You donât need to give your baby or newborn water until sheâs about four months old or when she starts solid foods.
For comparison, the average daily cost for a private room in a nursing home in South Carolina was $202 ($73,730 annually). The monthly private-pay base rate in an assisted living facility with one-bedroom apartments or private rooms with private baths was $3,280 per month ($39,360 for 12 months).
Child care costs are higher than rent in 500 out of the 618 areas examined in a recent institute study. There is also great variation among states, with the monthly care costs for a 4-year-old ranging from $344 in rural South Carolina to $1,472 in the District of Columbia.