oh i dont' think it's because of language problems. my maid has bad attitude when she first came to hk to work for me.. only five months jar.. at first i thought she has problems in applying cantonese.. but that was not true... the misbehaviour become more and more.. actually for the first time she can already use local terms to 'inch' me... so i think you should scold her heavily.. give her black face for a few days.. let her know the seriousness..
i am so regret i didn't do so at that time... now.. i have to use more strengthen to get the effect.
If I were you, I will ask her if I need to monitor her for whole day on cam, what's the purpose of having her in my house? I could do the job instead of watching her! (I could save nearly $6000/month!)
If she tell lies, I will say: "Don't think I am stupid like you, stop excuses, just do it!"
She don't know what is the job duty of domestic help, she absolutely pretend she loves baby so no need to do anything in front of you, if she love the baby, she play with the baby, and baby should love her so much, at least will not ignore her.
As she was well experienced, such kind of old seafood, I will not keep her in my house, but at least will employ her in BB 1st year.