Money in, money out...

[Anonymous]

I feel like we can barely save money. I like my job and like working but between daycare for DD (2), and before/after care for DS (kindergarten), and then the crazy amount we will have to pay for summer camp I feel like I am putting nothing away for savings or for our house, etc. Just a vent.

[Anonymous]

This area is just so expensive, so we are in the same boat as you. I'm actually staying home right now, and only working part time, b/c daycare is too expensive. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Once the youngest is in k, I will go back, and we will start putting more into savings. Hang in there.

[Anonymous]

Yup, we're all in the same crappy boat.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, how much is summer camp? I hadn't thought of that...

[Anonymous]

I'm about to start registering my DS for summer camp. 10 weeks total, we'll do 8 weeks of day camp at $300-500/wk and 2 weeks of sleep away camp, which is about $900/wk. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

And those are very low prices for camps, especially the sleepaway camp.

[Anonymous]

I know. All the crazier. And he is my only one. I have no idea how people do it with 2-3 kids. And it's not like you can leave them at home even if you wanted to.

[Anonymous]

Yep. The more we make, the more we spend. It seems that the kids get more expensive every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm about to start registering my DS for summer camp. 10 weeks total, we'll do 8 weeks of day camp at $300-500/wk and 2 weeks of sleep away camp, which is about $900/wk. Crazy.

Jesus tap dancing fucking hell. $1,000 a freaking week? Shit. I'll put the little buggers on a plane and they can go hang out with grandma and grandpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about to start registering my DS for summer camp. 10 weeks total, we'll do 8 weeks of day camp at $300-500/wk and 2 weeks of sleep away camp, which is about $900/wk. Crazy.

Jesus tap dancing fucking hell. $1,000 a freaking week? Shit. I'll put the little buggers on a plane and they can go hang out with grandma and grandpa.

assuming you have grandma and grandpa and (another big assumption) that they'll have your kids. Mine won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about to start registering my DS for summer camp. 10 weeks total, we'll do 8 weeks of day camp at $300-500/wk and 2 weeks of sleep away camp, which is about $900/wk. Crazy.

Jesus tap dancing fucking hell. $1,000 a freaking week? Shit. I'll put the little buggers on a plane and they can go hang out with grandma and grandpa.

assuming you have grandma and grandpa and (another big assumption) that they'll have your kids. Mine won't.

Bullshit. Drop em off, ring the doorbell, run away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about to start registering my DS for summer camp. 10 weeks total, we'll do 8 weeks of day camp at $300-500/wk and 2 weeks of sleep away camp, which is about $900/wk. Crazy.

Jesus tap dancing fucking hell. $1,000 a freaking week? Shit. I'll put the little buggers on a plane and they can go hang out with grandma and grandpa.

assuming you have grandma and grandpa and (another big assumption) that they'll have your kids. Mine won't.

Bullshit. Drop em off, ring the doorbell, run away.

^^^LMAO! You're probably joking, but my mom used to do this. She'd take me to a relative's house, have me ring the bell and once they opened the door she drove away. It took away their option to say no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This area is just so expensive, so we are in the same boat as you. I'm actually staying home right now, and only working part time, b/c daycare is too expensive. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Once the youngest is in k, I will go back, and we will start putting more into savings. Hang in there.

Same here. We did the math and daycare + add'l costs commuting to/from daycare wasn't that much less than my pay. It was easier to just stay home. The sad thing is the perspective that I have of what life was like before we moved to DC. Imagine renting a 4 bedroom house in a Chevy Chase-type neighborhood for $1100 a month. Our version of rush hour was the Beltway at two in the morning on a Wednesday. We came here to have a "city life" and within a year we were having a baby. Since then our bank account is a revolving door. I don't even see the point of direct deposit. Just give it to all of the bill collectors and cash us out with the difference. There should be enough for a latte in there.

[Anonymous]

DS is 15 months and I keep thinking one day it'll get easier in terms of money but I hadn't factored in summers. It feels like we'll never be able to do more than breakeven again without some sort of massive pay raise. And that's with only one child!