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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 on the nanny recommendation. I don't know why people choose daycare unless it's a HUGE savings for them.[/quote]

Good point...NANNY! Lol[/quote]

I don't understand getting such a cheap nanny. 
For someone legal, who you pay legally, it costs more - not less - than daycare.  [/quote]

Not if you have two kids and depending on the number of hours. We stagger schedules so nanny works 42 hrs since I have minimal commute. We pay just over $3k a month for one child (add employer taxes on top of that) It would be more but not double for two and the convenience of not packing up the kid everyday is worth it to me ans in our case she does all baby laundry, bottle cleaning etc. [/quote]

It's only worth it financially if you have a second kid. We pay $2200 a month for day care for one kid. It will go down next year when he is three. But really it all depends on so many factors that are individual to the family. For instance, both DH and I commute 40 minutes to an hour on the metro, and we find it tough to stagger schedules because we're both fairly high up and need to be in the office during core business hours. So if we had a nanny there'd be a lot more hours. We also prefer day care for various reasons, and a nanny would have to be a significant cost savings for us to consider it -- which it's not, at least with one kid. Also, we don't find it a hassle to pack up the kid and bring him to daycare. The daycare provides food; the only things we send are water (daily) and bedding/diapers (once a week). We walk there and it's on the way to the metro, so DS gets some exercise and time with us, and it's not out of our way. He's in day care from 8:30 to 5:30 and loves it. I'm sure he'd love a nanny too, but we are very happy with the care he gets. Of course, we pay through the nose for that care.

Also, we don't have a dishwasher. DH and I both wanted to die every evening when we washed all the bottles and bottle parts by hand. Any nanny who had to do that would probably have quit on us! :)[/quote]

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