'My daughter loves our housekeeper more than me - it's really awkward'
One mum feels like a spare part in her own family after deciding to hire a housekeeper to help with the cleaning.
The stay-at-home parent says the only chore she does herself is cooking dinner, so she can spend quality time with her two-year-old daughter. They go on various play dates such as to the park, play centres, bike rides and museums while her husband works full time.
The housekeeper only babysits when the mum has doctor appointments or when she has to sort out other important errands. However, it appears the child has started to show who her favourite carer is.
Taking to Mumsnet, the anonymous woman says she feels like her daughter 'loves' the housekeeper more than her, and doesn't know what to do about the awkward situation. "If [the] housekeeper is home when we are, she will prefer to play with her over me and actively tell me 'go away mummy' if I walk into the room they are playing in," the post reads.
"If I'm dressing her for the walk she will request that NH does it instead. I don't stop them and it's now turned into them playing together just after her nap because if I ask whether she wants to go outside, [my] daughter will say no she wants to play at home with the housekeeper rather than go with me to the park or do anything with me."
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Hundreds of users took to the comments to share their thoughts, with many consoling the mum, reassuring her the child is just going through 'a phase'. "I'm assuming that the housekeeper doesn't do any discipline and all the other boring parent stuff," One person wrote. "She's just fun so I don't think it's that unusual she wants to play with her."
Another commented: "It's probably just excitement of seeing somebody new a few times a week." While a third added: "If she falls over and bangs herself and still wants you then you've not lost it mothering wise. Just relax and be grateful you picked the right person for your child."
However, some users slammed the mum for having a nanny in the first place, when she is a stay-at-home parent. "You're jealous of your nanny/housekeeper, I’m jealous of you actually getting to mother your child all day rather than juggling it with housework," one user wrote. Another simply urged the mum to 'get rid' of the employee.
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