I hired my first maid long time ago. Total new and never come to Hong Kong.
She took care my new born baby. I am the main one to take care and she assist cause she have no experience to take care NB. After 10 weeks, I got back to work and she is the one to take care the bb and household plus cooking dinner for me and my hubby.
I got pregnant again after 2 years. She was the one to take care 2 baby + Household + cooking dinner for me and hubby.
She worked for us 5 years and at last she returned home to get marry and never come back.
So I think they can but see if they willing to do so.
It depends on how old is your child. My maid can take care of my boy from 2mths until now (24mths old). She could able to do all the housework and cook for dinner.
my helper has no problem taking care of my baby and doing housework. But of cos you can't have super high expectation, cos no matter what, baby come first.
I told her if there are days when baby is cranky or not feeling well, give me a call and don't spend time preparing dinner cos we can just go out for dinner.
So far she has not missed a single dinner if we are going home for meal.
Remember in the old days, our mother or grandmother did all the housework and took care of many kids. The only problem with a foreign maid is that she cannot cook CHinese food and has to learn fr scratch.
In the first few months, don't demand a lot. baby is the first priority. Parents can buy some ready-made food. The flat can be a little dirty.