Cost Of Infant And 4-year Old Daycare?
I have recently been looking into the cost of daycare for our oldest child (4 years) and a new baby (due in September). I would like to know how much other people in the Midwest (especially Eastern KS) are paying for their daycare for similar ages. Thanks for any help you can give me!
Lets see! I live in New Jersey and my daughter goes to a middle cost daycare full time and it cost $675. The cost for an infant full time is about $800″ soooo approximately $1475. But if they go to the same scool, it is usually like a 10% discount so about $1327 for the two
Stay home with your children. The time spent raising your own children is priceless.
You’ll never regret the sacrifice.
Here in MN, I would probably pay $200 for the 4 year old and $250 for the infant. My 5 year old is now in Kindergarten and therefore it’s been a while since I’ve had to pay, but these are the ballpark figures for this area.
In Southern California it costs $1200 a month for a Home Daycare ($300 a week…so $150 for each child). But if you wanna send them to a good daycare center (especially a religous one)…..it costs more like $400-$500 a week (which is $200 to $250 for each child a week….so that would be $1600 – $2000 a month at a good daycare center.
two of my children attend daycare at our YMCA (in indiana). my four year old is $90/week and my 1 yr old is $93/week, i think the rate may be different for infants though. there are cheaper places too. most daycares in my area run about $15 per day. you can check with your local family and social services about daycare assistance, even if you dont want assistance, they should be able to get you in contact with someone to get you a list of local daycares and prices. we got a list, then picked a few and personally interviewed each provider and we chose the YMCA. my four year old goes swimming, does gymnastics, nature walks, and a ton of other activities that are great!! Good Luck!