I am in similar situation ... my elder daughter is now 19 months, my baby boy is 4 months' old.
I am a working mom so we need 2 helpers. Perhaps everyone's situation is different, but for me, i don't think it is possible for 1 helper to take care of 2 ... my helper needs to take my daughter to playgroup 3 times a day, no one can take care of the baby when she is off to school. Before the new helper arrived, we had a month with only 1 helper, it was really a complete mess !!! during day time when she was feeding milk, no one was there to play with my daughter, so she was always left alone doing nothing and having no one to talk to ... having to take care of 2 babies, my helper simply could not leave home for market or supermarket ... even if we bought stuffs home, she couldn't spare the time to cook (just imagine, how could she stay in the kitchen leaving 2 babies outside)... she only had time when both babies were taking afternoon naps ... but within that 2 hours, she needed to do all the iroing, washing clothes (and small baby's clothes need to be hand-washed), cleaning (which is most important as the babies crawl around the house). When both cried at the same time (which happened all the times), she needed to hold them in 2 arms .... all these convinced me that it was too tough and harsh for 1 helper to take care of 2 babies of close age whilst handling all the house-works.
Now the second helper is here, things are so much better and everyone is relieved (at least for the moment when they can still get along well).... and yes, we increased the salary for the existing helper as she did help a lot in the past months!
hope the above helps ...
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LUCUSMaMa
Agree! For my concept, it is impossible for 1 helper to take care of 2 babies.
發表於 11-6-14 11:09
i m a full-time mum, and i need 2 helpers, so i hired 2.
i have low EQ so can't even handle 1 kid myself. i can teach and play with them, but not to feed/chg diaper/take shower for them.
i can't survive with just 1 maid at this moment (1 NB coming and a 2.5yo)
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