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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not entirely sure you can. in some ways it is just the cost of having three kids and living in close in neighborhoods in DC. Could OP move to an area with cheaper childcare, sure. They could have also chosen to have two kids instead of three. The actual childcare costs seem reasonable to me, is it insane they have to pay that much sure, but it is direct consequences of the choices they made. So like her DH said, you suck it up for a few years.

1. Many people don't have space for an au pair. Space is often  the price paid for a shorter commute 
2. If it is truly private K that is the easy one to drop, but given the age cutoff my oldest will need private K because Her birthday misses the cutoff. The other option would be to have a 5 year doing nothing all day. Sounds torturous and unfair to me since she has been used to constant interaction and friends that her  preschool  provides.
3. The nanny share prices actually seem reasonable to me for someone paying my normal wage and associated taxes/overtime etc. sure you could find someone desperate to take a lower amount, but personally i think if you are paying someone to work for you fill time you should pay them a livable wage. [/quote]

[b]If your child is preschool aged she doesn't "need private K".[/b] She can continue to attend PreK, and move to K on time when she is the right age.  Kids whose birthdays are early within the year have so many advantages.  Why would you pay for the privilege of throwing those advantages away?

As for OP, childcare and education are not a place where I cut, if at all possible.  If you think this is the best combo for your kids and you can afford it, then it's worth it.  I do wonder why you don't choose a full time nanny for infant/toddler/aftercare for all 3.  It seems like it would be about the same cost, and much less exhausting and complicated for you.  Probably not better or worse for the kids.[/quote]

Not trying to be obtuse, but honestly i don't understand the difference between "private K" and preschool. To me they are the same thing, but we are still another three years away from being able to do start public when my DC is supposed. So I am likely missing something.  The preschool my DC attends offers that final year, but it is usually a very very small class, b/c of the age range. [/quote]

I would assume that kids from private K go on to first grade, so either the PP is then going to send her kid to public school, and have her be young for grade throughout her school career (a real disservice to the child) or pay 13 years of private school tuition so that her kid can be young for grade in college. If she's sending her kid to private K and then public K that seems like setting her kid up for boredom.  [/quote]

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