FloliMom:
Me too! Totally agree with your ideas!
My maid also 揍過初生嬰兒, 她也身為人母 -- 4 kids!
But I think the youngest BB should be old enough (e.g. 7 years old or above) to be independent!
Or else, you know, the maid will miss the BB too much -- home sick la..! :-(
Ma...Mi & FloliMom:
Totally agree with the two of you. 如果照顧過BB,同埋身為人母的,會好D.我依家個印印照顧過幾個小朋友,所以識得同我大仔細仔玩.
之前有個做咗個零月,雖然身為人母,但唔係自己照顧番,所以都好唔掂.
我最初請嘅做咗兩年,幾好嘅,不過佢未結婚,所以一搵到D錢就走,要趕返印尼搵人嫁.
Ma...Mi & PaulineVin,
My maid is a mother of 2 boys, aged 10 & 11 but she is only 30. (The Philippino women get married very early). So as you said, I guess she is not so home sick. She had once worked in HK some years ago. Originally I don't want one who had worked in HK before. However, after weighing some other factors, like experience in taking care of newborn (my no. 1 criterion), I'd rather sacrifice my this requirement and chose her. I was breast feeding Oi shun in her first 3 months so I really need the maid's understanding and co-operation in helping me take care of my girl, e.g., she needed to get up several times in mid-night and early morning to help change diapers for the baby and passed the baby to me for feeding, hold her and help her to burb ...... I need to take as much rest as possible to produce enough milk (I took a very long time to produce enough milk for my BB. I was so frustrated at that time. Indeed the issue of breast-feeding has almost driven me crazy!!). I am in a way quite fortunate to have hired her. She is experienced in taking care of newborn baby (although she still needs to follow my instructions and not her free will) and she is able to cook well too. Of course there are still rooms for improvement but basically she is OK.