Comments on: So How Did I Become a Stay at Home Dad?

By: Inside Fatherhood » Has Having One Source of Income Effected Our Family?

Inside Fatherhood » Has Having One Source of Income Effected Our Family? — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:48:09 +0000

[...] I am not going to throw out figures but my wife makes more than enough money to support our family. As I mentioned previously, if I was working most of my income would be thrown towards childcare, especially now with having 4 children. So no matter what decision we, as a family, had made my income would not benefit us above and beyond childcare. [...]

By: steve

steve — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:53:48 +0000

Phil, great to see you here. Was wondering when you were gonna pop in.

Yea, as long as we can afford it, it is the right decision.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:22:58 +0000

Your story sounds like ours. My wife was making almost three times my salary. My SAHD status is solely determined by finances. Otherwise my wife would be home… We knew it was important for one of us to be home as long as we could afford it.

By: New Dad Blog Alert - from The Zero Boss by Jay Andrew Allen

New Dad Blog Alert - from The Zero Boss by Jay Andrew Allen — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:55:24 +0000

[...] New Dad Blog Alert: B5 Media and Steve Remington bring you Inside Fatherhood, a well-written Blogging Baby/DaddyTypes-style blog with a strong voice. In particular, be sure to check out his post about how it was “inevitable” that he became a stay at home dad. [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:39:51 +0000

It does sound kind of high Rem… but may be different in different areas.

Here in central NC it seems to range between 400 to 1000 a month. The higher end that we looked into is a Montessori type atmosphere… really nice daycare that stresses the importance of older children helping out with the learning of the youger children.

It thing at the VERY BEST we could have found a daycare for 350 a month for our oldest, but for newborns and youger infants it was around 500.

If I had to go back to work right now and we decided to compromise on the type of daycare (not getting the higher end but still looking for quality care) we would probably be paying around 1600 a month just in the daycare.

By: Inside Fatherhood » How Much is Child Day Care in Your Area?

Inside Fatherhood » How Much is Child Day Care in Your Area? — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:37:57 +0000

[...] Earlier I posted why I chose to stay home. The big motivation was financial, and the fact that we will have 5 kids in January makes it extremely expensive. 2 years ago we were quoted at anywhere between $350 and $500 per child for a week. Some of the reasons for that was they were real young, not completely potty trained, etc. [...]

By: chopperglide

chopperglide — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:26:31 +0000

someone should factor in the weekly sick time, doctor visits, medicine and gasoline in all this

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:21:58 +0000

Rem,

Cost me $45 a day for daycare where we live that only covers 1 kid for 4 hrs a day. The daycare center is owned by a relative she charhes $96 daily for her 3 y/o program, 2 aides for 5 kids. She has 12 employees at the rate $10.75 to $12.75 hourly.

PORSHEPHILE

By: steve

steve — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:12:39 +0000

OK I will look into it and post them here. My wife and I did the research over 2 years ago and that was the prices we were quoted per week for children. I am not saying you are wrong or right but just that day care is a lot of money… I will go do more research right now and see what I can dig up.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:10:13 +0000

Those numbers are wrong. The national average is $500-$600 per MONTH not per week. You never looked into the price of daycare did you? Call a couple of the places in your area and you will see how wrong you are. I am not saying that you should put your kids in daycare, just that it doesn’t cost as much as you are saying. By the way, Maine is a rural area and daycare costs less in rural areas and more in big cities. So it could very well be less than $500 per month where you live.