I would say 'no'. But I believe young children need to be with their parents/primary care givers. And I would never have trusted strangers to do what I'd like done with my DS.

The tricky thing is, if you put a younger child into Child care YOU will suffer less 'hassle' from it, because there won't be the anxious response that you'll get with an 18 mth old for example.
I do think kids are better off if they can stay with their close people until they get through that stage though - their confidence is much higher and there's no risk to messing with attachment issues.

HAVING SAID ALL THAT, it's just my opinion and I do realise it doesn't work that way for everyone. It really depends where you sit on the parenting fence LOL! And it also depends on what sort of child care you find and how attentive they are to your LO. That makes a massive difference.