This is such a good topic!

Saving a bit in the bank account is always a good thing, however, as I remind my clients, it takes a village to raise a child ... and it takes a village to help with all the chores! 

Generally I find that it takes A LOT of pressure off the couple to have outside help when it comes to things like cleaning, leaving time and energy left over for play with the little ones and some romance with your partner.  Yum...

I think as women we try to do everything  ourselves,  we have a tall order to fill and as a result we are exhausted and our nerves are shot.  So we naturally look to our partners to take off some the load but then we are just transferring this problematic tall order on to them. 

I highly highly recommended reaching out for paid help with the mundane household stuff (when the household can afford it) OR leave the house a bit dirty ( I don't like it either) but at the end of the day, our children our going to remember how much we laughed and played with them.  Partners will appreciate intimacy as priority over house work.  What you don't want is resentment building over clean floors if it comes at the expense of quality time together.

***Sometimes, having someone take care of the mundane stuff affords you time to go out there and make more money!!!  BONUS!