Three day nanny! I'm not too keen are you?

[Ledkr]

She's not out Jo frost is she?

[Offcolour]

Seems pretty mean to me. Ridiculing and belittling the parents. Not at all empathetic or compassionate.

[Agnesmum]

Not sure about the wee wee tree!

[Offcolour]

Yeah, what was that? Won't the tree die?

[HeadFairy]

I think a lot she says does make sense, I think lots of people are guilty of over parenting, everything is no no no. But I feel so sad for the parents, they've clearly lost their way and her belittling them is really mean and I suspect purely because it makes good telly.

[Agnesmum]

Feel sorry for the parents, I hate the way she talks down to them.

[Agnesmum]

That's a good idea, give them sharp knives.

[Offcolour]

Oh lord. Why has she given them massive knives???

[Ledkr]

Glad it's not just me. She's given no practical trips at all.
I think the wee wee tree would smell after a bit.

[Ledkr]

We wanted some tips for our wayward toddler.
Alas

[Agnesmum]

Next week looks even worse. Has she only one dress?

[HeadFairy]

I've let ds use knives from a similar age.... I taught him how to use them properly, a 3year old can easily do it. He helps me chop stuff I'm cooking. He loves it.

[HumphreyCobbler]

the tree will die

[HeadFairy]

The tree will def die... Why didn't they start with the coloured ping pong balls in the loo. Most 3 year olds would love peeing standing up with those in the bowl.

[HappySunflower]

"Mummy is never ever carrying you again".

How sad.
They are three, not thirteen!!

I think a lot of what she's said is great, but all children need and deserve cuddles and to be picked up on occasion. The biggest things missing from her approach were empathy and sensitivity, I felt.

[HeadFairy]

I agree sunflower. I just wanted to give the whole family a hug, none of them looked happy. Even if it did all work out so quickly (and I'm sceptical of all these programmes) it was done in a really hard uncaring way.

[SilveryMoon]

I'm just watching it now on +1 and agree she seems a bit mean! Ok, those kids do seem a little out of hand, but come on, ditching the potty at 3? Why does it have to go? Most dc's aren't trained much before that are they?

[theliverpoolone]

I thought she was awful, I'd have thrown her out. I switched off after she snatched away the chldren's musical nightlight they were used to, so admittedly no idea if she had any "success" with them.

[SchrodingersFanny]

I quite liked it, thought she talked sense. I couldn't believe how much the parents were constantly telling them what they couldn't do. I though the way she showed them, by getting in their face was good.

[Spaulding]

I missed the beginning. I agreed with her regarding the night time routine. I was quite surprised by her recommended portion sizes for a three-year old. I must be way over-feeding my LO

[mrswimpeydimple]

I thought it was a good programme too and took away a few things that I will try and implement especially regarding dinner times. I liked her no nonsense approach and think it was the parents that needed the retraining as much and if not more than the kids. Thought Harry and Alfie were adorable too It's refreshing to have someone other than John Frost doing this type of thing too.

[FergusSingsTheBlues]

Oh! Not just me then thinking I was stuffing food into my toddler! My son would eat that little if he'd pigged out all day :)

[DalmationDots]

She talks sense but in a very patronising way and pretty irritating.

And a few unnecessary things like the wee tree, no carrying them and no musical thing at bedtime.

Also in the supermarket it only worked because she held onto them so tightly with both hands!! Yes the directing them helped, but it didn't solve everything.

[Xmasbaby11]

I thought there was some good advice. It was important what she said about being positive. The parents were very tense and negative without using any discipline. I don't think they came over badly, though - my heart went out to them. Everyone looked much happier by the end of it.

[HeadFairy]

I did wonder why they were bothering with a supermarket trip, wouldn't you just do an online order, but I suppose there are those little top up shops you have to do... The parents just looked like rabbits caught in a car's headlights. I did notice the nanny didn't use a supermarket basket but her own bag, which she kept on her shoulder when they weren't putting stuff in. That instantly changed the power balance.

[defineme]

I was just relieved that for once an expert was as lax as me-my lot started off weeing in the garden and also used large knives/scissors from an early age. It wasn't really by design though, just seemed to be the least mess (no our garden didn't smell of wee and roses seemed to flourish) when learning when out in garden-if I'd had a downstairs loo perhaps I wouldn't. I just couldn't see how to let them help with stuff if we didn't use the knives and children's scissors don't work very well.


I felt very sorry for the miserable parents and those poor boys screaming all day, but they seemed a lot happier by the end. They could see the light and appreciate those lovely boys.

I had twins when ds1 was 2, but dh and I always said twins first would have been harder.