Sending your baby to infantcare vs getting a domestic helper. What did you choose and why?

Hey Ros, for us we chose a domestic helper + babysitter for first 4 months (I can't take maternity leave, so needed help from the beginning). Domestic helper takes care of the house, makes dinner and looks after our 2 pets. Babysitter looks after our little one. From month 5 onwards we have signed up for an infant care centre near my office. The pricing works out about the same for an ifc in the CBD or a babysitter. Babysitter is about $10 - $12 an hour - we also keep her over the weekend, so we are spending about $2500 a month for a babysitter. Our IFC is $1,800 before working mum subsidy, but does not include weekends.