It's about 65-70 minutes each way. I drive DD to family day care (20 mins), then either drive 25 mins to bus station for a 20 min bus ride, or I drive into CBD after dropping DD off which is 30 minutes with a 15 minute walk.

Driving to the bus station involves literally driving past my house again after drop-off and risking a parking fine for parking in a 5 hour carpark since I'm never early enough for the commuters' park. There is little point in catching a bus from daycare as the bus station near home is the beginning of the express bus route (the O-bahn) into the city. Anything else takes at least twice as long.

I could find daycare closer to home, but the lady who does it is married to one of DH's work colleagues and she is one of few people who DD took to when she was quite young. (She met DD at 4 months of age and DD went to sleep on her - she didn't do that for anybody). Ideally DH would get up and take her as he doesn't start work until 2pm, but I haven't been able to convince him yet (he could go back to bed after drop off).