Parenting is a 24/7 non-stop responsibility. Ever since my mother-in-law’s maid, who stayed and helped in my house from the first month baby Edward was born, ran away two months ago, I’ve been extremely busy around the house all the day long. Caring for baby Edward takes up a huge chunk of my time and energy. Everything the maid does before she left, is now my husband’s duties.

My mom-in-law rang us about 3 days ago informing us that she has hired a new maid and asked if we would need a maid’s help around the house. She offered to let the maid stay at our house 3 or 4 days at a strech per week to help us out. But we declined such arrangement and told her we would be grateful if the maid comes around once every week or fortnightly to clean the house thoroughly. That would be enough.

We would be lying if we tell you we didn’t jump with joy when my mom-in-law offered her maid to help us. There are two reasons why we declined. First, my father-in-law didn’t like what she was doing. Of course who would want to hire a maid, have his wife sent her to another house and spend half the time helping out there. We can’t blame him. Secondly, it took us a while to adapt to life without a maid’s help. Mind you, I didn’t need a maid before baby Edward was born. But with a new baby in the house, busy took on another level of intensity and having a maid around is so tempting. Like I said, we adapted after suddenly left without a maid. And now somehow, we wish to stay that way and get used to it, no matter how tough. Having an extra pair of helping hand is great no doubt, a luxury I would say. But until we can afford such luxury in our life, it’s best not to spoil ourselves.