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[quote=Anonymous]Supportive workplace and flexible hours for at least one parent in the beginning is key. DD is now 14, but when she was born, we were making about $120HHI in Arlington. We were stretched very, very thin and ran our credit cards up quite a bit for awhile. Daycare was about $1300 a month for 5 1/2 years -- she'd move up to a room with a lower tuition and then COLA would hit and it would be almost the same again. After a year I switched jobs so that we both weren't in DC for work -- in VA at least I could get to her faster if needed. I definitely mommy-tracked, but that's okay with me. She didn't sleep but was a great kid otherwise -- you learn how to get by. We had some family nearby that wasn't very useful, and my parents would fly in from time to time to help us out.[/quote]
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