I have been busy trying to juggle work with my wifey and mommy duties, I don't even have time to blog. The only "me" time I have is when I'm watching my favorite TV series.
I'm organizing the things that we will be bringing to our new homey, I'm also busy buying new stuff from appliances to pails and rugs. It's like being newly-married all over again. The heat is not helping me in doing the whole superwoman thing, it's really hard to work with this weather condition. As a result, I had a bad cold last weekend which made me more irritable causing me to lose my temper and spank Hermione, and I regret it. I talked to her while she is sleeping and promised that mommy will not do that again. So come Sunday, while she is in her usual self, and keeps on testing my patience, I did not even raise my voice at her.
I realized that its really hard to find yaya nowadays that's why I made peace with Hermione's yaya last Sunday, we had a heart-to-heart talk. This came after reading "The Yaya Manual", it dawned on me that I was equally at fault for not communicating with our yaya my expectations, for not taking time to explain how I wanted things to be done and for not telling her rightaway her wrongdoings. And I can see that Hermione loves her yaya, she even knows how to say "yaya" and I know my little darling will surely miss her. So I need to think about what's best for my princess, and the best option now is to retain her.
Yaya J apologized and promised to improve and to do her best to meet all my expectations. In return, I gave her 30% increase in salary which is due by the way since she had been with us for a year. I also gave her additional day off and promised to cover her transportation expense if she will decide to go to the province for vacation once a year (preferably during December).
The morning after, I saw immediately an improvement on her behavior as well as in her work. Our talk plus her new compensation package definitely boosted her motivation and I'm happy that I had a change of heart about letting her go and giving her additional benefits as Hermione would definitely have much to gain from this.
Hermione turned 20 months last May 14, we celebrated it with a simple family dinner where we had Pancit, Roasted Chicken, Rellenong Bangus and Contis Cakes (Strawberry Shortcake and Velvet Chocolate). She is becoming more adorable than ever.
She can now do the following:
• Say: yaya, tita, daddy and rambles two-syllable words
• Do: tumble, run, operate her DVD player, new toys, computer
Her weight steadily going up but is becoming a picky eater so her pedia prescribed to give her Mosegor during our last visit as I complained on how little solid foods she takes. Her height still in the above average category, she is one tall lady. She loves drinking yakult, yogurt drink, fresh fruit shakes and juices. And she's becoming more of a mommy's girl.*Wink* Wink*
Yaya J has been with us for almost 1 year and she is our first yaya. I must say that I'm quite impressed since she studied "caregiving" and can speak english so I immediately hired her. She's into kids, she knows nursery rhymes, a lot of songs and she's very patient with my dear Hermione (atleast when I'm there, I'm not sure now if she is really that nice afterall), that made me increased her salary twice within one year span. Let alone my being so friendly with her.
But I started noticing that she is disorganized, no matter how many times I, my husband and MIL would remind her to keep Hermione's things in order I would find her things everywhere in the house and at times too dirty for my little girl's use. Of course, cleanliness is non-negotiable but I tried to convince myself and dear hubby that as long as she takes care of my little girl - I can just ignore this side of her.
But, she is getting worse than ever and its getting on my nerves especially that my little darling's health is being compromised. Also, she is beginning to be arrogant and would always reason out whenever we would remind her of our preference for things to be organized as much as possible. We always end up doing her duties. So last Sunday, I was really so pissed that she can't find Hermione's meds for the diaper rash which should have been treated earlier if only she's been observant enough to notice the rashes so I can't help that my patience finally ran out and I yelled at her, telling her that this is the main reason why I want things to be organized and she has a lot of time to do it since we're the one taking care of our tod whenever we are at home and we delegated washing and ironing of the little girl's clothes to our maid, so she could focus on Hermione alone.
The next morning I learned that she had plans of leaving us (maybe because of the incident) but of course she had a different reason when I talked to her, she told me that she has to take care of her sick mother (all of a sudden, her mom is too sickie), anyways, I didn't bother talking her out of it, I told her that if she really needs to go back to the province because of her mom, I'm okay with that and I would find a suitable replacement before her last day which is on the 15th. The night after our talk, she told my SIL that she just got carried away and didn't want to leave, but since I'm not asking her to stay, she doesn't have any choice now but to leave and stand by her announcement, however she wanted to stay up to the end of the month, since she has cash advances to pay for. Maybe she was banking on that I would persuade or even beg her to stay if she would tell me that she's leaving, because I need her. Well, she must be dreaming! For me - no body is indispensable.
And I wouldn't compromise my child's health, especially now that I'm beginning to realize how sloppy she is in doing her job, I don't mind paying for 2 yayas if it will provide me the assurance I need when it comes to my princess' caring needs, that is the main reason I'm working hard afterall, to provide my little girl with the best in everything.
I dunno, no matter how much you treat them good, yayas nowadays have this attitude that they are indispensable, gone are the days where loyalty is innate. So goodbye to her, and I sincerely hope she'll find a better employer.
I love big bags, why? because I'm a girl scout at heart, and I always bring almost everything even if I'm just going for a walk. As I was browsing, I saw my ultimate carry-all bag and since my dear bestfriend is going to HK, I asked her to buy me one and here it is - my Longchamp Le Pliage Tote Bag in red. Thanks Bes! Love, love, love.
Name: JV Home: Manila, Philippines About Me: 30-something. A wife to a wonderful husband. A mother to my little chinita. Career Woman by Choice. A Coffee Drinker.Shopaholic.Book Lover.Blogger.Movie Addict. Know me more
