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[quote=Anonymous][quote]At this point i'm kind of at a loss. [b]I can't afford to hire a nanny at $25-30/hr.[/b] I earn 6K/month after taxes and am paying 4K/month for childcare right now and am SO RESENTFUL to be giving up 2/3rds of my salary for someone to just keep my son alive and do the absolute bare minimum. [b]We are not able to contribute [u]as much as we'd like[/u] to savings or college funds because of childcare costs.[/b] I can't keep my son with a nanny who offers no stimulating fun for him and leaves me huge messes to clean up at the end of the day. I can't find a small, in-home daycare that can take him. My only other thought is maybe an au pair or quit my job. The issue is we have a small 3bedroom house and if we hired an au pair we would not have any privacy. We would likely need to sell our house and find a house with a basement bedroom and en-suite. I feel like I am in an impossible situation and maybe need to take a leave of absence from work to find childcare. [/quote]

Sure you can pay more - you are just choosing not to, so you can keep funding retirement and college.  While it's great to sock away money for college ASAP, it's silly to do so when you are so deeply unsatisfied with your current child care.  Get on the list for daycare, hire a more expensive nanny, and re-evaluate as needed.  Also, your expectations with a nanny share are out of whack.  [/quote]

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