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Nanny being wet!

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hardlyawake · 23/07/2018 12:49

Have a newish nanny for DS aged 3. She’s spending more time with him now it’s the holidays. The last three times she has been with him, he has wet himself. Not a lot, he has bladder control and stops himself, but enough to dampen his clothes and he's been absolutely dry for months. When I asked her whether she’d reminded him to go, she said she’d asked him but he said he didn’t want to go (this in in the house, not in the middle of nowhere with no loos).

Well DS will often says he doesn’t want to go when he needs to go but doesn’t want stop playing. He’s three! But you just have to got tell him to go and he will!

Then she announced that she had put a plate of biscuits out and she had only had two and he had eaten the rest. She said it as a complaint to me! I asked why she didn’t stop him if she thought it was too much (I don’t knos what she meant bh a plateful, I’ve never seen him do this but then I don’t put a plate of biscuits out as I don't eat them, I just give him his on a plate) and she just looked at me, didn’t say anything.

There are similar stories, silly things that DS will try and get away without doing, like washing his hands, but complies when you tell him.

DS is s very sweet boy. He might have a grumble but would never tantrum or anything if told to do or not to do something, so I don’t know what she’s scared of!

I was under the impression nannies looked after this sort of thing. Am i wrong?

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LongSummerDays · 23/07/2018 13:20

She doesn't sound very confident tbh. You're definitely not wrong.

Mishappening · 23/07/2018 13:25

Unfortunately when we leave our children with someone else, things often get done differently; but these actions seem a bit drippy. I am not sure this nanny would have a grasp of safety issues.

You need to get a different nanny.

By the way, you are very lucky he does not have tantrums - please don't expect it to last!!!

hardlyawake · 23/07/2018 13:52

Yes, drippy, that’s the word.

I know I have been lucky so far re the tantrums!

Nanny is from very good nanny college, known for their insistence on manners etc. and in her 50s, not just starting out. I’m really surprised she isn’t quite officious!

Not quite sure what to do. Of course I will say to tell him, but I can’t preempt every

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hardlyawake · 23/07/2018 13:54

Whoops posted too soon

I can’t preempt everything my son is going to do!

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TheAlchemist101 · 23/07/2018 14:08

I’d get someone else I don’t think you’ll change her anytime soon

hardlyawake · 23/07/2018 16:01

Thanks all. Think I’ll have a rethink. I do g wang DS getting into bad habits before school 😳

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hardlyawake · 23/07/2018 16:01

Dog wang = don’t want!

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HarrietKettleWasHere · 23/07/2018 16:04

Is it possible she's not in fact 'drippy' but not giving him the supervision he requires?

Does she have a lot of other duties while she's meant to be looking after him? Because with her age and experience her explanations don't quite stack up.

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