Thursday, August 25, 2011

Confinement lady - A nightmare from Hell (Part 2)

Continuation from Part 1 .....

Once we got home, the complaints started. Hardly 30 minutes, she came and complained that we do not have enough large pots for her to boil the stuff that she needs. Mind you, I have 2 large stainless pots, 2 medium size pots and 2 smaller ones. And that is besides the TWO medium size slow cookers. She wanted me to buy some extra pots! I told her no way. Use what we have as I am sure that they are enough. And she did manage the entire 28 days with the pots that I have at home without much of a fuss after that....

Next complaint was when I told her that we actually did buy some black beans as I have read one of my confinement recipe books where black beans are used in some of the recipes. She asked me if the black beans have been fried? I was like 'Huh? Fried?'. And she went on and said "How to use when they are not fried?". I was SO very tempted to tell her off ..."Am I not paying you to fry them and cook them? If I have already fried them, why the hell should I employ you?" ...but since this is only the very first day, I was trying so hard to keep my cool...I really don't want to make this an issue, knowing that if I am stressed out, my wife would be stressed out and the last thing I want is my wife getting into a post natal depression!!!

We have bought tonnes of cute clothes for Chenya and this became the second issue. The moment she went through the closet, she came and complaint that they are too many jumpers. She wanted us to get for her, clothes which are easy to wear. We told her that there are and she can used what she wants ...and she went on to give us a lecture of how inconvenient it is to give Chenya jumpers !!! (as if we didn't know)

Next...declaring war on our maid...!!!!

10 comments:

Unknown said...

How come this confinement lady is so fussy!

LittleLamb said...

So sorry to hear this. How come u can tolerate until 28 or 30 days. Should have sack her. Hope everything is ok now...

johnnie lim said...

from your account I gather she is not so pro la. why can't she adapt to the situation and made do with what has been provide? why everything must be to her convenience? the whole idea of a confinement lady is to make things easy for the mum who had just came back from delivery.

chinnee said...

*faint...faint*...looking at the bright side, you have got yourself a very beautiful baby despite all u went through. She is really precious, aren't she? :p

CL said...

she is indeed a confinement lady from hell... glad that it is over now... enjoy the new bundle of joys..

Ai Sakura said...

omg is I had such a confinement lady I would surely slap her left right up down 23565232 times! Please, you should tell the company about her. Name and shame to warn other mothers!

Ai

Vickylow said...

Oh gosh this CL really problematic.

CathJ said...

I am sorry to say this.... I hate that CL.... hihihi...

really2 a night mare..

Anonymous said...

Most CL are crap.

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