How much are y'all paying for babysitters/daycare per week ?

[987abc]

I want to start going out regularly but how do u guys budget or set aside money ? Once u guys are out do u call often or tell them don't call. Particularly how much do u pay for a babysitter for one child at NIGHT . Like from 9-4. Do you have like a camera for them ?

 

[alb1erto1]

@987abc I live in a LCOL city and pay 1280/month for full time M-F. If we get a sitter we’d be shelling out 20-25/hr but it’s very rare because we usually just take sick days from work and have a date day while our son is in daycare now

 

[drlindatravelute]

@alb1erto1 Smart parents

 

[dado1964]

@alb1erto1 We live in a HCOL city and pay $2200 monthly for M-F daycare. We’ve had a babysitter exactly one time and paid $40/hr. No date nights for us either, only day dates when the child is at school

 

[alb1erto1]

@dado1964 I’ll be honest, I’m totally cool with the day dates, because kiddo is in bed by 7 and me and hubs are dragging ass by 8 Much easier to enjoy each other’s company during the day!

 

[focusedontheneedle]

@987abc I live in Japan. Daycare is about $150 per month. Babysitters aren't really a thing here so we ask the grandparents to watch our daughter if we go somewhere we can't take her, like to the movies. We rarely go out though, and if it's just dinner and a few drinks it's easy enough to take our daughter with us. It's totally socially acceptable to bring children to places that serve alcohol here. She's 5 now but has been going to restaurants and izakaya with us since she was a baby, so her manners are excellent.

 

[monk58]

@987abc In a VHCOL area. My daughter, 11 months, goes to an in-home daycare for $500 per week. That's for 5 days and they are open 7-5.

We haven't hired a baby sitter yet but would expect to pay $20/hr.

 

[preciousqueen]

@987abc HCOL and we pay $2600/month for daycare. Our babysitter is $25/hour plus a ~$20 Uber ride home.

 

[mac4701]

@987abc We always pay at least $20/hour. We paid our nanny $25/hour. I would pay her $100/hour if I could lol

 

[meekuno]

@987abc We pay $2010 per month for daycare, open 8:30am-5:30pm (no food or diapers included). For babysitter we pay our former nanny $22/hr. We usually don’t call. She texts us if she has questions but that’s rare. For any overnights or weekends away we use my mom (free!)

 

[jaktrip]

@meekuno My God. $2k per month for daycare. I'm so sorry. The worst i had was $1k a month for full time daycare and they cooked food too though. My son is in state funded preschool now and its only $230 a month.

 

[lexidoll3]

@jaktrip One of my daughter's classmates has a younger sibling in daycare and it's $3200/month. And that's a 2 year old, I'm sure it's more for an infant.

 

[dxlm88]

@meekuno no food or diapers included?? wth. the daycare my daughter is in they literally ordered the formula/cereal & bottles she uses & supplying diapers is optional, they’ll just use what they have if you don’t. that is outrageous

 

[meekuno]

@dxlm88 I don't know of any daycares in my area that include that stuff. When we sent bottles, the formula had to already be pre-made in the bottles; they weren't allowed to make it themselves. There are lots of crazy regulations here including signing forms permitting them to apply sunblock or diaper rash cream or they aren't permitted to do it.

 

[angely]

@meekuno Guessing NJ? Just about to start daycare and all these things are the same for us. Pretty close in price too (sob)

 

[meekuno]

@angely Other side of Tristate. CT.

 

[peterlindner]

@987abc Daycare is subsidized where I live so I pay $200 a month for full time care. We usually get my mom or sibling to babysit but if they aren’t available we get a teenager and she’s $10 per hour.

 

[sammiee]

@peterlindner Oh man where do you live??