My mum has done the lions share of the childcare whilst DH and I have both worked, for 6 years now, and I try to have a backup b'sitter, mum and dad still holiday and have a life ( she works too) and we all shuffle around, I also have a close gf ( and bubs godmother) and Aunt to help out, give it a try, if it doesn't work, you can always revisit the issue. Just for curriosity sake why is DH against child care?? especially if it only occasional?? I found my kids loved it, they went 1 day a week, from 2 til 4 and moved on to kinder.
Samuel being our first born, my husband is an extremely doting Dad and is very protective (and all that stuff), I suppose he doesn't see some of the benefits of child care. He just gets concerned about how Samuel would react and they would all be strangers to Samuel and to us (child care workers)..He says he would worry the whole time Samuel is there and I guess he believes that no one can look after your child like it's parents. It's just an idea he can't grasp right now, a hurdle he can't yet jump over..I don't want to push him and I think he might come around at some stage, just have to wait and see.