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[quote=Anonymous]OP it really depends on rates in your area for nannies and daycare and how many hours you need. For us a nanny was cheaper than an infant and 2 yr old in daycare. Our daycare was 425 a week for infants and 350 for the 2s room or $775 a week or 40K a year. We live right outside the beltways and its pretty easy to find an excellent nanny for $12-$14 an hour average. We needed 45 hours a week.We started our nanny at $12 an hour which was 540. If you factor in 10% for taxes, workers com, gas mileage, extras it was about $600. This was a $175 a week or 9K savings over daycare. We also avoided needing to have the kids in the commute into work where the daycare was located. The 9K savings really off set adding in half day Montessori for the oldest later on.

We did Montessori preschool too but started when the oldest was 3.5 not 2.5. The Montessori program starts at age 3-6. If the child isn't 3 by Sept they usually don't go into the primary class until the next Sept. While some Montessori programs have fine programs for 2 year olds it isn't really Montessori. We also did half day for the first year for my oldest which reduced the added cost. The following year when the youngest was 2.5 and the oldest was 4.5 we switched both to full day Montessori and the Montessori 2s program (9-3) with aftercare 3-6. The cost was around 32K a year a little more than the nanny for the prior time.

In Oak Hill nanny rates are probably no where near what you hear on this board. The rates quoted by nannies on this board are even high for the metro area! However, you may not be paying much for daycare or you may need more hours which changes the equation.

My suggestion would be to 1.) never listen to the nannies on this board 2.) identify a rate that will make it work for you and 3.) search for a nanny at that rate.

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