Infant care vs hiring a domestic helper

Hi all, how did you decide between enrolling baby into infant care vs hiring a helper to care for baby after the maternity & paternity leave ends? I’m leaning towards infant care as it’s specialized care for baby and it will provide stimulation to the baby while my husband prefers hiring a helper since it will be 1-1 care plus helper can help with chores. We can rotate our wfh to ensure that at least one of us will be home with the helper but I still feel that we will be distracted by work and the helper’s care for baby will just be basic care…the longer husband and I discuss this, the slower we are in getting a space for our baby in the ideal infant care near our home…

Vô danh

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Thank you everyone for replying 💜 I totally missed out the very valid point about baby possibly falling sick often at infant care and this would be disruptive as well. Seems like it might be prudent to have baby build up immunity before starting childcare/playgroup around 18 months. I still struggle with the thought of having a helper, who is a stranger essentially, staying with us & being baby’s sole caregiver when we are at work, as one mummy pointed out too. Perhaps husband and I need to relook and see if we can adjust our finances to maybe consider half day infant care + helper. Best of both worlds then!

Vô danh

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I also struggle the thought of having a stranger staying with me. On the first day when my helper comes, I was quite sian. But after that you just get used to it and having a helper really helps alot. I can get more rest since I no need to do household chores as my husband is not very hands on as well.

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