No Luck

We went to interview the nannies on Thursday night. Both of them claimed to have 10-20 years of experience in babysitting. The first nanny is quite pleasant. She is taking care of two toddlers at the moment, a 2-year-old girl and a 1-year old boy (turning 2 soon). I don't mind about having other kids around. Her husband has just retired and help her out at home. She agrees to feed Ethan twice a day and wanted to charge RM600/month (Mon-Fri). The only thing that I don't like is the children will be confined to the dining cum kitchen area the whole day and they cook almost everyday. I asked her "What about the children when you cook?" She said "Oh, no problem one, we open the windows, so the smoke will go out". I was like *Errr, not dangerous meh? Children playing there while you cook. Somemore, the kitchen must be oily one mar because you cook so often*. I cannot imagine lar. Even at home we do not allow Ethan to go into the kitchen. No lar.

The second nanny is a very typical 'see lai' (housewife) and is a bit rough. Her husband has also retired and help her out at home. She is taking care of a 3-year-old girl. She said she just wanted another companion, that's why looking for another child to babysit. After saying that, she wanted to charge me RM650/month (Mon-Fri) including two times of porridge per day. Somemore, wanted me to pay deposit to confirm. She said "You know ar, things are very expensive now, gas, tomato, vege". No mention about meat or fish for the porridge. We noticed that the house was not so clean and I spotted her soles were dirty, greyish dark. Ethan is in the crawling stage now and likes to pick up things from the floor and put into his mouth. Aiyerrr, cannot lar. I also asked her "So, you cannot go out lor when taking care of the kids". She said "No lar, I don't go out during weekdays, I don't play mahjong also. Only that sometimes I bring the girl to the morning market". Errrr, something I don't quite like lor. I think I will tell her not to do it with my son if we ever decide to take her. But, judging from her personality, I think she will scold me back if I ever complain anything about her babysitting style.

So, in the end, we decided to reject both of them. In the meantime, we are giving Ethan multivitamins in the hope of boosting his immune system.