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1. She can leave the used milk bottles lying around near the sink. She would do stuff like mopping the floor first before washing the bottles. This is not my practice and is never something that I would agree on. I always believe in washing the bottles after each feed (that is after putting the baby down to sleep).


2. As for bath and evening sponge after the feeds, she would also go and do some housework before attending to Kylie. By then Kylie would already be sound asleep. And after the bath or sponge, Kylie would be totally woken up and refused to sleep on her own. In such, we had to carry her to sleep.


3. Not sure if it's due to laziness or out of concern, she would ask if I can feed Kylie the breastmilk I had just expressed out (even though I'm still expressing halfway) instead of getting from the fridge.


4. She increased Kylie's milk intake without informing me. I had to find it out myself one day and asked her when did she increase it. And I found out that she increased the milk intake every time by 20ml instead of 10ml which we would normally do for Kristy. I was shocked when I realised Kylie was taking 100ml even before she was 2 weeks old. I was afraid it might be too much for her.


5. Initially she would only wash the baby clothes in the late afternoon when the sun is about to set. I asked her to wash the clothes after Kylie's bath so that the clothes can be "sunned" by the sun. But currently, she would still leave the clothes there after bath and proceed to do housework first. Sigh.


6. When Kristy is around, she would chuck her chores aside and play with Kristy. I had to ask her not to bother about Kristy and continue with her tasks. If not she would not have the time to do so when Kylie is awake again.


7. My mother bought pig liver for me to eat not knowing that it will cause milk supply to decrease. My CL knows about it but never tell her and just kept the liver in the fridge. One day my mother had to ask her about the liver and only then the CL told her about it. She could have said it on the day my mother passed it to her. Then my mother can let Kristy have the liver instead of wasting it. I also had to ask her to take out the liver and cook for my hubby to eat instead since I can't take it.


8. I had some bigger clothes for Kylie to wear when she's older kept in the cupboard. One fine day, she just opened up that cupboard and rummaged through. She found the packets of clothes and took out some clothes and said Kylie could wear it. I told her these clothes were only wore by Kristy when she was 1 year old. But she kept insisting can wear and proceeded on. Of course can wear since it's so big. But don't you find it an eyesore to see so many extra cloth when the baby wears it? To me, I find it an eyesore. Another problem is she never ask for permission before rummaging through the cupboard!


9. She would use a cloth to wipe Kylie's tongue. And this cloth is never washed. When I asked her if she washes it, she said yes. She washed with hot water and salt. I was stunned. Is this consider wash? My hubby and I had to tell her not to do so and wash it properly before she heeded our advice. And we had to say like 4 times before she did so.


10. The agreement for this confinement is supposed to be 28 days. SO theoretically, since she started on 20th May, the last day should be 16th June. But her way of counting is so different and it only resulted in 27 days. She counted 2 days together on 2nd June. The date that she went to re-stamp her passport to extend another 14 days stay. How can it be calculated this way? I initially wanted to deduct the "salary" but decided to let it go but only gave her $8 as ang pow.

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