nannies/daycare

[Anonymous]

what are the general going rates for daycare/nanny in the DC area?

i live in siver spring but work in DC. trying to figure out if its worth it to work part time (i'd only be making about $500 a week). first time mom due in september and have no clue where to start. any recommended websites or services to find a nanny? i'm not super keen on putting baby in daycare super early, which i why i think i'm leaning more toward the nanny route, but it have to make monetary sense....any info would be appreciated.

[Anonymous]

We've just been looking at daycares and were happy to get one at $310 per week ($350 wasn't uncommon at the daycare centers in Arlington). We were also lucky to get a slot for January--most places were booked until September 2012. You might be able to find a better rate at an in-home daycare I have heard. A nanny would be more expensive.

Of course, there's also the question of whether you can find a provider that you can use part time. That might require an in-home provider or a nanny rather than a daycare center.

[Anonymous]

We found our nanny through DCUM. We pay $375/week for a share (so the nanny makes $750/week) for 9.5 hours per day, 5 days per week. If you post in the nanny forum you might get some responses for rates for a single child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay $375/week for a share (so the nanny makes $750/week) for 9.5 hours per day, 5 days per week.

How much more do you pay in employment taxes?

[Anonymous]

We use an in-home daycare in Annandale $190/month. I'm thinking of cutting my hours to part time and it is justifiable to keep the same daycare even at the full time rate.

[Anonymous]

PP here , $190/week

[Anonymous]

About $1400 a month for center-based infant care in Silver Spring, but you may be too late to get on waiting lists for centers. Also, part-time is not an option at my center.

[Anonymous]

Are you on any lists now? If not you may be out of luck for a center anyway.

[sybersus]

Every daycare I have looked at only has the full-time option. I'm in DC, so it may be more expensive, but we've generally found them to be in the $1500-$2000 range/month. Nanny may be the way to go, if you can do a share with another family that needs part-time care. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

We pay $425 a week for our nanny share, plus taxes and whatnot. I only work part time but we had to pay for pretty much full time in order to find the right situation. I barely take home anything after paying for the nanny but I'm staying active in my career and keeping my skills and connections current. I knew if I quit it would be tough to break back in.

[Anonymous]

I also live in MD and used a website called LOCATE through the Maryland Children's Network. Call the number on this website, give them some info about where you live/what kind of situation you're looking for, and they'll give you a list of licensed day care centers/in home providers in your area. They were a big help to me. Once we found someone we liked, we were then able to request all of their inspection records for the past 3 years to make sure there wasn't anything sketchy. You should definitely be able to find an affordable option that is also flexible. Hope this helps.

http://www.mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/for_parents/finding.html

[Anonymous]

An average rate for nannies in the DC area is $12-$18/hour depending on experience, duties and job requirements.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised people have found centers that are in the 300s a week. Everything I look at is mid 400s (in Arlington).

[Anonymous]

I pay $315 per week for infant care in Silver Spring at smaller day care center. The price drops once DD is a toddler to $295 per week.

[Anonymous]

In the non-downtown part of SS, there are few centers and most in home care seemed to range from about $250 to $300 a week (for FT). I would think that you will have an easier time finding something PT if you do the inhome daycare route or else a nanny share. There's a forum on here for finding nannyshare matches and the SS area (downtown mostly) normally has a good amt of posts by people looking to share their nanny.