Childcare? Might have to give up on my second baby dreams...

Question

Currently a family member watches my son because both my husband and I have full time jobs (California living lol) but their health is not the greatest and I can’t see them being able to watch two kids let alone more (husbands sister is recently married and trying). 
Who watches your child? If you have daycare, how much do you pay a month? 
I really want a second child, as well as my husband and the ENTIRE family, but my realistic-thinking is making this dream seem impossible. 
Tyia!

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Child care carries on your location in CA. Bay Area, compared to the Central Valley,compared to Tahoe etc. are all different price points.
Also, are you looking for a nanny? To share an nanny, an in home day care, a licensed larger organization? Those all carry in price. 
You will need to call around in your area.
Also check out the website Care.Com

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It really varies by location. I live in Brooklyn and pay a nanny $20/hr plus transit and petty cash. It comes to a little over $50,000 a year. If I lived in Manhattan it would be more. I looked at the daycare near my office and for one toddler and one infant would be $70,000 a year so just gonna keep the nanny and give her a raise.

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I’m in California too, childcare for 0-2 was roughly between 950-1200, at least from the places I checked. Gets cheaper as they get older

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I live in Canada. We have 4 kids. I have subsidized daycare for our daughter, and on my income alone I pay about $150/mth. However, now that we are living together and have dual income, our daycare jumps to $850/mth. This is based on my income from when I was on mat leave. Next year, I guarantee we will have to pay the full $1300/mth. It is ridiculous,  as we both make around the same amoint of money.  So, why is it that alone I pay $150, but for both of is it goes to 7x that? Anyways, it sucks, but it is a mecessary evil.

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I work Friday and Saturday night 7pm-7am. My husband is home Friday afternoon until Monday morning. He works Monday through Friday. And I stay home with our son and am due in March.

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I have daycare currently 2 days a week (hoping for more days soon, but the waitlists where I live are crazy). My husband is home one weekday, I work 4 days a week so I’m home one weekday and weekends and my parents watch her one day a week. Daycare where I live is about $300 a month per day. So I have 2 days, I pay $617 a month. If I had 3 days I would pay a little over $900 a month and so on.

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In Kentucky here, childcare for two in $40/hr until 6pm and then sitters are usually about the same after 6. Some daycares do by hour, some are by weekly or daily rates. It’s very expensive regardless. Maybe about $1000-1500/mo

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I have daycare and it’s an amazing daycare. It’s $1,500 a month. He goes 5 days a week. Sometimes 4.

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I pay 1200 a month for daycare for full time. When baby#2 starts it will be 2330 per month. But my son only has 1 more year so it will go back down until everyone is in public school.

Childcare? Might have to give up on my second baby dreams...

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