My kids are in family daycare (well she used to be family daycare) - about six months ago the carer detached from the FDC scheme which meant that we couldn't get any childcare benefit for our kids going to her. We went from being on 80% to nothing so it was either suck it up or move them. We stayed because we couldn't bear the thought of taking them out, we trust this lady implicitly and she's wonderful with our kids. We pay $110 a day for the two of them to stay with her when we could move them and be paying about $25 a day. That's how much we love her So as you can see we're great fans of FDC They only go for 2 x 6hr days a week though otherwise we'd be broke!
I'm paranoid about putting them into centres so there you go! LOL.
As far as price goes I think they're pretty much the same. I like FDC for babies because the attention is much more individualised and they only have one carer to get to know. The environment as a whole is much calmer and less overwhelming for them too since FDC can only have 4 children (including their own).
Sorry I prattled lol.
Last edited by Tobily; December 3rd, 2007 at 07:29 PM.
i found FDC cheaper, for the fact that they charge by the hour, whereas our centre charges per 12hr day, so if hes in there 6hrs, we are still paying for 12... but i think a centre would be cheaper if you needed them in there all day...
the reason we moved from FDC to a centre was our FDC mum was unwell alot (hurt back) or her children were sick, which left us with no care for those days... where a centre we know that there will defiantly be care...
So as you can see we're great fans of FDC
They only go for 2 x 6hr days a week though otherwise we'd be broke!
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