The quest for finding a yaya for Migi

Migi is turning 7 mos this coming Friday, but he was already handled by 3 different yayas.
Flashback..

Yaya#1  – a.k.a. Ana  (Age: 19)
[Profile]: Single, high school graduate, already had 1 child, from Leyte
[Duration]: 2009-09-10 ~ 2009-11-21 (2.5 mos)
[Side story]: Ana was with us from the time Migi was born. Last November 21, 2009 she availed her day off. Did not come back after wards leaving all her things and clothes with us. From what we heard from her cousin (since her cousin is the yaya of our nephews) she eloped with a guy she eye-balled. First problem: she advanced her salary for 1 month because her father was sick and needed money for hospitalization. But since she ran off… O well goodbye money… Second problem she caused, was we needed a replacement ASAP because my maternity leave would be over after a week and I needed to go back to office.
[Lessons Learned]: Don’t give advancement of salary no matter what.

Yaya#2  – a.k.a.  Letty (Age: 50)
[Profile]: Widowed, mother of 6 children, youngest child is 12 years old, from Cubao
[Duration]: 2009-11-2o ~ 2009-12-24 (less than 1 month)
[Side story]: Letty was a mother figure to us. But since she was old, some of her methods of taking care of baby is also old. One example is I specifically told her not to let Migi nap/sleep on his stomach (Nakadapa na position) because there was a risks of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) when babies sleep that way. But my mom (which luckily lives next door) caught her numerous times. When I confronted her about it she said Migi sleeps longer in stomach position. Hmmm…  more time for her to rest?!? She also dislikes cleaning the 2nd floor of our house. Reason: she said she hears voices in our room, she claims there are ghost living in our house…. She asks for  a Christmas vacation and promised to come back on January 2, 2010. She never came back.
[Lessons Learned]: Not to get an old yaya because you can’t teach old dogs new tricks.

Yaya#3  – a.k.a.  Jean (Age: 19)
[Profile]: High school graduate,  single, from Zamboanga
[Duration]: 2010-01-05 ~ 2010-04-09 (3 months)
[Side story]:  After a week of working as a yaya and household help, she wants out. Reason she cannot do yaya and household work together because she said my son is too heavy. Ouch! that hurts! (my son was already 19lbs @4mos). Our solution was to get another person to do household work. After that she decided to stay. She recommended her cousin, Erica. But since our house is too small for 2 household help, and during weekends we are the one taking care of our son, there are lots of idle time for them. The weird thing is even if there are the two of them our house seems dirtier than ever. And since they are cousins, when something wrong happens (e.g. broken dishes, lost things) they would hid it among themselves and would not admit it even when confronted. Another thing was I got my telephone bill yesterday. Lo & behold my bill was expensive. Apparently Erica is using our landline phone to call her friend’s cellphone.  Haayyy naku!!!
Last week they ask permission to leave their job because they would be going back to their province.
[Lessons Learned]: Give a daily detailed schedule of tasks to household help so they would know what we are expecting. Set house rules at the beginning of employment.

Yaya#4: unknown…
and so the quest for finding a yaya for migi continues…..