Hi Canies,
Could you pls. share the daily activities/ time schedule of your baby and your maid? My baby is also almost one year old. My maid couldn't handle all the things at all. I asked her to wake up at 7 to cook congee in advance, it seems that she is not happy about this arrangement.
my baby mostly has 2 snap at noon so the maid get more time on housework.
there schedule probably as follow:
7am maid wake up she will eat,mop floor,prepare congee(for two meal,keep in hte thremost)
*she must finish abt work before baby wake up.
730-9am baby has morning milk at , feed by myself, then she wash the milk bottle and steam it.wash clothes at the same time.
10-11am baby wake up, no matter what maid is doing, she will stop and play with baby.
11-12am feed baby congee, play a while then
1-2pm take him to bath,she also let baby ngng at toliet before bathing.
2-3pm mostly baby will take a hour snap after the bath, she then wash the dishes and cook herself lunch.finish the unfinish housework.
3-4pm baby wake up and take noon milk, maid play with him.
5-6pm baby second snap, maid prepare dinner.
6-7am baby wake up and has congee, maid feed him then I take care baby and let her starting cooking our dinner.
730-830pm we have dinner and look after baby together,sometimes if baby is too sticky then she will eat after I finish.she will probably finish the kicthen work before 9pm.
9-10pm watch tv and play with baby together, we take the shower at this time too.
10-11pm husband back and maid will serve him dinner, I take care baby.the she go sleep, mostly she can go to bed before 1030.
11-12pm baby has night milk which feed by me and I take him to sleep.
**I tent to let maid has at lease 8 hours sleep because taking care baby is quite tired job. sometimes if she maid seep late(after we when out toghther) I will let her has a snap if baby is sleeping.
at the beginning, don't let her think that she should just take care of the baby. she should try her best to finish all housework.
since your girl is 2y old, you should also try to train your girl to be independent, such as playing toys or reading books by herself. then your maid must be able to finish all daily housework.
my girl is 2.5y now and usually my maid just has to fold the clothes at night after washing the dishes.