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Anonymous wrote:500k. We just got one for our second child. The all-in cost is about $4500 which blows my mind but I guess we can afford it (and so far it’s awesome).
So 54k/year? My daycare for one kid is ~28k, so a nanny might be the best option if we have 2 kids. Does your nanny watch both kids?
That’s really high for daycare!!
Disagree. We pay $4600/month for two in daycare. We considered a nanny when the second was born but decided to stick with our center. Obviously the decision was about more than just the cost.
first PP here. Yes, she watches both kids (or, she will, starting in a couple of months). But, the older one is turning 3, is currently in full-day daycare and will be switching to attend a neighborhood pre-school (9-2:30pm) starting in September. The cost to put both in that daycare center roughly equaled the nanny's annual salary. Then there's the addition of pre-school tuition, BUT a subtraction b/c we're getting rid of one of our cars + parking at a downtown office, so it's more or less a wash, cost-wise. And the logistics are so, so much easier for us.