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Yey Yaya!

My daughter's new yaya (nanny) arrived today...after I entertained the thought of not getting one anymore. Yes, I dared to think of not getting someone to look after my daughter.

I've interviewed a few yaya applicants since we arrived from the US and I've always found a reason not to hire them. Perhaps God wanted me to get one because there wasn't anything I didn't like (initially) about the new yaya. She doesn't have kids of her own, her eyebrows aren't shave, her nails are short and unpolished, she keeps her long hair tied, she looks clean, she didn't wince when I mentioned she'd have to wear a uniform, she's younger than me and she looks patient.

Now she's all over the house...following my daughter. And I am here with my laptop. Working on my blog :)
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Anonymous said…
What does she have to wear? Describe more.
November 6, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Anonymous said…
That doesn't say match, I mean: I want to know which clothes who are included (maybe skirt and blouse, shirt, apron, dress, or what else?).
November 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
sujee isturis-sarmiento said…
i let our nanny wear a decent blouse and a pair of pants that match her top. when she wears it, she looks like she works in a hospital.

just wondering, are you from a european country?
November 13, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Anonymous said…
Hello, it's me again. I live in Sweden. Here it's very rare to employ a domestic worker at all since the 1970's, even among the very rich people. But a female person I know has told she worked as a live-in maid/nanny girl for some years when she was a young, low-educated girl with not much money in her late teens/early 20's. It was in the 1950's and 1960's, and her employer was very strict. Except for working hard, the girl also had to wear a uniform (or what you may call it if there's only one person working there), including a white blouse, a black skirt, a white apron and black shoes. Also, she had to wear a nametag, and tie her hair in a ponytail. And she had to curtsy every time her employer arrived. For every little misstake the girl made (like forgetting to put the blouse inside the skirt), the employer begun to complain at her.

In today's Sweden, employers of the few number of remaining domestic workers (often in Stockholm's richer families) may not be so strict, but some may still require the girls (domestic workers in Sweden have often been young girl, even if they) to wear uniforms like that an nametags or forbid long hair, and at least still require the girl to "behave good". I don't know if it's common or not, but it was more common before the 1970's and I think it's difficult to say since those girls today are so few.
November 18, 2008 at 3:55 PM
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