A month of being without domestic help, I must say we’re doing quite alright. Despite the exhaustion from running around, feeding the kids, laundry, making sure Kat is home from his daily adventures, sweeping, clearing the dishes and tucking the brats in bed, I feel quite happy and satisfied that things are still well under control. I don’t miss having a maid around at all, except for during the occasional trips out with the kids and both decide to be hyperactive and restless, therefore we end up being back home sooner than we’d like for fear of being arrested for public nuisance. But that also doesn’t happen often and most of the time we survived. I also noticed that I’m spending (wasting) less money on random shopping binges after work as I now have to rush home every day to fetch the kids from Mummy’s.
Most nights I only get to sit down and have dinner past 10pm when everything is sorted. But my day doesn’t end there, as I would still have to sort out the kids stuff for the next day and cleaning up the dining and kitchen before I shower and call it a night. I can hardly keep my eyes open through a full episode of House which is so upsetting as I’m loving the Huddy storyline this season!
Thank god I have the most helpful and handy hubby around to help with the heavy stuff. Like mowing the lawn, rubbish duties and Rainbow-ing the house. The Rainbow is a superb cleaning machine but its so bloody heavy to lug around. Iskandar does a great job with it.
The only thing that still needs to be worked on is getting the kids back on their routine at Tokmi’s house, which I think is quite impossible. They pretty much get to do/eat/watch whatever they want and of course that means eating junkfood, watching sinetrons, and skip their daytime naps. Which on some days can be hell to me as the kids will be too exhausted and super hyper by the time we get home at night to:- have a proper dinner / do homework / brush their teeth / be normal. Nothing much we can do there which is so frustrating..
One night the screaming madness got so bad that I ended up sending both kids off to bed with a scolding, without finishing their dinner. Imran was quite happy to escape a meal but Mia cried and cried until she vomited! I can’t remember ever scolding her that bad before that night. After the kids have both quiet down and settled to sleep, did it finally hit me how terrible I was to them. I forgot my vow to them that they will always come first no matter what, but that night all I cared for was that the kids are off to bed so I can move on with my chores! The realization knocked me so bad and I cried until Iskandar had to come home as he was worried about my little breakdown :P
It’s much better now that I have a “contingency” plan for these kinda situations. Things have been much more fun and I so look forward everyday to coming home to the kids, screaming and all.
Most nights I only get to sit down and have dinner past 10pm when everything is sorted. But my day doesn’t end there, as I would still have to sort out the kids stuff for the next day and cleaning up the dining and kitchen before I shower and call it a night. I can hardly keep my eyes open through a full episode of House which is so upsetting as I’m loving the Huddy storyline this season!
Thank god I have the most helpful and handy hubby around to help with the heavy stuff. Like mowing the lawn, rubbish duties and Rainbow-ing the house. The Rainbow is a superb cleaning machine but its so bloody heavy to lug around. Iskandar does a great job with it.
The only thing that still needs to be worked on is getting the kids back on their routine at Tokmi’s house, which I think is quite impossible. They pretty much get to do/eat/watch whatever they want and of course that means eating junkfood, watching sinetrons, and skip their daytime naps. Which on some days can be hell to me as the kids will be too exhausted and super hyper by the time we get home at night to:- have a proper dinner / do homework / brush their teeth / be normal. Nothing much we can do there which is so frustrating..
One night the screaming madness got so bad that I ended up sending both kids off to bed with a scolding, without finishing their dinner. Imran was quite happy to escape a meal but Mia cried and cried until she vomited! I can’t remember ever scolding her that bad before that night. After the kids have both quiet down and settled to sleep, did it finally hit me how terrible I was to them. I forgot my vow to them that they will always come first no matter what, but that night all I cared for was that the kids are off to bed so I can move on with my chores! The realization knocked me so bad and I cried until Iskandar had to come home as he was worried about my little breakdown :P
It’s much better now that I have a “contingency” plan for these kinda situations. Things have been much more fun and I so look forward everyday to coming home to the kids, screaming and all.
I can do this!
2 comments:
I have been maidless since my son just turned 2. It's actually not so bad if the husband is willing to help right? Yes, we might not have much free time to relax and put our feet up, but in a way we are much more hands on with the kids - and that matters a lot to them.
I only need to keep things tidy around the house on normal days, and do the laundry on weekends. The thorough cleaning part, I have a cleaner coming every 2 weeks and that helps a lot!
You can do it too, I'm sure :) All the best!!
thanks nina. ure right, its much better when we do it ourselves. ive had enough maid drama, i should write a book about it! :)
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