The trial period

It is too early to say anything about the new maid, but as of today I am beginning to feel a bit exasperated. So is V. She is a bit slow ( in the head too) and lacks the dyamism that is required to be handling two restless kids.
I am one of those people who cant handle change very well - new school (well, once upon a time), new place, and now new maids.
The first day, I thought she was a paavam (poor thing). She must have thought the same about me too :) She said she knew my mom as her sister was a sweeper in mom's school.
The disaster on the first day was Ash finishing half a dozen cake pieces with egg and milk I had kept away. She just let him. She is too soft with the kids and lets them do what they want. She feeds Ash fine and is kind to the kids but when it comes to hydrating his skin, or acting wisely when a fishbone got stuck in his throat or he walked the few yards home from the school van in the rain are things beyond her capacity.
She is a Pentecost (we need to locate a Malloo Faith Home she can visit on Sundays), hypertensive, and is presently worried about some marital problem her younger sis is facing. As for her, she has experienced only a week of wedded bliss/torture ages ago and decided to call it quits after that.
Anyway, I will see for a month. If she is satisfactory, I hope she lasts at least until school closes in April.
Mira has today developed rashes on her body - some food allergy. Ash is going through a bad stage of eczema this week.