The Swedish Daycare System

I am slowly navigating through the process of Swedish daycare/preschool.  Here is what I've learned so far from other moms:

• Daycare enrollment starts in August
• What do you do with your child until August?  
• Option A: You take your 14 months parental leave or you take yours and then your husband/boyfriend takes the remaining months until August rolls around
• Option B: You enroll earlier in a private, parent cooperative daycare
• You have to search and enroll for schools via www.stockholmstad.se
• When this website is translated into English via Google Chrome it makes no sense
• e.g., "The gender is gender not tall" --- whaaat??
• Not all links to schools on stockholmstad.se are functional
• The map takes forever to load
• You must rank your top 5 choices and then wait
• You may not get any of your choices
• Priority for enrollment is based on your child's age and if there are any siblings at that school
• You are guaranteed placement somewhere after 3 months of your application or 30 days after your desired start date
• Costs are based in percentage of your income.  If you make the equivalent of >$42,000/year, you will pay 3%
• Essentially it maxes out at $180/mth
• While this may appear inexpensive at first, you are definitely already paying this in the 40% taxes that have already been levied from your pay