Daycare costs?
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Topic: Daycare costs?
Posted By: Bombshell
Subject: Daycare costs?
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 1:27pm
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Ok so following on from other discussions on this topic I would be interested to know what people are paying for daycare / nannies etc...Im talking of 5-8 hours type a day. Daycares in out area are quite expensive but 5 mins down road seem to drop in price quite a bit.
So what kind of payments are you making for daycare and for how long is that covering (eg 3 or 5 days etc..) Also have you used Porse or similar? and if so what costs / times etc... This would be quite handy for some new mums and mums to be i think.... |
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 1:43pm
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Well, Zaara goes to day care 5 times a week, from 8.30 to 5.30 ...but only stays there from 8.45 to 3.30 - 4pm. Day care provide Food and nappies and I use to pay $185 a week but they have just increased it to $195.
Not to bad I think, the teachers are lovely and there is loads there, eg birds and rabbits etc We live in Alfriston and I work at Takanini and her day care is just next to my work, which is just perfect as I go and b/feed her at lunch time. I get to see her, she gets to see me and we are both very happy!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 1:59pm
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Daycare up here on the coast costs $5 an hour or capped at $150 a week. You have to provide your own food/nappies etc but still, it seems reasonable. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 2:39pm
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We are in Palmy, but for an idea for you. Andrew is in 4 days a week 8am -5pm (well that is what he is booked for) we are charged $35 per day ($140 per week). All that we had to provide was nappies, formula and bottles and a bag packed with a few changes of clothes. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 2:40pm
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As a Nanny who does it in my own home I would charge $5 an hour which is cheaper than most Nannies but because I have to do it in my own home in Howick due to circumstances and because if anyone came to me and I would get them to join up with the Porse programme which is really good you would get a subsidy through Porse I think,
Do keep me in mind Bombshell. Cheers Sue 534 8895 or 021 187 3131 alot of nannies charge 13-18 an hour in your own home even through Porse |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 2:46pm
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Further to the above I am a Nanny Centre trained Nanny who also did Karitane Training in 1973-74 but because I work through Porse not as a Nanny but as a family educator looking after my granddaughter Caitlyn in my own home and would be classed as a home educator because I would still be doing it in my own home due to circumstances
I charge only $5 an hour rather than say $15 which I could charge if I came to your house as a Nanny through Porse. The main circumstance as to why I do it in my own home is not because of Caitlyn who will be going to school in June but because of my special needs daughter who I need to be here for after school |
Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:14pm
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Roksana, I tried to PM you but your inbox is full!!! Which daycare is Zaara going to if you don't mind me asking? If we stay in Auckland I will have to go back to work part time and we live in Wattle Downs so Takanini is handy for me! PM me if you like! Thanks. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:48pm
We will be paying $270 p/w for full time care here in Welly Bombshell. It's the same one that Christopher went to and still run by the same people and his favourite carer is still working there. He loved it so I wouldn't consider sending this baby anywhere else. It's so much more than what some of you others are paying though  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:59pm
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Wow $270 is very expensive!! What do they provide for that amount of $$? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 5:36pm
james is $3.90 a hour or $180 a week full time and its a community based whioch makes it a bit cheaper ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 6:55pm
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For Maya as a baby I paid $5.15 an hour and had to provide nappies (they were happy to do cloth) and formula/breastmilk. When I had a nanny for the twins I got one thru HomeGrown Kids and she cost $16 and hour (of which $11 was covered by the multiple birth subsidy). -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:37pm
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Roksana I think i know the one you are at...its part of a group from manukau to takanini to Papakura...I used to work in Papakura so heaps of the girls used them.
Yeah am def weighing up our options...but cant do so til bubs is here and i know for sure what the gmas want to do...so many options...and on other thread i mentioned daycare i visited....$275!!! OUCH!!! as well as other issues! Yes suzie i am def keeping you in mind...will meet u once bubs is here for sure too!!! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:04pm
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I know of a daycare in Auckland that is $475 a week for full time care. That is one big OUCH. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:32pm
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Our creche have just increased their fees...I think under twos is $245.00 and over twos is $225.00 or something like that. Creche only do full time, finish at 3.00pm or mornings or afternoons. This works out well now as I have Thursdays off and can decide on the day whether the kids are going to creche or not (sometimes I just need a me day). I also like doing something with one of the kids for a couple of hours so this means that I can.
I really like our creche and even if they put it up another $100 I'd probably still go there....it is a load off your mind when you have a good creche |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 10:01pm
| One of the mums at playcentre and I are talking about doing a nanny share. she has two kids as do I and I wouldn't mind a few days a week, while she wants full time I think, so I would pay a portion. Not sure yet as we just discussed it today, but may also be worth a look. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 10:04pm
I pay $5.00 an hour (then minus a big chunk off that with the childcare subsidy) and I can book as many or as few hours as I like... yay for uni creche! I luuuurve it.
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 11:48pm
Count your lucky stars! We pay 840 pounds a term (10 weeks) for her to go part time (8.45am-12noon) 3 days a week. That works out at 84 pounds a day which if you convert is around about $250 for a half day  Absolutely sodding ridiculous.------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 7:29am
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Yeh - the $270 does seem quite a bit reading what some of you are paying - except you Jennz!! Wow.
The $270 is for full time care so we can drop bubs off any time after 7.30am and have to pick him up before 6.00. They provide all food and thats about it. We have to supply nappies and milk if he is still on it and we won't qualify for any subsidy. I think when Christopher was at the same creche - we were paying approx $450 a fortnight and that was five years ago. They have only just increased their prices. It is a great place and right next door to my work so very convenient. The people there are lovely too. I remember the Vic uni creche Nikki - that was fab!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 7:31am
| I always thought our daycare in Japan was expensive - we paid about $1000 for a month, food included, but not nappies. Now I think about it, probably not too bad considering where we lived. I miss our old daycare. they used to turn up on our doorstep asking if Jake could come out and play on our days off. |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 8:07am
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The day care we are looking at is $245 for full time or $181 for 3 days (which we are looking at), it includes all meals once theya re on solids but must supply all nappies, formula or expressed milk bottles etc.
We haven't been to visit them but the ero report is really good, and it was reccomonded to us by someone who would only send her child to the best care regardless of cost so don't see any issues with them coming up. ------------- "> 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 9:34am
I'll change the topic a slight little bit - I wonder if anyone can recommend a good daycare in central Auckland. Around One Tree Hill, Epsom, New Market, St Lukes etc etc etc. We have not really started looking into it yet but will have to very soon. Feel free to PM me  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 9:48am
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Wow so I have a bargain $195 a week food and nappies provided!!! Yay!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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