Part Time Day Care Prices

I am thinking about putting the boys in day care 3 times a week and I was wondering if anyone can give me an estimate on what the price maybe.

Thank you

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Honestly, daycare in a center is pretty expensive for part time.....

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DS is in daycare 2 days a week at one of the big chain daycares.....he is in the toddler room and it is $197/week for 2 days. When he was in the infant room (to 15 months) it was $209/week.

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omg we both have twin boys lol...
i just quit myjob friday going to be a sahm--- i told dh i would quit if i could put them in pt childcare 2 days a week.
they start in sept
for 2 days a week 2 1/2 hours dayits 150 month per child after sibling/twin discount. not sure where u are there in selden id u need any info fm me. good luck

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3 days is 210 month per child

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$214 a week for 3 days in the infant room.

Message edited 5/4/2009 4:04:10 PM.

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Wow I didnt realize that it was going to be so much for part time care. The boys are going to be 2 in Sept and I was looking for a place for them to go to learn and to be with other kids. My friend who watches them for me now is getting married and even though we havent discussed it I would assume that she wouldnt want to use her days off to be with my boys.

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When DS was in Daycare the difference between 5 days and 3 days was $25. Yes... only $25 per week difference.

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I looked and looked and found one place where the part time price was comparable, per day to the full time price. That's where my son goes.

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Posted by KateDevine

Posted by eddiesmommy

DS is in daycare 2 days a week at one of the big chain daycares.....he is in the toddler room and it is $197/week for 2 days. When he was in the infant room (to 15 months) it was $209/week.

This kind of proves my point, for the infant room, in a big chain daycare we paid $250 a week for 5 days, full time

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I know 2 days a week from 8-12 at my day care is $122 a week.

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$860/month for 3 days

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Posted by eddiesmommy

Posted by KateDevine

Posted by eddiesmommy

DS is in daycare 2 days a week at one of the big chain daycares.....he is in the toddler room and it is $197/week for 2 days. When he was in the infant room (to 15 months) it was $209/week.

This kind of proves my point, for the infant room, in a big chain daycare we paid $250 a week for 5 days, full time

It is just ridiculous isnt it?

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It really is such a rip off. The price of part time daycare is pretty much the same as full time daycare.

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3 days at our center would around $800 per month

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The reason it is so expensive for part time daycare is your child is essentially taking up the space of a potential full time student on the days they are there, so you wind up paying practically the same as full time. Its so frustrating because I need two full days for my son and preschool is only 1/2 days.

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Please also keep in mind that you need two spots in the same room. My kids were on a wait list for 11 months before two spots opened in the infant room of their center. Right now one of my twins is in one room and the other is still in the younger room until another kid ages out.

We are moving them to an academic pre-school now that they are two. When I started looking in January most places by me were already wait listed for the following Sept. It is VERY stressful trying to get two in the same room at the same time. We enrolled one and wait-listed the other... thankfully, the school decided to add another teacher/class. With the downward economy their daycare center has seen an increase in demand, so many more moms going back to work, that they added another section.

Good luck in your search. I agree part-time care is hardly worth it. FT care for twins in a center (for that age) runs about $2,000 a month or about $6.25 an hour if you break it down per child/per hour a month (based upon 40 hours a week X two kids= 320 hours of care)