A lot of daycare has a start age for kids. Our daycare it's 3 months old. So our 2nd son was in the same daycare as our older son after a few months. A lot o

A lot of daycare has a start age for kids. Our daycare it's 3 months old. So our 2nd son was in the same daycare as our older son after a few months. A lot of daycare providers also provide a discount for 2 kids. 10% isn't unheard of. That said the cost of this care is astronomical. We've seen places that are 20K per child and others that are 10K per child. The range can be even larger within the same town, not just metro area. That cost is in part because a teacher can only watch 4 kids from ages 3(mo) - 18 mo, 6 kids from 18 mo-3 year, and 8 from 3-5. Or something like that (state dependent) Costs also go down as the kids get older. Presumably because it's an hourly rate per child being watched and as you can take on more kids you can charge more per teacher. https://www.daycare.com/california/state51.html https://www.daycare.com/california/state51.html I feel tremendously for any single parent who has to send their children to preschool. Some places do have free daycare, I think Washington DC is on that list from 2-5 which is awesome.