Today my heart broke a little bit. It was my little ones first day of preschool and I brought my helper along to assist me. When we were ready to leave, my little one kept bawling away and would not let go of my helper and kept saying "ateh, don't leave me" (ateh is big Sister). I told my baby, ok, mumma can take time off from work and spend with you and she replied, no I want ateh to stay and play with me. I feel jealous and hurt that my baby prefers The Maid to me. Am I being unreasonable? I feel like changing maids.

Hey mummy, I can understand how you feel! Don't feel like you're a bad parent or anything like that, and you should also be happy and thankful to have a helper that is good to your child - there are many stories of helpers mistreating children when their parents aren't home, so your child being attached to her is a sign that she's doing a good job :) What you can do is to spend more time with your child whenever possible - bringing your child out, playing together, bath time, or even just lying in bed with songs and stories. While it has nothing to do with your helper, it's really important NOT to let your child think that you're all about work, work, work :)