5AF Parenting Thread

[mac5155]

Yeah just looking at my oldest sons teeth right now im going to guess he will probably be okay or not need much. My youngest son though (who has already had one oral maxillofacial surgery at 13 months) is likely going to require extensive work.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Yeah, we were .500 with braces. Oh, and the retainer is supposed to stay in for life. Yeah right.

[Morkle]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

[mac5155]

Just got my yearly summary and we were almost $12,000 this past year for one kid who stopped in August and another who only goes 3 days a week. Sure is nice that I'll get an inflation adjustment on the $2000 child tax credit in the next few years lol. And I am well aware that's a very low number relatively speaking

[King Colby]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

Its so bad - we spend roughly $35k/year and honestly it will be that way for like another 4 years until my daughter hits kindergarten

[King Colby]

Like, a mortgage on a vacation home type ****

[Morkle]

Yea, it's not fun at all. We've got one going into Kindergarten here in August - but it sucks because we just enrolled our daughter full time, so we just started our 5 year timeline lol.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

Is that for multiple kids? I am currently paying $390 a week for an infant and I thought that was high.

[DigitalGypsy66]

And people wonder why the birthrate has been dropping for 20+ years...

[mac5155]

Well Morkle stop heading to Starbucks every day and you'll be fine.

[NTP66]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

Is that for multiple kids? I am currently paying $390 a week for an infant and I thought that was high.

That's way higher than what I paid, but this is going back to 2012. We paid a little over $1100/month for infant daycare.

[Morkle]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

Is that for multiple kids? I am currently paying $390 a week for an infant and I thought that was high.

Yea one full time and one 3 days a week.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

We make good money, but damn does it suck feeling broke when you're dropping almost $700 a week in daycare.

Is that for multiple kids? I am currently paying $390 a week for an infant and I thought that was high.

That's way higher than what I paid, but this is going back to 2012. We paid a little over $1100/month for infant daycare.

It was $360 last year, so I assume inflation has drastically increased the costs since then

[RonnieFranchise]

Thus we elected for Mrs. f to be a stay at home Mom for years. Her non masters level social work job would have paid maybe $2000 a month, take out the child care and vehicle expenses and it was well worth whatever pittance would have been left to have her stay with the kids.

Child care is way overpriced and Social Workers are possibly the most underpaid profession. To get to even $50k a year you need your Masters’ degree. Granted people don’t go into that to get rich.

[Freddy Rumsen]

My oldest daughter freelance babysits for two different families during the day Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri at their houses and makes crazy money. Nice benefit of being homeschooled.

Having a kid with cash is the best thing that's ever happened to me as a parent, especially since her route home passes by my office.

[mac5155]

Any tips or tricks for great wolf lodge in Sandusky? Planning a weekend trip in March with da fam.

[NTP66]

Any tips or tricks for great wolf lodge in Sandusky? Planning a weekend trip in March with da fam.

Buddy of mine goes all the time, and says he always books one day fewer than needed because you can store your luggage and still access the entire facility on the day of your checkout until close.

[mac5155]

Yes, we did that also - only booked one night but plan to go for two days to the Waterpark/indoor pool. I was wondering how that would work. I figured just keep a bag with an outfit as opposed to the whole suitcase.

[Morkle]

Any tips or tricks for great wolf lodge in Sandusky? Planning a weekend trip in March with da fam.

Get ready to pay absurd money unless you bring a majority of the things you need. We went last year, and are also going in March and are planning to avoid any food at all cost on-sight, where possible. Place is a money pit.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Morkle going full Pittsburgh dad with that post

[Morkle]

Well for one, it's Sandusky Ohio and I think we spent something like $1500 for 3 days last year. It was obscene.

[eddy]

Drop your kids off at my house, I'll shape them into upstanding citizens for half what you are paying

[Pavel Bure]

Any tips or tricks for great wolf lodge in Sandusky? Planning a weekend trip in March with da fam.

Get ready to pay absurd money unless you bring a majority of the things you need. We went last year, and are also going in March and are planning to avoid any food at all cost on-sight, where possible. Place is a money pit.

Would recommend Kalahari. Good food on site. Didn’t break the bank.

[mac5155]

Any tips or tricks for great wolf lodge in Sandusky? Planning a weekend trip in March with da fam.

Get ready to pay absurd money unless you bring a majority of the things you need. We went last year, and are also going in March and are planning to avoid any food at all cost on-sight, where possible. Place is a money pit.

Would recommend Kalahari. Good food on site. Didn’t break the bank.

Got one night at GWL for $225 after taxes for 6 (us 4 and grandma and pap). I thought that was decent. We'll make it a point to try and only eat one or two meals there. I'm sure my kid will be a whiny brat and grandma will give in though

[NTP66]

For those of you who had kids with braces, are retainers a thing where kids have to use them at night forever after the braces come off?