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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are moving to the area next month.  Average cost of two kids in daycare (infant and toddler) where we live now (NJ suburb of NYC) is $2800, $3k at the MOST.  Here I did the math at Children in the Shoe, and its close to $4k/mo.  Is this right?  Am I calculating this correctly?  Did a quick look at some other daycares and its comparable, give or take a couple hundred.  This is in the North Bethesda/Rockville area.  Wow, this even beats what my friends pay in SF.  Do I just have mom brain right now and am doing the math wrong?

For baby and toddler, where are you located and what do you pay?  [/quote]

Yup, your math is right.  Just cut my July check to Shoe for just under $4k.  You can get cheaper, but location is key.  I don't think any of the other centers in downtown Bethesda (or most parts of downtown northwest dc) are going to be cheaper, or at least appreciably so.  The exception is if you can get into a subsidized center for fed employees.  I believe the daycare at my agency would be about $3,200.  $800 bucks a month would be real $, but the fed center would still be expensive.  But I haven't tried to switch for a number of reasons: 1) the chance of me getting both in at or around the same time (necessary bc would be impossible to do pickup and drop off  for any length of time at two centers); 2) it would make telework almost impossible, which I don't want even though I only sporadically telework now; 3) it would mean I would never get help for drop off/pick up from grandparents, which is nice to have; and , perhaps most importantly, 4) it would mean I would have to take my two kids on the metro daily since driving isn't a great option-now I can read or relax most days on the metro and if it is jam packed I can squeeze myself in.  Two kids on the metro, particularly with all the recent troubles, just seems like a nightmare not worth $800/month.[/quote]

We've made the exact same calculus except we're at Wonders. I know we are paying a premium to be able to walk to the day care from our house and then jump on the metro. But we love the care, and I refuse to drive at rush hour in this area. We are lucky to be able to afford it. It means we barely spend any money elsewhere -- haven't taken a vacation in 3 years -- but we knew that going in.[/quote]

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