Daycare for infant and toddler under $1500 Richardson/Carrollton/FarmersBranch/N.Dallas?? (Plano: daycares, home)

[Dallas2Year]

I work in the medical district and my wife works at SMU. We're trying to find a decent daycare center in these areas indicated for one infant and one toddler for under $1500/month. These areas keep both of our commute to a reasonable level. Infant will be showing up in late September so we'd be looking to enroll both children at the same facility in mid-November or so. It's a pain figuring out tuition rates for daycare centers as very few of them list it on their website. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[suzmom]

You want the combined amount to be below 1500.00 per month for two children or you are expecting to pay that for each child? I am looking as well. I find on many sites that do list rates, infant care alone is over 1000.00. I am checking the TX state department website that lists on site checks of facilities and there are some very helpful pieces of information there.

[FalconheadWest]

You're not going to find a highly rated, highly sought-after place for $1500 total for both kids. Many places are $1500 for just 1 kid. You should research some home daycares if you only want to spend $1500. Where I had my daughter in NE Richardson, barely Plano line, it was $840 and that was cheap compared to all the places $1100, $1400, and one place was $1600 a month and that was in 2007!! That $840 is no longer anywhere near $840, and it was full time from 6:30-6:30.

[suzmom]

I agree with the Falconhead West. I wish you the best but I can only say that I have probably looked at the prices for 25 facilities. I have not found that many that did not list prices. (Some, but most I could find with some digging. Sometimes it is buried in the parent handbook or I was able to find it from parent reviews. A few I did have to call, which annoyed me.) I have not found one we would consider, in that price range. Now, we have been looking at a lot of facilities that seem to refer to themselves more as "schools" than simply daycares even if they serve infants and we have not yet considered home daycares, so I can't speak to rates there. Good luck in your search. So far we are frustrated. The highest quality option we have found was over 1,700/month for one infant. We would love to use it but it is out of reach.

[alastrian2]

North Oak Cliff has Cliff Temple daycare which may get you closer to the 1500 than other facilities.
http://www.clifftemple.org/learn/cdc/

If you're in any way affiliated with UTSW or UT Dallas, the Callier Center is an amazing option, but with two kids hits $2000 inclusive of their 10% discount for older sibling. If you haven't already, max out your pre-tax contributions to the flex savings account.

Last Edit:
First United Methodist CDC downtown!
Tuition listed at $850 for infants, $675 for preschools
http://www.firstchurchdallas.org/get...arning-center/

[Aggielina]

First United Methodist CDC downtown!
Tuition listed at $850 for infants, $675 for preschools
First United Methodist Church Dallas | Developmental Learning Center[/quote]

Good luck getting a spot there. I tried all the downtown places when I was about 6 months pregnant with my son back in 2012 and there was a year long waiting list for infants for pretty much everywhere I called...which makes no sense to me, seeing how it only takes 9 months to make a baby! So now I tell everyone I know who is newly expecting and looking for daycare to start their search immediately.

[alastrian2]

@Aggielina, you're spot on. With their price restrictions they should have been on a waiting list the day they popped a positive pregnancy test.

[Kosmonova]

Another place to check out would be Oak Lawn United Methodist. My son was there for about 2 years when I lived in Uptown. Considering the location, it is a tremendous value.

[dabrawl]

Dallas Day school in City place area off Haskell avenue..they charge about 1000$ for starters and goes down a bit every 6 mths or so after 2 years....our 3 yr old loves that place, its clean and neat with grt teachers...They might have some waiting list but its not too bad and I highly recommend it!

[mSooner]

Got any SAHM friends that would do it? That might be your best bet. Be sure to include nanny tax into that amount, though. (basically add 7.5% and costs for dealing with the paperwork if you don't want to do it yourselves--it's a bit of a beast)