Going maid-less

[watervapour_baby]

Hi fellow parents, for those who have young children under 4 and coping without a maid, care to share with us how you manage your time?
I'm a mother of 2 young children and contemplating to go maid-less. Ideally I would still like to have home cooked meals for the kids. Appreciate any tips and ideas! Thanks!

 

[snowball32]

Hi Watervapourbaby,

I have 2 kids - aged 4 and 5.5yo. My maid just went back for her homeleave. Hence, I am "maidless" for the next 3 weeks. I should say, there are many things/ chores to do at home and I want to leave the evening time free to spend time with my children. Hence, for these 3 weeks, I took 1/2 day leave to go home in the afternoon to do housework and cook dinner.

I bought a thermal cooker which can be I used to cook soup early in the morning before going to work. No need gas or electricity. Hence, it is very safe to use esp when no one is at home. You can also consider getting a second one to cook stew. Or, get a 6-ltr pot that comes with 2 X 3-ltr inner pot - 1pot to cook stew and 1 pot to cook soup, all in one. You will get nice and hot home-cooked dinner when you go home.

For cleaning, you can consider getting a part-time maid to help with home cleaning.

 

[mummy2008]

Hi snowball,

What kind of thermal cooker are u using now? Am thinking of buy one.

Thanks

 

[snowball32]

Hi Mum_chng,

I am using the Tiger brand. Bought it last year at Tangs sale. It was the old model 4.5ltr pot at $249.00.

Very useful. No regrets as I already ploughed back the investment cost by saving on Gas (used 1 cyl every 2 mths now instead of 1 mth) and also save on electricity bill (no longer used the slow cooker).

 

[mummy2008]

Yes, I knew it from my friend. She also said very useful. But she bought it at very very cheap lor. She bought la gourmet brand 6l, and got free 1.5l at $70 after plus plus plus discount from Robinson. Ahhh ....should ask her buy it for me too

Thanks for ur info anyway. Really consider this for saving electricity n gas