Probably a little less relevant to your question in context, but my advice is to step lightly with Day Care.
Short version: I had a very bad experience with the original day care centre my ex unilaterally enrolled our child in after the split, she used those 4 months where I was unaware of where child was enrolled and still awaiting interim orders to play her trade in manipulation with the staff at the centre and when I walked in there for the first time ever on the morning after my first overnight, I instantly knew I was in a hostile environment.
The director immediately snuck off to call my ex and give her a report on my arrival and the details of how the separation went as I attempted to leave... with my daughter a little upset and probably confused because she may have been concerned she may not see me again, but in fairness I have seen kids do much worse in normal every day drop offs.
Anyway, ex then proceeded to get the director to write an incredibly bias letter for her describing this as a "Total meltdown" and used this as her excuse to stop complying with the overnight ruling in the barely 2 week old interim orders.
I complained to the centre, centre fired the director and within a few weeks, another incident occurred, which ended up with me submitting a formal complaint to the department of education.
Centre realized they had overstepped the mark and decided best course of action was to terminate our childs enrollment.
Ex again enrolled child unilaterally in another centre and whilst this centre has been excellent with their management of this and I enjoy a great repore with staff and director, the whole saga turned out to be a huge point on which the magistrate made judgment.
Her repeatedly unilaterally enrolling child in centers demonstrated to him that ex was capable of making educational decisions independently and my decision to escalate the dispute with the original centre to the department of education was not seen as positive or productive by the magistrate, which in fact does hold some truth in hindsight, given the disruption to my daughter's routine and attendance to her regular child care centre (which I regret).
What I am getting at is, treat lightly with the center. I know how hard it is to deal with a centre that has been manipulated by your ex to support her at their detriment, but if you go in too hard, it will not be seen as a positive attitude and may in fact end up going against you, as it ultimately did for me - All parental rights and responsibilities were equally shared except for education, with sole and final decision given to the mother.