How much do you spend on childcare monthly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Around $400-$500 a month. I SAH and have a babysitter come over a couple of mornings a week so I can go to appointments and run errands. Have one 8 month old.

$400-$500 for roughly 8 mornings a month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Around $400-$500 a month. I SAH and have a babysitter come over a couple of mornings a week so I can go to appointments and run errands. Have one 8 month old.

$400-$500 for roughly 8 mornings a month?

That sounds about right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Around $400-$500 a month. I SAH and have a babysitter come over a couple of mornings a week so I can go to appointments and run errands. Have one 8 month old.

$400-$500 for roughly 8 mornings a month? [/quote/]

I leave for 3-5 hours at a time and alternate babysitters who charge 12 and 15 an hour, respectively. It's a ballpark figure. But, I know! It seems a lot to me too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$6000 per month (4yo and 7yo): live-in nanny ($4000) and preschool/1st grade private school ($2000, which is about 1/3 of total cost; the rest is covered by employer)

$4000 for a live-in??? Why??

Taxes, ACA? (Are domestic employers even required to participate?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$6000 per month (4yo and 7yo): live-in nanny ($4000) and preschool/1st grade private school ($2000, which is about 1/3 of total cost; the rest is covered by employer)

$4000 for a live-in??? Why??

Well, $14 per hour (net) x 55 hours per week + taxes + medical insurance = $4000. Plus she is amazing and has been with us for 6+ years.

[Anonymous]

$1150 a month for an almost 2.5 year old in Silver Spring. We did a nanny share for the first 18 months that was around $1500.

We have number two on the way and my wife doesn't want to put a infant in daycare, so we'll look for another nanny share. It will suck to have kids in two different places...not to mention the costs. If we're below $3,000 I guess I consider myself lucky.

Our first was also born in November...which is an extra year of daycare since he misses the kindergarten age cut off. At least he'll be one of the older kids.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone purposely Space kids out so as to not have 2 in daycare at the same time? I don't get how I would afford a mortgage and 1 kid in daycare...forget 2

[Anonymous]

2800/mo full time nanny for 1 kid, plus preschool 2 days/week (not sure what it comes out to be monthly since we pay all at once) in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

$1200/month for a 2 year old in full time daycare (DC)

We both work full time and don't have a high HHI (especially compared to other DCUMs) but are crossing our fingers that he'll get into a good charter starting 2016-2017.

[Anonymous]

About $350 a month - church junior k program - 25 hours a week - am able to flex my hours to fit the other hours of work in

[Anonymous]

$3000.00 for au pair and pre school 9-12 x5 days/week for 2 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is this just a dc/nyc thing? i live in dc, no kids yet, and this makes me think i cannot afford a child. i would be writing my paycheck to daycare.

Yeah, I have friends in smaller cities who are appalled at the costs here and pay a lot less. When we have two, my entire salary will pretty much go towards daycare costs for a few years, but long term it's better for me to keep working. But I know of others who just decided to stay at home at that point because costs for two kids would be more than one salary, and just not worth it. A friend who is a teacher is in that boat- she's keeping up with certifications, etc. and hopes to find a teaching job again once her youngest starts kindergarden, but knows that may be hard to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone purposely Space kids out so as to not have 2 in daycare at the same time? I don't get how I would afford a mortgage and 1 kid in daycare...forget 2

That would be ideal in some ways (if you don't mind kids being that far apart in age- has it's positives/negatives) but biological clock is not on my side- met DH too late in life!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$1150 a month for an almost 2.5 year old in Silver Spring. We did a nanny share for the first 18 months that was around $1500.

We have number two on the way and my wife doesn't want to put a infant in daycare, so we'll look for another nanny share. It will suck to have kids in two different places...not to mention the costs. If we're below $3,000 I guess I consider myself lucky.

Our first was also born in November...which is an extra year of daycare since he misses the kindergarten age cut off. At least he'll be one of the older kids.

If you don't mind me asking, where in silver spring do you go? That's pretty good!

[Anonymous]

$1300 for 4 year old in NOVA burbs.

We've delayed our plans for baby #2 until DS is in Kindergarden. Not the spacing we wanted but what can we do...