Bringing toddler out in the rain

I’m also a nanny, I think the mum sounds awesome getting her DC outside and walking rather than using the car, saves the environment and is much healthier. The child I look after spent a couple of hours at the farm during the storm the other week, she absolutely loved it and it was raining and a little windy.

I would say invest in some high quality rain gear, especially if you plan on staying in this line of work after this temporary position because lots of parents have similar expectations.

I suspect this thread is fake.

I hate rain so I have a lot of sympathy for you althogh i think asking you to get out every day is reasonabnle, and expecting you not to be completely deterred by a bit of rain is also reasonable.

However, I also think there's a huge difference between getting out to the park for a run round in the rain and puddles, vs a 30 minute walk in lashing rain to get to the library. Much as I hate rain, yes, I'd take my DC out sometimes even if it was cold and wet - but we'd drive to the park, get all our gear on, run around the park and get back in the car. I didn't walk along cold, wet, slippery pavements for 30 minutes first.

Similarly if you're walking and it's a bit drizzly, fine, no big deal. But if it's really coming down, that's really not fun for anyone so I think she's been a bit OTT personally.

When I take my younger one to the library, half of the outing is the walk.

Some people wouldn't mind this, some would loathe it. It's really up to you whether you can stand it OP. There's rain and rain too. Where we last lived in west coast Scotland I might do a thirty minute walk in the rain sometimes, but not all the time. Cos that was a LOT of rain. On a lot of the days. Don't listen to the "are you made of sugar lot" of course you can walk in the rain and enjoy it too but being in the library dripping on the books isn't fun.

@strawberrycrumbles

there are different degrees of severity of rain. No one is saying stay in if it’s just a little drizzle or shower that will pass.

also have you never heard of home workouts??! Being at home doesn’t mean sitting on your arse for hours on end

The car - whose car ?

yours ? are you insured for taking clients children in your car
is your car fitted with an appropriate car seat for this child ?

her car ? is she insured for you driving it ?

you live in england, you should have appropriate rain clothing, a rain coat, a brolly?

a walk in the rain is fine in suitable clothes.

either stupid posters or posters with a very limited understanding of a normal conversation would read this absolutely literally.

No one with half a brain is going out for a 30 min walk in that.
not everyone is a snowflake. A bit of heavy rain doesn't mean all life has to stop.

If you change all your plans and stop doing anything everytime it rains, I sincerely hope you don't live in the UK 😂

I would tell her if its torrential rai. Your taking the car to group

you are being ridiculous on purpose, I am not sure what point you are trying to make?

No need to spell out every single details, no one has said or implied you should brave a hurricane.

Where did you get that the OP was requested to go out in life-threatening weather? 😂 Posters use.. COMMON SENSE, you seem to be lacking of?

This made me smile - my kids did nursery in the Swedish system where parents complained if their child wasn't out of doors for 4-6 hours per day ... longer in summer.

Rain, shine deep snow ... out you go!

The 1-2 year olds had restricted time when it got to the minus 25C range and the pram naps outdoors were restricted at minus 20(ish) ... although they put them in their prams in the playroom and opened the windows!

Yes YABU, you are paid to do a job and you should know working in childcare involves going outdoors in all kinds of weather. I've worked in nursery's and we were expected to go outside with the children in all weathers. I have children myself and also take them out in any weather. If you were my nanny I'd be considering a replacement.

There is no such things as bad weather, just bad clothes 😀

Correction, insulting all the working parents who dictate how their nannies can transport their children to the library.

Get a rain coat, or even ask her to get you one as the only reason you need it is for your job she should provide it

@strawberrycrumbles

Comments on here...

She's not unreasonable to want her child taken out in all weathers

I would definitely want him to get out doors regardless of weather

All kids should be outdoors, whatever the weather

There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes

children need to be out regardless of the weather conditions

Either stupid people or people with a very limited understanding of the variations in weather.
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I have no idea what 'lashings of rain' might mean to the OP but it is what I would describe gusty hard horizontal rain lashing in at force. Yeah. No one with half a brain is going out for a 30 min walk in that.

Years ago, I was a nanny for a couple of years. I quite agree with you. I gave up one job where the mother expected me to walk everywhere with her whiny toddler, who hated walking as much as I did.

I don't mind going out in the rain, though. But not long walks in it, dragging a reluctant toddler.

I think you should have found this out at interview, although I didn't!

You're going to end up leaving. I did.

I didn't say the mother should do both, I said she should not place unreasonable demands on her childcare provider. I actually think it's pretty cunty of her not to let her nanny drive because things are "within walking distance". Yeah, lots of things are but it's still easier to drive sometimes. To be clear, I am not shaming the mother for working, I am shaming her for treating her nanny like she owns her. She can't dictate how she gets from A to B.

If the weather is really miserable I think going out twice a day is a bit much but I definitely think you should be going out once a day. I certainly don't think it's unreasonable of the mum to want her child outside and walking as much as possible. There's a huge expectation/emphasis from schools/nurseries now on getting lot's of outdoor time so

This made me laugh as well. I live in Germany and it's standard here to have rain clothes. I now wouldn't do it any differently and bring all their rain stuff when I come back to visit home (Scotland).

I really don't see the big deal at all. My kids' nurseries go out in all weather and I think it's brilliant.
We had the dentist this morning, also lashing ice rain here. Wasn't ideal but we had to. 15 minute walk. I have a 4.5 year old and a just turned 2 year old. On the way home, they had a grand time running through the puddles.

In what way is walking children to the library in rain comparable to an all-day outdoor physically-demanding manual job?

Ugly rain clothes? Oh, the horror!

@strawberrycrumbles

who said they should still go out in the middle of a hurricane? 😂
Errrr. Lots of people. Just read.

'There is no bad weather. Only bad clothes' Is being repeated over and over. Such a stupid comment. Like I said. People love speaking in absolutes.

There is bad weather. There is weather too bad to go out with a toddler. People just refuse to admit this. So yes they are saying go out in any weather. Even a howling fake and a hurricane apparently.

If that's not what they mean then they should say so. Not just say the OP is U as there is no such thing as bad weather 🙄