Maid Woes

The last time that I screamed for a maid was when we went to the cruise, when Lil Shauna was 6 months old. However, all aspects proved that it was not time. There was no solution, other than wait & see. We survive well so far until Daddy Lim went on night shift. Coincidentally, my boss was preparing to go and ML (and has gone on ML on last Friday).

With piling work load and having to care for Lil Shauna on my own during the nights is really too taxing. Whilst in the office, I am practically racing with time. On many occasions, I can feel stress mounting, creating tension headache. I tot my blood pressure probably shoot thru' my head and maybe I will get stroke or something. Haha.

So, one day, while I was feeling super stressed at work, I pressed the button again. I told Daddy Lim and my Mum that I probably would need to get a maid.

So, my mum, my bro & I spoke at length, deciding wat is the best solution. They are not comfortable with having 2 maids under the same roof cos there are not enuff to occupy 2 maids in the day. We tot of engaging a maid and putting her at our place with Lil Shauna but are concerned about safety issues. My mum offered to help to supervise at times, but that would put unnecessary burden on her and there is no way that she can help supervise 24/7.

We also explored taking over the existing maid and put her at our place, under my mum's supervision. That will require the older niece to go into full-time child care and the younger niece into half-day childcare. Childcare services, especially good ones are not readily available. Long queues are common. Without the kids in the childcare, my SIL would not be able to handle and we cant take over the maid. Even with the kids into childcare services, my SIL might not be able to handle the younger niece, who can get quite difficult at times. Then there are times that the elder niece is on holiday, etc. If you ask me, I dun think that is a feasible option too. We might have found help, but it is probably a matter of time that my SIL scream murder.

After thinking and discussing and deliberating, we are still at square 1. There is no perfect solution. Status quo seems best for now. So, we will have to tahan more, until such a time that the nieces are old enuff for them to let go of the maid, or I get preggy the 2nd time. With history of pre-eclampsia, pregnancy is likely to be difficult. The risk of getting pre-eclampsia or at least pregnancy-induced hypertension is high. I dun think we can handle Lil Shauna ourselves then. As for now, I foresee myself staying over at my mum's place very often until Daddy Lim is back on day shift. Haiz..

Mummy Lim