the personality of my old bun is ok, she is 49 and she need to take care my 3 years old son, she is a bit old, slow motion, easy to tired, poor eye sight and poor health. I found out that she had diabetes after 7 months cause she suddenly feel dizzy one day and then 3 times a month, each time need to go to A & E. So age is a problem to concern. :cry:
I definitey DO NOT recommend you to hire a 52 years old maid.
I have 2 babies (18 months and 2 1/2 years), I am a full-time mum. My current maid is an indonesian who is only 30 years old. I already find that she is "too old" to take care of young babies. She is slow and easy to get tired.
My agent told me that since the maid (no matter is Filippino or Indonesian) started to work at very young age, around 16, when they get 30, they are really "old" in terms of working ability already.
Since you need the maid to take care of your 1 year old baby, you need someone who is energetic and fast person, as your baby will start walking, running, climbing and doing a lot of dangerous things at home, if your maid is not "fast" and energetic, she cannot help you to make sure your baby is safe.
I agree with KP_128. My maid is 49 and is too slow to catch up with my 3 years old son's speed, always cannot handle him even taking bath, eating etc, even my son use the pen and write his room's wall, throwing thing outside the window, she can't stop him in time, it is not happened before my maid came. My mother-in-law is over 65 and still can handle my son before he is 3. So I put my son in whole day K1 since my maid health is not good and not keen in cooking, my son eat a little at home. Sometime I think she is much better than me, can rest a whole day before my son back at 5:00pm. I need to carry my son to school before work since my maid always cannot handle him to catch up the school bus on time.