Hi all,
I am currently full-time mummy to my 2 yr old daughter and 10 month old son, and have a cleaner for 10 hours per week and a Friday nanny for 10 hours as help. I do all the laundry and cooking for my little ones myself, and increasingly their ironing too. I suspect our cleaner has got a bit lazy, but she's been with my husband's family for years. However listening to our friends with a housekeeper in Singapore last night, I became very tempted with thinking about other options...
I am looking to go back to work part-time from Sept this year, so would love your advice on getting a live-out nanny/housekeeper for 30 hours per week instead of the both of the above. Obviously it's a bit delicate with my husband, but I want someone who will be a whizz, come in and sort us all out within an inch of our lives! I love our current nanny, but I guess it's not really in her job remmit at the mo to do that much housework at the mo. If I was increasing her hours, I could get her to do more?? Of course it is super important that anyone looking after our kids is brilliant with them too. I just wonder if it's better to have someone who can basically be of use every hour that they are here....
Want I really want is people or a person buzzing around our house like I do making sure everything is clean, and the kids are happy and well fed. Is that realistic?! Is the grass really greener on the other side?! I would love to know. HELP!!
Thanks so much Txx