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lilrebelgirl in b0st0n_parents

Childcare?

Jan 20, 2011 09:03

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned in this group or not the fact that our son does not live with us during the week because of university housing rules. This week my husband was offered a job that will allow our son to finally live with us full-time. The new problem is finding childcare. We're on an extremely tight budget and I know that we ( Read more... )

day care

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bombardiette January 20 2011, 14:06:52 UTC

I do remember that entry a while back. So happy to hear that your son is finally able to be with you!

To answer your questions, though I won't be any help in the end:

1. Yes - our daughter is in military daycare (Child Development Center) which we like more than any corporate or in-home care we've found to-date.
2. I am in the military/work full-time on-base.
3. 127 per week. Another reason we love it.

Unfortunately, it's not open to non-employees of the installation. : (

I do know of an in-home daycare by our place in Malden that I would trust and is affordable though. I'll try to get the information for you if that's a feasible option.

dee_cee January 20 2011, 14:43:04 UTC

I have in-home care I arranged with a friend. When I was doing research on arranging costs, I saw that in my area (Dedham) the range for in-home care (people who are running it out of home, licensed) was about 160-180 a week.

I would also start looking at local churches that have nursery schools or daycares. They advertise with banners or signs near the churches. And sometimes they have different rates based on age/skill of the child (toddlers are lower than newborns).

Hope that helps!

mamabunny72 January 31 2011, 17:02:33 UTC

1. Is your child in day care? (home or corporate)
She was in a home daycare.

2. How did you find out about this day care?
I asked my neighbors.

3. Approx. how much do you pay a week in childcare?
My daughter went on a part-time basis, but the full day rate was $65 a few years ago; it goes up a few dollars a year to cover cost-of-living increases.

-- Do you know about the childcare search engine on the MA Dept of Early Ed and Childcare? According to the dept's index page, this is the URL:
http://www.eec.state.ma.us/ChildCareSearch/EarlyEduMap.aspx
but I've tried several times and it's not loading :-(
Here is the Dept's main page: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eduhomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoedu

My experiences with home daycare was that enrollment contracts were for Sept-Aug. Finding an opening in March may be hard; not impossible, but hard.