Childcare options!
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Topic: Childcare options!
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Subject: Childcare options!
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 2:03pm
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Hi all,
Just thinking way too far ahead at the moment and just wondering, mums who are back at work - what do you do for chldcare? My SIL looks after Gabrielle 5 days 6 hours a day at the moment but when bubba2 comes I don't think it will be fair to ask her to do that as she has 2 under 3 as it is!! I am also very budget conscious!! Anyone used porse or similar and how do you find them? Or do centres offer discounts for siblings? At the moment my budget is around MAX $200 a week.... although might have to be more realistic.. just have no idea! |
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Posted By: VannesaD
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 3:21pm
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Hi there
There are centres that are less than $200 per week for full time care for one child. Newmarket Childcare is an example of this - but there is a long waiting list. I put my first into full time daycare from a baby and will be doing the same with the second as I have to go back to work. Best thing to do is get your name on the waiting list as soon as possible as any good centre has 12-18 months waiting list. My unborn #2 is already on a waiting list. Some centres offer discounts for additional children - but beware some only offer discounts for 3+ children. I've heard great things about Porse and they are quite cheap too and very flexible. 
Hope this helps. -------------  
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 3:23pm
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I used home based care when Ella was 6 months- 13 months and have now just moved her to daycare (just 2 days a week). I loved home based care and found it was really good for Ella when she was a little baby as she got more one-on-one attention and had a good relationship with just one carer. It also worked out very cost effective as we paid $4.80 an hr (we supplied food,nappies etc). The down side to home based carer is that sometimes the carer was unable to look after her due to sickness (either the carer was sick or one of her 2 children was). This is main reason why I moved Ella to daycare as it was getting a little bit unreliablable (sp) and also I felt that Ella was really to go into daycare and get a bit more socialisation. She has been there 1 week and settled in soooo quickly and I think actually being in homebased care helped the transitation. Cost wise, daycare is more expensive...because we are only part-time we pay $65 a day (includes food and nappies)(the ones I look at ranged from $56-70 a day). I am pretty sure most daycares do offer a discount for siblings- from memory I think it is around 10%, but may vary. I am not sure what we will do when we have 2 kids....but doing the sums on our current wage there isn't much point in sending 2 to daycare (even if I work full time, which I am dead set against)....so I think we will look at a mixture of home based care and kindy. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 4:23pm
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I've just visited a childcare centre this afternoon, we were lucky as one of the wives of DF's work mates works in the nursary there. Can get us in soon if we like. Seems okay, I was nervous as hell. Phoenix thought it was a blast tho!
Probally cheaper in Hamilton tho, we are looking at $200 per week fulltime care with nappies / solids and snacks provided (just need to provide formula). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 8:03pm
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I would look at Porse or one of the others
Porse are very reasonable |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 8:04pm
| Also your SIL could actually be a family educator through Porse which is what I did looking after my granddaughter |
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 20 August 2008 at 9:21am
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Hey guys thanks heaps for the advice - it's nice to hear what other Mum's are doing - and Grandparents! :)
I think I will enquire with Porse and some of the local daycares but when the time comes will ask my SIL first as she might want to look after both - I know she loves looking after Gabz and she does a great job too! |