Hi,
I'm looking for advice from people living in France and who have experience with nounous. DS, 8 months, has been with a nounou since the beginning of April. He seems very happy with her, but I'm not.
Her good points are: a good environment (kids in living room, not closed off in a separate room), lots of toys, does activities like going to the library, takes them outside a lot. So far, she's been reliable. All in all, DS is a happy chappie when I go and pick him up.
Bad points: she's not against giving little slaps (une petite tape) when DS "misbehaves" (how an 8-month old can misbehave is beyond me). She is also critical of me breastfeeding DS (he has EBM during the day) and wants to know when I'm going to wean him. She rolled her eyes at the ceiling when I gave her his milk this morning. Don't even talk about BLW - DS isn't allowed to touch the spoon. Basically, I don't have any rapport with her.
Shall I just let it wash over and put it down to cultural differences, or look elsewhere? It was hard to find her, there aren't many nounous around and the other options were worse.
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bunnyfrance · 20/05/2010 10:11
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