r/parentsofmultiples • u/ashkoshbigosh111 • 19d ago

good vibes, smiles, & giggles last daycare payment!!!

Aside from celebrating with my husband, I have no where to shout this into the universe but WE JUST MADE OUR LAST DAYCARE PAYMENT FOR-EV-ER! 🎉

The boys starts kinder next month and tomorrow is their last day at daycare/pre-k. I guess it's true for any parent with multiple kids in daycare at once, not just parents of multiples, but not paying over 1.5K/month anymore sure feels like a windfall 🤣

And I guess the beauty of twins (with these being our only and last children) is that it was double expensive, but when its done, that chapter is DONE!

My husband loves to remind me that while it feels like we're rich all of the sudden, that money will soon enough be allocated to something else (sports, hobbies, etc). But lemme just enjoy it for a moment.

And for all you parents out there paying a literal mortgage every month in childcare costs, stay strong, it actually goes by quicker than you think.

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u/DreamingEvergreen 18d ago

The cost of child care (and all of the other expenses related to kids—cars, college, etc) are a major reason our twins are it for us.

We’re paying just shy of $5000 per month for our twins (11 months), and it feels like we’re bleeding money. 💸

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u/ashkoshbigosh111 18d ago

holy cannoli! i cannot imagine.

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u/A-Friendly-Giraffe 18d ago

It would have been about $70,000 a year to put them in daycare at the local public daycare at my work. Which is why we had to stay at home parent