{"id":341,"date":"2006-12-21T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=341"},"modified":"2006-12-21T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T08:58:00","slug":"confinement-sleeping-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Confinement Sleeping Arrangement"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had very bad experience with our first confinement lady (CL) when we had Zara. Being extremely unhygenic (picked nose then applied diaper cream on Zara; dipped a spoon into her mouth to taste her own cooking and then using the same spoon to stir the broth later)<\/span>, totally non supportive of my breast feeding plan (when Zara cried because of hunger, she started chanting,<\/span> “aiyo, girl girl ah, mummy naughty ah, don’t let you drink powder milk ah<\/span>“, as though I wasn’t already stressed enough)<\/span> and rough (the thumping sound she made when she burped Zara was heart breaking)<\/span>; she got the boot the 2nd day. I took care of Zara on my own (no MIL to offer help, didn’t trust maid with Zara) with a few visits from the hospital nurse to teach me how to bath and care for Zara.<\/p>\n

We are trying our luck the 2nd time this round. Since I only started looking for one after I got my amnio result (into 5th month), we were not left with many choices (better ones were already hired). I haven’t met the CL, don’t know what she looks like, how she is.<\/p>\n

Daddy is extremely skeptical about leaving baby at night with the CL alone in a room for that one month. Since I’m going to breast feed anyway, we plan to have the CL sleep with me in our room, while Daddy takes the guest’s room.<\/p>\n

The thing is where will the CL sleep? On our queen size bed with me? Err.. I don’t think I want that. On Zara’s bed? Hah, here is what Zara said when we tried to ‘negotiate’ with her.
\nMe : “Zara let Aunty sleep on your bed, then Zara sleep with mummy on mummy’s bed ok? At night, mummy can hug hug you to sleep (to ‘motivate’ her)”<\/span>
\nZara : “Zara’s bed is Zara’s. Aunty sleep downstairs on the sofa.”<\/span>
\nMe : “There are lots of bugs downstairs at night.”
\n<\/span>Zara : *pointing to the guest’s room* “Aunty sleep in the other room.”
\n<\/span>Me : “Daddy is sleeping there already… We changed the mattress, bed sheets on your bed, then Zara let Aunty sleep on your bed can or not?”
\n<\/span>Zara : “Nooo! This is special bed *pointing to her bed*, only Zara can sleep here. Nobody can sleep”<\/span> (and I was worried she won’t settle in her own bed<\/a>, when we moved her from her cot to the bed)
\nMe : “Then where will aunty sleep?”
\n<\/span>Zara : *pointed to the floor in our room* “Sleep there then.”<\/span><\/p>\n

So, here is our plan, we’ll be setting up another single bed in our room near the cot, and have the CL sleep there for that month.<\/p>\n

Have a look at the room now, it’ll turn into a dorm when the other bed is moved in!<\/p>\n

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