Feeling regret around early daycare for son. Any positive stories?

Hey y’all! My son is just over 4 months and is starting daycare. It’s a great place - our older daughter is currently there and we love the people, facility, and community.

But I feel kind of sad. Our daughter is as at home with us or a Nanny till she was 14 months. But that kind of Nanny cost us around $2.5k in Texas and is $5k here in Boston. We can’t afford that.

He’s just such a cutie and I feel bad that he won’t have the same growing up as his sister.

Any stories from Dads who had to put a kiddo or kiddos into school early?