Affordable childcare options in Providence - any advice?

The daycare near me wants more than I can pay. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. A neighbour offered help but not every day.

I swapped afternoons with another parent. It took some planning and saved us both money.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 8 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.