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Anyone else get so frustrated with how much daycare costs. It’s impossible for me to even work with a good job. Lol I would literally make nothing. Rant over... btw in my area the average daycare is a $1,300 1,600 a month. My partner makes way to much  to qualify for assistance and most daycares here don’t take it anyway.

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Yes!! I’d like to go back to work even just part time but putting him in daycare for part time or even full time isn’t worth it! Daycare is soooo expensive where I live! For a quality one at least. So alas, I’m still a stay at home mom.

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Damn! I’m going to be paying $600 a month and that terrifies me.

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Yes it’s insane. I live in Ontario Canada and it’s 1600 a month for a daycare centre until 18 months then it drops to 1300. The joys

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I have to work as I provide the insurance. We pay about $1300 a month for 2 kids ($756 for the baby and 580 for my 3 year old). It’s so expensive, but I love where they go and this is actually on the cheap end for most, so I will grin and bear it. What I don’t get is the cost of medications and doctor bills. We have medical bills coming out our ears .... and we make good money. So ridiculous.

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Sane here! My husband did that math when I was pregnant, after Daycare I would maybe bring home $45 a MONTH, so for our family I decided to stay home. I know not eveyone can do that, im so grateful I get to watch him grow, knowing soon I will have to go back.

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That's why I'm going to just be working one or two shifts a week when I go back from mat leave. My husband works shift work, so we are lucky that I can just go to work a couple times a week when he's at home with the baby.

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I’m curious what it costs in different areas. In my city it ranges from 550-1000 depending on if you can get into a government regulated daycare (cheap) or if you go with a private day home (more expensive). We’ll probably end up paying $1000 a month and I think that’s okay since we only have one baby

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Omg yes. Daycare is killing us. My daycare just had to close for 2 days because her son has RSV plus shes closed over the holidays (after Xmas and on New Years Eve) which I don't get off work. So I had to use ALL my PTO that ive accrued since maternity leave just in the last 2 weeks plus i still have to pay her for those days! If I have to miss another day I'll have to find someone to watch him and pay double! It's insane. I know they need to make a living too, but I literally make $50k a year and my husband makes $40k and we still are barely scraping by due to daycare and medical bills. It's so stressful.

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Daycare is ridiculous. I’m about to start paying 260$ a week and that’s a decent price considering the rest I looked at were 300-350!!!! Plus you have to do full time for infants here since they don’t crib share which I am grateful for, however really only need care for him 3x a week while I’m in school. Ugh.

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Yup about 400$ a week here for daycare.

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