Michelle,
Noted on Zoo. Filling leave form now.
bbgal,
Alot of these gals are small in size. I tink the diet at their country might hv contribituted to it.
Lucius took abt 1 month to get used to the maid. He will cry before i leave for work, i can hear his screams downstairs. He will refuse to be fed by the new maid. He will refuse to be bathe by the new maid as well. Amongst others. It was very painful.
But i tried to not stay or be home for him to ask for me. And he slowly 'accepted' the new maid. In the entire process, the new maid really tried her best to make things work. She will rush to lucius side before me. She will make an effort to make lucius forget abt mummy by playing, laughing, tickling him etc. When lucius screamed "Go away", instead of asking for help, she took the initiative to go towards lucius and continue with whatever she was supposed to be doing... things like that.
I 'supported' her by ignoring lucius's wail. Staying out of his sight or even hiding in the storeroom. But instinctively, i knew the maid can be trusted and i liked the way the maid handled the situation.
I had a maid who worked only 1 month with me. And the main reason was, throughout the transition period, she did not show any initiative to approach the child. Instead, she will stay AWAY or look for me to help. To me, if she wants to care for the child, she must at least make an effort to make it work.