When to look for daycare?

nixon24

New mom-to-be here looking for some daycare advise.  I'm due in December, will be back to work in February, and am wondering when I would start really looking into daycares?  Ideally, my mom will take the babe for a day or 2, but both my husband and I work full-time, and will need a regular daycare.  Is it too early to start looking at centers now? 

cdbishop

I think it partly has to do with where you are looking.  If you are in Boston, there are year long waiting lists sometimes so I would start looking right away.  

I am a new mom to be as well (Due November), we live in Hopkinton but I work in Needham.  So I am just starting to look a little bit to get a feel out there.  

Eastie156

I think I remembered friends of mine looking while they were still in their first trimester, but that's because there's such a long wait in Boston. GL!

getaclue44

I live in Medway and we started looking about 25 weeks. We knew what center we wanted because friends use it. They had only one spot left at that point.