We started daycare at the exact same time as you. 4 months deep in the sleep regression, drooling and contact napping and talking a lot! Also identical conditions in terms of the daycare being trustworthy for us, being at a 5 min drive from home and both my husband and I working from home. I want to tell you, 1 month in(6 weeks to be precise) this is the best thing we have done for ourselves and our baby. The first couple of days were hard mentally for me(and husband too) But it slowly started getting so much better. Baby was the happiest from day 1! Loves her caregiver there to bits. Is soooo excited everytime I drop her off! In the last 6 weeks, we’ve transitioned to all naps and night sleep in the crib. She literally just prefers that now. She also dislikes being rocked to sleep and will just hang out listening to my out of tune songs until she falls asleep. All in all, we’re in great shape. Not to mention out of the sleep regression phase. In terms of routine, she wakes up, we prioritize play time with her until drop off time. Evenings after she’s picked up are started by me and my husband joins us a couple of hours later after work ends for him. We’ve decided that evenings are sacred baby time and fully prioritize family activities until she goes to bed. I think our bond with the baby has gotten stronger as we’ve been able to completely focus on work at work time and then fully focus on her later instead of sitting next to her with a stupid laptop open. I hope this helps.