My confinement nanny has finally left... she has initially told my MIL that she wanna leave on 29 Jun, Charlotte's full month... but yesterdae morn, she suddenly told me she wanna go home, cos her daughter's MIL (who had agreed to do her confinement) had fallen ill... wa biang! no advance notice given n wanna leave on the dae itself! coincidentally, she told me after Dearie stepped outta house for work... mebbe cos she wanna avoid seeing another unhappy face...
Told my MIL who's very unhappy... cos she's being very irresponsible... we deducted her pay accordingly based on the no. of daes she worked... itz a veri expensive lesson to learn, teaching us to open our eyes wide the next time we hire a confinement nanny...
Actualli, her job here is quite relaxing... she doesn't nid to bottle-feed Charlotte, wash n sterilise milk bottles etc... oso, we din ask her to do strenuous house-chores... she jus nid to look after Charlotte, wash her n my clothes, cook my confinement food (Dearie oso ate the same stuff as me, she din nid to cook separate meals for him) and do minor cleaning of the floor...
During her 1st week, she was stil okay, guided by MIL on wat types of confinement food to prepare n the way around the kitchen... but from 2nd week onwards, she showed her true colours!
1) She told my MIL her M-card was running low in value n she's unable to make calls home... so my MIL bot her a M-card worth $18... she then asked me to check on the balance (think she wanna confirm the card balance), telling me she had topped up her M-card b4 coming to Singapore!
2) She started bringing Charlotte outta the nursery n carried her while watching TV in the living room... while carrying her, she kept saying "Baby, Auntie carry you, rock you to sleep"... however Charlotte din cry, was jus lying quietly in her cot but she carried her out on the pretext of rocking her to sleep, but think she actualli wanted to watch TV!
3) She kept telling MIL n me dat during her previous confinement job, she slept in the air-conditioning wif the baby, v comfy... we told her we dun wanna expose Charlotte to too much air-conditioning.... but think she was trying to tell us she wanna sleep in air-conditioning too...
4) Initialli she cleaned the floor daily wif the MagicClean Wipes n mop... but she gradually cut down to cleaning every 2 or 3 daes... she oso cut down to jus using the mop, w/o the MagicClean Wipes... ydae me asked her whether she used the wipes b4 the mop... she said she used the MagicClean Wipes in the living room onli.... but whn me looked in the dustbin, there's no used wipes!?!?
5) At the end of the daes, she din bother to clear the rubbish bin... the bin would emit a foul smell, sometimes wif small flies flying around or wif the brim overflowing wif rubbish... but she din bother to replace wif a new, clean plastic bag... aiyo... Dearie n me had to clear the rubbish for her every nite...
6) She din bother to clean the kitchen tops after preparing the confinement food too... me jus couldn't stand it n started wiping the kitchen tops myself, much to the despair of my MIL n mum, who said me shouldn't do so, would onli make my hands dirty n oily, couldn't carry Charlotte...
7) We had alwiz thot these confinement nannies were professionals, would prepare delicious confinement foods, changing the menu daily... but she din... alwiz the same old food every lunch, til me wanna cry... MIL asked her to prepare soups for dines daily, but she oso din....
8) She oso liked to tok loudly to Charlotte... when Charlotte cried, she wil raise her voice at her, saying "Baby, losing temper again ah?"... but babies like to cry wat (their onli way of expressing themselves), wat else did she expect babies to do?!?!
etc...
Sighz... Dearie said me, being an easy-going person, could oso b so irritated by her... hmm... actualli, there's a limit to my easy-going nature... she has gone over the limit, such dat me can't take it anymore... nw dat she has left, itz good too... cos she's so irresponsible, lazy n distracted @ work, sometimes worried wat she'll do next too...
Luckily, MIL came over ydae after she left, n helped me wif the remaining of my confinement... else, dunno wat wil happen to me...
Told my MIL who's very unhappy... cos she's being very irresponsible... we deducted her pay accordingly based on the no. of daes she worked... itz a veri expensive lesson to learn, teaching us to open our eyes wide the next time we hire a confinement nanny...
Actualli, her job here is quite relaxing... she doesn't nid to bottle-feed Charlotte, wash n sterilise milk bottles etc... oso, we din ask her to do strenuous house-chores... she jus nid to look after Charlotte, wash her n my clothes, cook my confinement food (Dearie oso ate the same stuff as me, she din nid to cook separate meals for him) and do minor cleaning of the floor...
During her 1st week, she was stil okay, guided by MIL on wat types of confinement food to prepare n the way around the kitchen... but from 2nd week onwards, she showed her true colours!
1) She told my MIL her M-card was running low in value n she's unable to make calls home... so my MIL bot her a M-card worth $18... she then asked me to check on the balance (think she wanna confirm the card balance), telling me she had topped up her M-card b4 coming to Singapore!
2) She started bringing Charlotte outta the nursery n carried her while watching TV in the living room... while carrying her, she kept saying "Baby, Auntie carry you, rock you to sleep"... however Charlotte din cry, was jus lying quietly in her cot but she carried her out on the pretext of rocking her to sleep, but think she actualli wanted to watch TV!
3) She kept telling MIL n me dat during her previous confinement job, she slept in the air-conditioning wif the baby, v comfy... we told her we dun wanna expose Charlotte to too much air-conditioning.... but think she was trying to tell us she wanna sleep in air-conditioning too...
4) Initialli she cleaned the floor daily wif the MagicClean Wipes n mop... but she gradually cut down to cleaning every 2 or 3 daes... she oso cut down to jus using the mop, w/o the MagicClean Wipes... ydae me asked her whether she used the wipes b4 the mop... she said she used the MagicClean Wipes in the living room onli.... but whn me looked in the dustbin, there's no used wipes!?!?
5) At the end of the daes, she din bother to clear the rubbish bin... the bin would emit a foul smell, sometimes wif small flies flying around or wif the brim overflowing wif rubbish... but she din bother to replace wif a new, clean plastic bag... aiyo... Dearie n me had to clear the rubbish for her every nite...
6) She din bother to clean the kitchen tops after preparing the confinement food too... me jus couldn't stand it n started wiping the kitchen tops myself, much to the despair of my MIL n mum, who said me shouldn't do so, would onli make my hands dirty n oily, couldn't carry Charlotte...
7) We had alwiz thot these confinement nannies were professionals, would prepare delicious confinement foods, changing the menu daily... but she din... alwiz the same old food every lunch, til me wanna cry... MIL asked her to prepare soups for dines daily, but she oso din....
8) She oso liked to tok loudly to Charlotte... when Charlotte cried, she wil raise her voice at her, saying "Baby, losing temper again ah?"... but babies like to cry wat (their onli way of expressing themselves), wat else did she expect babies to do?!?!
etc...
Sighz... Dearie said me, being an easy-going person, could oso b so irritated by her... hmm... actualli, there's a limit to my easy-going nature... she has gone over the limit, such dat me can't take it anymore... nw dat she has left, itz good too... cos she's so irresponsible, lazy n distracted @ work, sometimes worried wat she'll do next too...
Luckily, MIL came over ydae after she left, n helped me wif the remaining of my confinement... else, dunno wat wil happen to me...
wa lau! the woman is too much!!!!!
sighz...