All About Life Without Maids
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Nonkiasu,
When I had a maid, my hubby was on my nerves too and I was worried about him staying at home after he has retired :?:
Now that there is no maid, he has to iron clothes, keep and fold laundry. But when he mops the floor, he refuses to change water :x and I have to change the pail of water. That really makes me super mad :x -
janet_lee88:
No way my DH will do any housework. Our triplets arrived after 8 yrs of marriage. During the 8 yrs, with only 2 of us, we have no maid and he never lift a finger on any housework. So, put all my hope on my poor DSs.Nonkiasu,
When I had a maid, my hubby was on my nerves too and I was worried about him staying at home after he has retired :?:
Now that there is no maid, he has to iron clothes, keep and fold laundry. But when he mops the floor, he refuses to change water :x and I have to change the pail of water. That really makes me super mad :x
Btw, do you kids do housework? If do, must learn from you on how to train them. -
About catching movies… we usually take half day leave to catch a movie together, when the kids are in school haha… even when we used to have a maid we would do the same becoz we never leave the kids home alone with maid on weekends one…
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nonKiasu:
start them by getting them to wash the dishes, progress to sweeping the floor (they do that in school), mopping, taking out the rubbish, simple cooking like making hot drinks, toasting bread, then progress to cooking simple stuff like frying an egg, cutting veg, seasoning the chicken for roasting etc etc not that daunting ....
No way my DH will do any housework. Our triplets arrived after 8 yrs of marriage. During the 8 yrs, with only 2 of us, we have no maid and he never lift a finger on any housework. So, put all my hope on my poor DSs.janet_lee88:
Nonkiasu,
When I had a maid, my hubby was on my nerves too and I was worried about him staying at home after he has retired :?:
Now that there is no maid, he has to iron clothes, keep and fold laundry. But when he mops the floor, he refuses to change water :x and I have to change the pail of water. That really makes me super mad :x
Btw, do you kids do housework? If do, must learn from you on how to train them. -
It's tough having no maids at all although it only takes effective time management in order to achieve the activities you want to do. My DS is now 2 years old and I have been at home eversince to care for him myself with no help from anyone except a slight help from my working husband. I'm now a work at home mom, still care for my son, but at the same time working. I give him toys and educational videos to watch to keep him preoccupied and I work more hours every time he sleeps. If I do get tired, I get help and pay for someone to do the laundry and the ironing. I guess I have been used to this set-up already. I'll think of a different solution if ever my DS will go to school already.
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Just release a maid from hell. Yes, I agree with Mummabear that it can be abit tough without a maid cos I have to do all the housework myself and cook and look after my DD at the same time. I may be stressed, but its a different kind of stress.
But I strongly believe that its better not to have a maid than to have a terrible maid from hell!
I’m really scared of getting a new maid now, just gotta manage my time well and do everything myself. If really cannot manage, then may consider part time help. -
Ever since our errant maid left, life has been very stressful and chaotic. Blame it on ourselves for being too dependent on maid previously.
Just yesterday, DH unknowingly bathed DD with baby laundry detergent! :shock: Partially my fault cos I transferred the detergent to the baby bath bottle but forgot to tell him, and he also blur blur used it without asking me even though the 'liquid' looks different.
Am abit worried about my child bathed with the baby laundry detergent...will there be any adverse effect? Anyone can enlighten me? -
Angelight:
Angelight,Just release a maid from hell. Yes, I agree with Mummabear that it can be abit tough without a maid cos I have to do all the housework myself and cook and look after my DD at the same time. I may be stressed, but its a different kind of stress.
But I strongly believe that its better not to have a maid than to have a terrible maid from hell!
I'm really scared of getting a new maid now, just gotta manage my time well and do everything myself. If really cannot manage, then may consider part time help.
When my first maid left, I was almost going to
because she looked after my daughter since birth and cooked all our favourite food.
After the 4th maid, I got so fed up after returning her to the agency that I just didnt want any more maids. I threw away the maid's mattress and do up my daughter's room over the next few months. Now I value my privacy more than anything. Although my flat isn't sparkling clean, the satisfaction of cleaning my house is priceless. I don't have to put up with maid's black face or her attitude prob. When we go out, I don't have to buy an extra share of food for a maid who doesn't appreciate.
verykiasu,
I do housework when kids are in school. I get them to tidy the house for me, vacuum up the eraser dust after they are done with their work. Hubby mops the floor, irons the clothes, keeps and fold dry laundry. Oh yes, prepare coffee every morn. -
After more than a week without a full time maid, I’m starting to feel the strain on my mind and body. Now that I have to take care of all of DD’s physical needs (like bathing, washing her clothes, cooking and feeding her etc), on top of endless household chores, I realise I have neglected her emotional and intellectual needs cos too tired to play with, read to or teach her like I used to…wonder if I should go back to hiring a full-time maid again?
Part-time maid can only help to a certain extent, but the daily chores are taking too much of my precious time away for my DD. Sometimes I really wish I can be a supermum like some of the mummies here without maids. How did they do it? -
Angelight:
Hi Angelight, if bb skin got reaction, you would have seen it already - red/blotchy. it's bb detergent, still ok. Plus I'm sure you rinsed it off very fast. Don't worry lah...bbies are more resilient than we think.
Am abit worried about my child bathed with the baby laundry detergent...will there be any adverse effect? Anyone can enlighten me?
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