aibu or deluded to think i can 8 hours of chold care

[judgejudithjudy]

5 days a week for £100 a week?

Yes deluded.

Would you work for that little??

So 40 hours of childcare for £100? Think that is £2.50 an hour so unlikely (i pay £5 per hour for my childminder).

Utterly deluded. A decent childminder will cost in the region of £35-£40 a day, and a popular nursery could be £50 a day.

Why would you want or need this much childcare?

hmph will only bring home £200 a week so im working to pay for childcare :-( how much is the going rate of a cm/nursery?

Rates round here: £6 per hour for CMs and £55 per full day for nursery.

I pay £55/day for 10 hours of childcare 5 days a week. A full time job is 8 hours plus the commute it isn't unusual to need that much childcare.

I just said upthread. For 40 hours a week you're looking at £180-£250. Sorry.

so £200 a week for a cm who has three chidren = £600 a week - am now thinking of applying to become a cm as its good money for something i totally love doing :-)

Depends where you are. In Lindon (suburbs!) it's £72 per day.

After school care for my 8 year old is £3.50 phr (includes lunch and dinner)

My 3 year old is around £25 for 12 - 6 (includes lunch and dinner)

What about a nanny? That might be cheaper?
If you have a partner will they share childcare costs?
There's also child tax credits
Some workplaces do childcare vouchers
Don't give up just yet
Look at the long term & where you want to be when the kids don't need as much childcare

Our subsidised nursery is £33 per day/£20 for a half day, I think we are very lucky. It's run by the university where dh works, I can't imagine anywhere offering a full days childcare for £20

Pre-school childcare is a fortune! My friend pays almost £1000 a month for similar hours that you're looking for.

My dd attends after school club for 15 hours a week and that sets me back 'just' £65. So it gets better when they go to school.

If you can, find a way round it. Because it's hard getting back into employment once you've taken time off to be a SAHP.

Would you be entitled to any childcare help in the way of vouchers or Tax Credits? Could family/friends babysit even one of the days?

Would your partner consider reducing their hours to do some of the childcare, enabling you to continue working? It shouldn't fall on you to be the one to give up your career.

My 2 year old was at nursery and the rate was £25 for the day. It included meals

But you have your own preschooler ????

Love the fact that you'll change career based on the potential earnings, I don't know any cm who earnings £600 pw. And you'll work more than 35 hours you do now.

I wouldn't send my child anywhere that cheap. I can't imagine the training, support of staff, staff morale, health and safety procedures, cleaning, equipment nd quality of food would be even half way good enough. My child's nursery charges £200/week. You could probably get a childminder for less.

Organix why are you paying your cm under minimum wage?
Op it needs to be minimum wage at least per hour for a cm.

Morethan, because you have a full time job???

When I went back to work after ds1 my hours were 8.30-5.30 5 days a week, so he was in from 8.15 till 5.45 5 days a week.

Three under fives, five long days a week, please don't think its easy money!

You deffo need to think of the impact on your own family. When starting up the paperwork can be onerous indeed, chunks of family time eaten up all through your cm career with CPD and mandatory training. Long lead-in time between deciding to do it and actually getting your registration.

But a great job if you organise self.

I should have said that this depends on your location and the possibility of subsidised places. DD's nursery is actually £55/day but you get s discount if you send them for 5 full days.

£5ph is my CM's advertised rate too... is this not normal? I thought it was

Thants, CM set their own rates generally so that must be what she's charging. Minimum wage doesn't apply if you're self-employed.

thants cms are self employed. Minimum wage applies to employees only.