Hello from a minority person ;-)

[Spixie33]

My only advice would be to get cracking as soon as you can. People are looking for July-September NOW. The thing about daycare is that at least half of people are looking over 4 months in advance.

I actually have had many clients contact me 6 - 8 months in advance.

I think that it isn't totally crazy to have a male dcp. Look at the movie Daddy Daycare....after that movie there were several articles about real daddy daycares. I saw an episode of Love it Or List it Vancouver and they had a father running a daycare out of the house. You know what? He sounded just like any of us female providers when he was talking about what his daycare space needs were and his business.