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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone that I've spoken to about this has basically said you suck it up for the two years that you have two kids in daycare and it gets so much better once the older one starts K.  So...that's what we're doing.  [/quote]

Except we are still paying $500 a month for aftercare and now have to pay for summer camps.  So you don't save as much as you think you might.  [/quote]

That's still less than the $1200/month X 12 months I'm paying for preschool![/quote]

You have toddlers.  Everything get more expensive as they get older. Sure aftercare is $500/mo. You have then summer and all the breaks, teacher work days, snow days and such. Your kids going to do sports? Need tutoring? Need new clothes (not the dame price as toddler clothes!)? Eat big portions? You banning them from technology? Everywhere you go younwill now be paying adult prices for them.

I have older kids and just stopped the AuPair program. I'm absolutely choking on the cost of summer camp for 2 kids.my 10yr old is now in adult clothes. Dont even get me started on that. [/quote]

I agree with you mostly but these costs didn't immediately appear at Kindergarten.  I think that's important to point out for those with preschool aged kids.
I have a third grader and the sports costs have increased, as well as the need for braces, but when in K he only did a couple of county activities and soccer that didn't cost as much as what I'm spending now.  In other words, costs will drop noticeably when the child enters K even with before/aftercare, but will steadily increase with the need for more food, bigger clothes, sports clinics, braces, etc.

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NP here.  This is helpful to hear.  We are running a deficit with both kids in child care, so are really looking forward to the older one starting pre-K.  We just backed off one parent's retirement contributions (he was basically maxing out to catch up) so we hopefully don't have to dip into savings as often.  We're trying to be frugal and responsible, but are not agonizing over it because it's not forever and we'd drive ourselves crazy.  We also haven't taken a vacation in years and we're overdue, so we're treating ourselves this year.  Two young kids is hard![/quote]

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