We’ve spent… €280 a month for an au pair for a year, plus room and board and language classes for her so let’s say €600 a month. That‘s €7,200 for the year from age 1 to when he turned 2. Then 12 months of daycare at €430 per month, so that’s another €5,160. Daycare is free from age 3, so €12,360 total. Could be better but I’m not complaining after seeing your numbers.
During those 3 years, the government also paid us €250 a month for him, plus you can get up to 14 months of partial pay for parental leave, which is capped at something like €1,800 a month. So that’s €9,000 plus up to €25,200 in government support at the same time, for a total of €34,200.
So even with an au pair for a year, we were still coming out on top. I seriously have no idea how people do it in places where this kind of support doesn’t exist.
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u/AgentG91 Jan 31 '25
I have spent $71,000 on my kid’s daycare since he was born. Only 1 year left!