The hunt for day care begins...

Yes, you read that right...day care!! Baby Jarbs is only the size of a pea but we are now looking for a day care for him/her! I had been doing my research and found out that there is about a year wait for day cares here in DC. Crazy! Today, I emailed a few Bright Horizons day cares that are in both in close proximity to our offices. One facility emailed back and I found out that they charge $1,910 per month! Wow. I did not realize that the cost of putting a child in day care is the same as paying for a mortgage! We can register in one of these day cares now and put ourselves in the waitlist. There is a $100 fee for this. Daddy Jarbs and I plan to go ahead and sign up and have this as a back up plan. This puts us in wait lists in three Bright Horizons facilities. Hopefully, by the time a space opens up in one of these day cares, which we assume will be in about 10 - 12 months, we would have found a cheaper option for child care.  We are hoping that we would be able to find a live-in nanny for Baby Jarbs or put him/her in one of the federal day cares which are a tad cheaper. We are keeping our fingers crossed!