I had to leave a job I loved to make more money

We searched forever to find a lovely in home daycare. It's $60/day for 1 kid and $100/day for two kids. We spaced our kids 3 years apart (I realize it was lucky our ideal timing worked) so we really just had 1 year with two kids in daycare. But yes, my friends that chose Montessori, a nanny, higher end center are absolutely paying more for daycare than their mortgages.