you should consider to lend her money if she is take caring your baby. I will tell her that this 1000 will be deducted from coming salary and no more next time.
actually, most of the maids use this excuse like, accident, sick....to borrow money from us, in fact, I don't belive they have such many many accidents.....unbelivable. But If I were you, I would lend her max. 2000 and deduct from her salary, we did this to our Yan Yan. No matter how she need money now... for what you may not know, you will not loss any money if she is still work in your home in next month, but my case is I found out she borrowed money from "prime credit" one month before she asked us to borrow money, so please keep on eye of your personnal stuff and the maid financial situration