A lot of spaces open up in September because of school starting. As children move into full day school many caregivers choose to fill their space with a new infant that will need the full day daycare. But there are parents going on maternity leave all months and since most caregivers only have a 2-4 week notice needed it could be September before they will know they will have an opening for November. What you might want to do is look for someone with an opening coming up in Sept but willing to hold the space for a month and then start your child gradually part time building up to full time so you both get used to being apart before you have to do it for real. It isn't too early to make contact with caregivers advertising for fall openings and mentioning when you wanted to start care and you might be surprised. Parents do tend to look 3-4 months in advance as it can take several weeks to do all of the interviews for caregivers you find before you narrow it down to one.