How much do you pay for daycare?
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Anonymous
| Infant in Rockville. $435 a week. Center. Food included. |
Anonymous
| Gaithersburg - 4 year old - $315/week |
Anonymous
| Tysons -- 4.5yo -- $361/wk. plus numerous add-ons, such as "Fall Activity Fees," "Soccer Fee," "Spanish Fee," etc. |
Anonymous
| $1,400/mo for infant in Takoma, DC. $400/mo aftercare costs of 3yo in DC Public Charter School. |
Anonymous
| Wow! Child care is so expensive. I can't even wrap my mind around it. |
Anonymous
| downtown, $1500/month for 2 yo room. Includes lunches and daytime diapers. |
Anonymous
Just wait until you have more than one. We're now expecting twins, and the daycare our older DC is at doesn't have a sibling discount! |
Anonymous
| Does it ever occur to anyone, as it does to me, that we need a daycare solution from our government more than we need expensive health care reform? These prices are outrageous! |
Anonymous
| Fairfax county(falls church/vienna area) Infant $310/week=$1,327/month 4 year old $234/week=$1,002/month(10% discount for secondchild). You can bring your own food up to 16 months. But they start providing food at 4-6 months. Full time 7am-6pm. 5 days a week including summer. Daycare turns to preschool at age 2(different building). After 1 year each child get 1 free vacation week/year. Lots of outside activities brought in for 16+ month olds. |
Anonymous
Not more than health care reform. But it's definitely something to look at. |
Anonymous
It is insane. You will soon realise why so many parents stop at 1 or 2 kids even if they "always thought" they wanted more. |
Anonymous
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$1100/month for three days/week for a toddler in Bethesda. Center-based, with food provided.
You have to think of it as another mortgage. It's completely outrageous, I agree, and the only part of parenting (so far) that's really made me blow a gasket. |
Anonymous
It has never occurred to me because I don't think the government is capable of solving all my problems. Paying $1600 for 4 weeks of childcare only boils down to $10 per hour. That's really not outrageous- trying finding a Saturday night babysitter that will accept less than $10/hour. |
Anonymous
+1 from over here |
Anonymous
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I currently pay $331 for a toddler and $275 for a 3 year old, weekly. The toddler was with a nanny until she was 16 months old and we were paying $700 a week (plus benefits, bonuses, etc.) for the nanny and $275 for the 3 year old. There were extra charges for Phonics and Music for the 3 year old which was about $150 every few weeks. I also paid for Gymboree classes in addition to the nanny. Daycare is a drop in the bucket compared to the nanny but there were lots of benefits and we had a fantastic nanny.
I used to think all of my problems would be solved once the kids entered public school. Not so. I will soon have to contend with after care costs and filling summer camp gaps as well. Of course, I haven't even mentioned the cost of ballet and swim class. It never ends. sob, sob. |