what ist the cost of baby day care?

Question

My husband and I are considering getting pregnant this year and I would like to have an idea of how much we can expect to pay for day care. We would need it probably starting at 2months.

Answer 1

Under the age of one, with more than ten hours a week separation from mommy, an infant is damaged emotionally, socially, intellectually, and physically. The research on this is very clear and has been backed up for 50 years. Under age 3, these same areas are damaged by separation.

One reason for the damage is that an infant's brain floods with cortisol when the infant is apart from mommy. This is a stress hormone that causes the child to be depressed, anxious, and, as an adult, to cope very poorly with stress. Learning is impaired while the brain is so flooded.

In fact, brain cell connections are only made when a baby is being held. A human infant evolved to be terrified by the abscence of mommy and no amount of wishing will make this different for your baby. Your baby needs mother's milk on demand, to be held on demand, to have you virtually around the clock for the first year, and with very little absence for the next several years thereafter.

Babies views of the world as trustworthy or not are determined in the first year. When baby cries for mommy and she doesn't come (because of day care) the baby learns mommy cannot be counted on, mommy wants her to be unhappy, the world is a cruel place, and her efforts to change her situation are of no use.

This isn't some right-wing nutjob opinion. This is research data, going on for 50 years. There are more harms - dads are more disapproving of kids who enter day care in the first year, kids have disrupted attachment to mom, and the mom is less bonded to the child. Teachers rate the kids as more aggressive and slower - for up to 12 years after day care in the first year!

So you see, the cost of baby day care is staggering, to society, to the family, and to the poor poor baby who bears most of the cost, living an unnatural life that meets few of her evolved needs.

Answer 2

It depends on where you live. But a good quality day care for a newborn is $200+ a week in California. Is working from home or working opposite shifts than your husband an option? I would save for a year before getting pregnant that way you could stay home a little longer. 12 weeks is the federal family leave, but disability only pay 5 weeks for vaginal birth and 7 weeks for c-section. Does your company pay anything?

Answer 3

I do state certified home day care and the county rate for an infant here is $121.37 a week. This is a small town rate though. Prices go down as a child gets older though. I would suggest calling the local job and family service and find what going rates are in the area. Some home providers charge them rates and others are still cheaper.

Answer 4

There are many different choices, a nanny....home care day care center (smaller, a little cheaper and not so many kids) and a daycare center.

I read a study that said if you aren't making at least $36,000 it isn't worth it to use daycare.

My friend in Michigan pays $400 per week for an infant in a daycare center.

Answer 5

I think it depends on where you live. In California it is way expensive, especially for babies!Here a normal day care center it would be about $300 per week, yikes I know! But you can also try to find a home day care which is cheaper, but may not be as regulated as you would feel comfortable. Good Luck to you!

Answer 6

It relies upon on the place you reside, and the place you're taking them. In abode daycares are often low priced than centers. i might call around to diverse places and notice what they say. All i comprehend is that it is not even properly worth it for me to artwork staggering now. i'm no longer out of school yet, so i might purely convey abode $3 hundred a month on the main after procuring childcare. So, i'm going to stay at abode until eventually i'm getting out of school and then can manage to pay for it. good success!

Answer 7

My friend used to be the director of a daycare and infant full time care was approx $195/week. That was a few years ago and will vary depending on your location. Her guess is $185-$215/week and you supply formula, diapers, etc. (We're in metro Detroit, MI)

Answer 8

I live in a small town and I pay $350 per month and my daycare provider is the cheapest in town. When they are babies that require changing, feeding, etc, expect to pay more than toddlers. I used to pay $600 per month when he was a baby and that was still cheap because of the small town. Big cities are worse.

Answer 9

You're going to have to post where you are from and for how many hours a week you'll need daycare, because daycare can range anywhere between 400-2000 a month depending on location and time needed.

Answer 10

Let's see... the cost of baby day care... but there are soooo many:

1) Piece of mind (you'll never know how the day care is treating your child)
2)Bonding time in those precious early months
3)Day time hours with your child
4)A whole slew of firsts
5)More than likely, breast feeding past 2 or 3 months (this rarely works out, and half the time the day care workers just give them formula anyway (it's easier than defrosting breast milk)).
6)An arm, a leg, your first born.... oh wait... you will have already handed that over....

As I said, there are more but I think these are enough for now.