lease dont employ a confinement lady by the name of AH CHOO. She is absolutely horrible. first day arrive she pass us the receipts of her taxi ride from custom woodlands to my place. She is from MELAKA. Anyway thats fine.
She told me she only given 21 days pass to be in Singapore.! so i ask her how? She ask us to apply work permit which would be another $200+. on top of S$2800.
She is not a big fan of Breastfeeding too. When i started breastfeeding with difficulty, it doesnt help her being there encouraging to bottled feed!
Please dont contact or employ her.
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Your CL had only 21 days left in Singapore is because she had worked for others in the previous months. According to ICA, Malaysians have 60 days to stay in Singapore. So to restart these 60 days, they have to go back to Malaysia to stay for one month. So if your CL has worked for others in the previous months and she has only gone back to Malaysia for a few days before she embarks to Singapore to work again, they will just deduct her previous number of days stayed in Singapore and that will be her remaining number of days to stay in Singapore. In order for her to work for you for 28 days for your confinement, you need to apply a temporary work permit via MOM website. If you and DH are Singaporeans, the levy is about $120 per month. On top of that, when you submit the application for the temporary work permit, there's an administrative fee of $30 to pay. These 60 days thingy is really a heng-suay kind of thing. If you happen to be the previous employer, then you probably don't need to apply the temporary work permit for her.
Most CLs are worried that your baby will go hungry especially if you are one with low supply of BM. BM is not as filling as FM. However, if you have abundance of BM, you can always insist her to feed your baby BM.
I'm speaking from my own experience. My CL also always asks me if my baby is full drinking my BM. I'm someone with low supply but I still insist on breastfeeding my girl. When I put my girl in her cot to sleep, she cries then my CL will say she doesn't like to sleep in the cot. She will also say my girl doesn't like to sit in the car seat when she cries. One thing you must understand, generally CLs are not very highly educated and they mostly operate from their vast experiences. I tell my CL if my girl doesn't like to sleep in her cot then I'll train her to like to sleep in her cot. I also tell her my girl doesn't have a choice not to sit in the car seat as it's for her own safety and this is Singapore, not Malaysia. It's mandated by law that all children need to sit in a car seat in Singapore. If we get caught by traffic police, it's fine and demerit points. So she gets my point. My CL is actually a very kind and nice lady. Just that sometimes she is insensitive of what she says. I believe most CLs are like that too.
I think claiming the taxi fare from employers is very fair. For us, when we go out, we also pay for her meals. Sometimes my CL also buys us food to eat when we are outside.
My girl is now on total BM. We used to have a mix for her. Day time BM and night time FM. If you think it positively, it isn't a bad idea to give FM at night because FM can last longer and that also means you need not wake up so many times in the night to feed. If you intend to cut your night feeds as soon as possible, giving FM during the last feed can help that.