Nanny services (merged)

[Strider]

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edit - I think you're onto something. Just asking around, Kids & company charges different rates in different parts of the city. From $1000/month in the NE to $1800/month in the NW. You'd think downtown Calgary would be high demand, but I guess not, they're priced in the middle at about $1400. The one in our building is cheaper, and there's a waiting list. Much easier to get into the other downtown ones. The more you know.

That doesn't sound right, I have the Kids&Co fee schedule and all the downtown locations are $1800/month for preschool age up to $2200 for Infant under 12 mo. NE is $1500/month, and the cheapest location in Calgary is Smart Technologies at $1250/month (probably subsidized).

There was a 8-12 month waitlist to get into the Eau Claire K&C when we had our kid, but they've popped up quite a few more locations since then which probably alleviated it.

The daycare in the Penn West building was really cheap when we looked into it, but it had a 2-3 year waitlist and employee priority.

[rage2]

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That doesn't sound right, I have the Kids&Co fee schedule and all the downtown locations are $1800/month for preschool age up to $2200 for Infant under 12 mo. NE is $1500/month, and the cheapest location in Calgary is Smart Technologies at $1250/month (probably subsidized).

It's what a co-worker told me. Maybe old rates.

$2200/month, holy hell that's nuts!

[RX_EVOLV]

My co-worker who let go of their Nanny is now paying $1200/month for daycare. In Douglasdale area.

[nzwasp]

We used to have daycare in the SW (westbrook) area and it was $1150 for a 2 year old and $900 for a 4 year old. That was until mid 2017.

[nickyh]

I pay $1340 for for Bow Valley Square + $500 a month for parking in the building. Only 2 more years, only 2 more years.....

[Strider]

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We used to have daycare in the SW (westbrook) area and it was $1150 for a 2 year old and $900 for a 4 year old. That was until mid 2017.

That's dirt cheap. For a difference of $25k per year, I would try really really hard to juggle my schedule to make daycare work. You're in town for 1/2 the month, couldn't the wife work 7-5 for the weeks when you're not? It'd take a pretty significant promotion to earn another $25k/year after tax.

[nzwasp]

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That's dirt cheap. For a difference of $25k per year, I would try really really hard to juggle my schedule to make daycare work. You're in town for 1/2 the month, couldn't the wife work 7-5 for the weeks when you're not? It'd take a pretty significant promotion to earn another $25k/year after tax.

my oldest is now too old to go to daycare. She would only qualify for afterschool care. If I could find a afterschool care / daycare where it would allow pickup to 6.30pm then I would be fine with that. We are thinking of doing Nanny share with a friend that works with my wife who still requires afterschool care but not all day care.

[msommers]

Have kids always been this expensive, holy ****

[speedog]

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Have kids always been this expensive, holy ****

Well one spouse can stay home but that hits the bottom line as well. Are far as expensive, just wait until they're in school and involved in activities - 3 wrestlers in our house added up to big grocery bills and then there were wrestling fees, tournaments, football fees and music/band fees/trips and on and on and on.

Shit, living suddenly gets cheap when they all move out.

[ExtraSlow]

Yep, they have.

[killramos]

It’s like Rage said, kids make a Mclaren seem affordable.