Rough cost comparison on childcare

[Anonymous]

Yes look for in-homes. I'm in Arlington so there are lots, I'm not sure about in DC.

But you can certainly find one for $300-400 a week. Ours was like $250 a week when we started there, but that was 7 years ago and she does raise her rates $10-25 a week every year.

In VA, many people leave the in-home route when their kid is between 2.5-3.5 to move to a more preschool type setting. In DC I'd expect the same since you get free pre-k.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In home daycare is the cheapest option, followed by a daycare center. A nanny or nanny share will cost way more than either of these options. So if you're worried about the cost, go with daycare. People choose nanny/share because they want/need more individual attention and want more flexibility in hours, definitely not because it's cheaper.

Nanny offers less flexibility in hours. Nannies need vacation and more days off (illness, emergency) and can only work 8 hours a day. Meanwhile daycare is often open 9-10 hours and is open all days but fed holidays and a winter break.

Woah running to tell my boss I can only work 8 hrs a day.

Glad you told me. These 12 hr days for the past 20 yrs are killing me. Where were you when I started nannying ?

Omg who the h@ll told you such an awful lie first off and why would you admit to know something so stupid and live by it.

Man you're a nasty nanny. The pp likely just meant after 8 hours/40 hours a week you pay overtime. You don't pay daycares more if you stay past 8 hours.

She isn’t “nasty” (so trump-like), she’s correct.

Manny people schedule nannies for 10 hour days Monday-Thursday. There’s no overtime until after 40 hours, unless you work in a state or local area that also tracks daily overtime for domestic workers.

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Anonymous wrote:In home daycare is the cheapest option, followed by a daycare center. A nanny or nanny share will cost way more than either of these options. So if you're worried about the cost, go with daycare. People choose nanny/share because they want/need more individual attention and want more flexibility in hours, definitely not because it's cheaper.

Nanny offers less flexibility in hours. Nannies need vacation and more days off (illness, emergency) and can only work 8 hours a day. Meanwhile daycare is often open 9-10 hours and is open all days but fed holidays and a winter break.

Who told you nannies can work only 8 hrs a day? That’s false.

+1. Having done both daycare and then a nanny, nannies offer infinitely more flexibility and far, far less illnesses. And unlike daycare, when my kids have a cold our nanny is with them rather than me needing to stay home suddenly from work so nanny’s five days of a scheduled vacation are no big deal.

But yes, nannies are expensive and not affordable to everyone.

This is depending upon the nanny. Myself personally I follow the guidelines of daycare if they have a feaver/sick wouldn’t be able to attend daycare/school than I’m off with pay until child is feeling better. I don’t care for sick children and personally the child wants mom not nanny when sick

Yeah, that wouldn’t have worked for a single one of my families... If the child s sick enough to need extra care (doctor, emergency room), notify the parent. Otherwise, the child knows me and trusts me just as much (or more, in some cases).