Dog Food and No Househelp

My son, he finally ate dog food today. I say finally because if I was totally honest with myself, it was only a matter of time before he discovered that the dog food is actually yummy in an off way. I know from experience. 

But how did Little Man aka The Rioter get to eating dog food in the first place? 

My house-help decided she must go today. She called me after I had just started my work in the office, 2 highways and a major road away, she had to leave by 1 pm today. Now this my current help has been the most annoying help I've had. She says she can't manage the housework because of the baby. This baby is 7 months old, sits up on his own and is comfortable with being carried on the back. Anyhoo, so she decides she has to go on leave today! So I say fine, she can go, after the baby sitter comes. Sometimes she has a lot of work to, so for the days where I know it really is a lot of work a sitter comes in for the baby and all things baby related. The sitter then decided to come in at 10 am and God knows what happened she too decided she cannot be left alone with the baby! So its just past 10 am and I’m getting calls from these two women to come take the baby they need to go.

A girl (me) has been a hands on mom and has been working sporadically from home for some time now. There are times I had no help with a baby barely 3 months old. I cleaned, washed and fed people. So when some-one comes and tells me that a 7 month-er is too much work, that floors cannot be cleaned and my living room dusted (she is not cooking, I cook in my house) or the laundry done… I do not understand her language.

So on the way back home from an aborted day at the office. I start calling agents I have used looking for a replacement. One agent says she has a girl ready to be interviewed. It’s on my way home so I go. The girl looks very shy, and looks like a hard worker. Then I ask her if she can manage a house with a 2 year old and a baby. She says she can manage the 2 year old but not the baby. So I ask her why, is she scared of handling a baby? Is it that she has never handled a child? Why is it hard to work with a baby? She says, the baby will take too much of her time and some babies don’t sleep enough to allow for housework.

Now when I was growing up I remember people used to tie baby on the back and work. What happened? Or is it that I am a country child and city people don’t tie babies on their back? The house-help who has ‘gone on leave’ refused to even try putting baby on her back! One I interviewed looked at me strangely for even suggesting it. What’s happening?

To cut a long story short, I am looking for a house-help who appreciates what work is. I think I’ve been hosting people in my house and they help with chores and get paid. No, I really need a worker.