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Old 08-04-2014, 08:53 PM
 
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I had two in day care and at the peak it cost me $27,000 one year. The infants cost more because the ratios are less and require more teachers. Babies up to 18 months are a 4:1 ratio, then the toddlers go to a 6:1 ratio, and finally pre-k I believe are 8 or 10:1 ratios. So the cost goes down with each level of care.

I am in Naperville and babies are around 320-350 per week. When I had an infant and toddler in at the same time it cost about 550 a week. This was about average for our area.... not the most and not the least. We felt that we got good value for our money and the flexibility that we needed.

When they both were in grade school it felt like we got a raise. Right now we have someone that watches them before and after school and it is less than half what we were paying for day care.

It is a ridiculous amount of money but sometimes you have no choice.
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