Better to get maid whose job scope is wider and can do more variety of work, cost is the same

Nannies are expensive and work 8 to 6 daily only

You will appreciate somone who cooks cleans do laundry around the house while you can focus on yourself and baby

Only problem is, new maid needs extra care cos you need to monitor for a few months before concluding if she is reliable or not

i guess u can afford to hire a nanny/maid, thats why u asked.

cant give much input here. just want to say, only hire them if u really dont have any other choice.

the best is to take care of the child urself.
if not, then reliable family members.
if not then daycare.
if not then last choice is maid/nanny.

then by all means, go get a proper help.

dont get thru shady methods.

price would be higher, but at least u dont worry ur help running away with the baby/stuffs or anything wrong happen to baby or ur stuff.

it was just an advice.
when teachers at school said, "Dont hit other people" ," Dont steal" doesnt mean u already hit someone or steal something.
its an advice.

nowadays a lot of agents.
if while going thru these agents, they promise you too good to be true stories, then's something wrong.
im telling you to be careful, im not accusing you of being shady.

why with all the negative thinking?

Might not be the same as your request but I can share mine. I send my baby over to Nanny's home.

1. How did you guys came across your nanny?
MIL's friend

2. How much are you guys paying her?
RM1200 1 on 1

3. What's the job scope - can she cook (plus clean) besides taking care of the kid?
Take care of baby only. Working days. 7AM-7:30PM

4. Can foreign maids be nannies as well, or this seldom happens
not sure

Note: just be prepared, the nanny's way of taking care of baby might be diff with us...and sometimes it's hard to say them because they may not be happy.  Because I'm a new mother so I was very stressed initially, but afterwards ok edi.

There's  FB group (Chinese words) that is all about mothers/confinement/ nannies, last saw the price for nanny who comes over to home is around RM4000. Stay in nannies are higher.