It was hard, but I was able to find $1400 a month when I lived in Belmont and $1000-$1200 a month out in the Harvard/Bolton/Stow area. That’s going to be a home daycare, which has its pros/cons. Be ready to be waitlisted so get on this early if you can. It also requires some persistence with following up on emails, calls, etc.

Childcare costs are insane and incredibly prohibitive. And people wonder why millennials/Gen Z aren’t having kids…

You forgot an option for “I don’t think I have it, but when I leave the state everyone I meet immediately knows I’m from Boston”.

I second this.