blessedone, for mine, my agent advised us let them work it out themselves. mine are both indo. the day the 2nd one came, i got both of them together and discussed with them how to spilt up the work.. i say discussed, but i sort of lead the discussion to what the agent advised.... hehehe.... and i find it better, rather than set out a roster on who does what. anyway, after a while a routine sets in , like when they wake up, the 1st maid will wipe furniture and sweep /mop the floor. the 2nd maid will boil water, steam milk bottles and wash nappies. if the babies wake up, anyone who hear them will attend to them.... no need to say maid 1 take care of baby 1 and maid 2 take care of baby 2. otherwise, u'd find maid 1 idling while maid 2 in toilet and baby 2 crying.
the first few days will be a bit lost... but they'd settle in quite quickly and get into routine. maybe it helped that both my maids ex-sin and both worked in envt where there were 2 maids in the housefold before.
try not to compare them, they'd feel presurised and depressed, esp the weaker one.... and during the discussion on day 1, make sure u tell them your expectations.... that there should not be any pushing of responsibilities, they are a team and they either both get scolding or both get praise. similarly, if ther is any conflict they should manage themselves, if cannot resolve then come see me and expect scolding if that happens.
my problem is nto having enough for them to do... hahaha.... sometimes i see them sitting down and chit chat... which i think is the luxury of maids working in such and envt. i mean b4 maid 2 came, i never see my maid 1 idle one lor... she cant even find time go toilet one... cos there was only me and her. now she happy lor... got people chit chat.... chit chat till i sometimes stop them, cos i prefer them to rest as my babies still wake up for nite feeds now.
hope that helps too.
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