Any tips for getting the "ideal" helper? What kind of questions should we ask during the interview? first time mum here... so kinda clueless...... but we want her to help with looking after baby...... thank you!

I think this is an extremely subjective topic. Every mum and dad might have a different answer to this, but whenever I am asked for advice in the early stage of selection, I suggest to ask yourself, whether the helper should primarily clean or primarily babysit. This helps you think about what skills you are looking for and apparently the 'perfect' helper can't do all perfectly. So when we selected ours, we were looking for personal soft skills with kids, because our "ideal" helper should look primarily after our son.