 4 kids, 2 under 12 months, and a husband who helps most of the day. She is a marvel. Has a degree, plays kids a violin, teaches them all kinds of things. They do yoga, sign language, water play, painting. She does not take more kids and the 4 she has are from just 2 families who still take covid precautions as there is a child with medical issues.
This is our secret find but hopefully op can get lucky too.

Ooh did you get that wonderful caregiver who posted on here a few months back that she was establishing a in home daycare with that sort of setup and rate? Sounded great!

The one who fed them caviar?