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…

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i was in this dilemma too. NEITHER. we rework our finances and decided that i will resign once my ML is over. i won't want to missed out on my child's milestone and worry about my kid falling sick. once she reach 2 years then i will return to workforce and will send her to childcare 😊