Childcare

[Snoopy2645]

I pay my sitter $25 a day & the daycares want the same for her she is a drop in some weeks its one day & some its 3 & she is five yrs old

[Goldy1]

ok so at $25 a day assuming the child is there 9 hours a day, that is $2.77 an hour in pay for the provider. ok shouldn't they be paid at least minimum wage?

[Goldy1]

so there ae quotes, $2.77 to over $15 an hour for care lol

[Snoopy2645]

my friend watches my dd but even the best centers here charge $25 a day dd is 5 now so its less than if she were a baby KWIM also my friend has about 4-5 other kids so she could be making alot & she likes doing it she can stay home with her kids & she is also 5 months pg so she cant get a job doing much now & her 2 kids would also have to be in a daycare if she went to work

[rennigade]

josephortiz you bring a lot to the table...thanks spambot

[frugalredhead]

I currently pay $1250 a month for one in full time care (pre-K) and a school aged child who only goes before and after school. A few years ago, when my youngest was a baby and my oldest wasn't in school yet, our daycare payment was about $300 more than my mortgage.

I always joked (sort of) that I couldn't afford daycare for 2 kids as a working mom, but that I also made too much to not work. We wouldn't have been able to pay all of our bills on my husband's salary (we make just about the same amount) but half of my salary went to daycare.

My youngest starts kindergarten is 5 months and then it'll be like I won the lottery!

[FLA]

my ex and I worked different shifts to avoid paying childcare. He is in a band on the side that tours small tours a few times a year. When he was away, he hired through a nanny agency. There was a membership fee, an annual fee and I think it was around $25 a day but that seems really low because I paid sitters $10 an hour in the 90s. But the nannies were college students, if we liked one we could pick her. Most were energetic and great. If one sat around all day watching adult tv as reported by the kids, we got our money back. The best part was they were reliable, I did not have to worry about being covered for work.