With increasing age, the costs for children take an exponential jump upwards. We have about €500 per child per month (all in)
hm... well, we are now almost 4 years in.
Until 3, we had a monthly daycare fee plus food money of €615. Now with over 3, we are at about €400. I'm not complaining... High daycare fees come from high salaries. And the bad luck of living in an expensive community ;)
So much for the statement that children only become expensive later.
Or are your children still in kindergarten and you think it gets exponentially more later?!