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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How much does your daycare/sitter cost?
How much a month does your daycare/baby sitter charge? And is it a day care center or a home?
We are just starting to think about a baby in our future... and trying to get a feel for some things. Thanks!
Re: How much does your daycare/sitter cost?
We pay $750 a month for an in-home daycare that is licensed to have 14 kids (with 2-3 caregivers). We really love the place and they feed the kids for that money too. But I know centers are usually between $1000-$1500 a month.
If your work has a dependent care FSA you can put up to $5000 pre-tax in that and over the course of the year you can get reimbursed for your daycare expenses until the $5k runs out. That way you pay part of the cost before taxes. This is a larger savings in general than taking the child care tax credit on your taxes. You will also have an extra dependent so you can claim an extra exemption on your w-4.
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Our current daycare is an in-home, and we pay $25 a day for infant care. I work 4 days a week, so it's about $400-450 a month.
Daycare centers are WAY more expensive...runs anywhere from $800-$2000 depending on the center...those are the range of prices I got when I called around to a few places.
We use a nanny service for nightime and weekend babysitting, and we pay them $12 an hour. But I am really happy with them all, so I'm ok paying that much.