Pissed off with this maternity nurse thing

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DH does a job involving babies and obviously comes into contact with parents and sometimes maternity nurses.

We are doing major renovation work and basically living in one room and all sleeping in one - us and our 4,3 and 2 year olds

Tonight he has appeared home to advise that he was chatting to a parent and some super nanny woman (whom he has met a lot before) who has been brought into install a sleep routine for a 9 month old. DH to advise on health issues

All of our DCs are great sleepers but our 2 year old has been waking in the night since we all had to sleep in one.room. She has a drink (of water) and goes straight back to sleep. As we are all in one room, I dont want her crying so just let her have the water asap and all is well

DH - for some god foresaken reason - decided to tell super nanny woman and the parents about 2 year old not sleeping through whilst omitting to say we are all in one room and she wakes for aboit 60 seconds. Super nanny then proceeded to say that it sounded like we needed her to come and sort out a routine for us blah blah fuck off!

I am furious. I am not there to be made to look like shit mother of the year by omission and and to be used as some apocryphal tale of doom by this super nanny person. Basically, I dont try and make my DH look like a dick in public or tell lies tales about my DCs as part of general chit chat with parents and super nanmy twat

I am really pissed off about this and DH does not seem to get this at all. I may have to kill him

She was hardly going to do a tinkly laugh and agree that sleep routines and maternity nurse's advice are a load of wankery...when she is stood next to a client paying her for sleep routines and maternity nurse's advice.

I agree with that. And I'm annoyed that DH had told her a half story that no doubt wikk be added to her arsenal

She had better come round here. DD rarely sleeps through and I wake every hour. We both need training.

They are branching out vivienne DH knows at least two who would probably do a sleep routine for a 93 year old if paid enough

She was probably rolling her eyes at your DH, thinking he was another parent pumping her for free advice.

Send her my way I could do with a night or two off. purposefully missing by the point of a super sleep nanny thingamajobby

I think you're totally overreacting. He made a passing remark and the super nanny offered help which you declined. I doubt supernanny is now going to tell all and sundry about it for sales when she will have plenty of actual experiences helping parents to talk about aside from a passing comment.

Loads of people are missing the point OP. I get what you're saying, it is annoying of your DH, mainly that he came home and told you I think.

If she calls herself a Supernanny that's not asseptable.

The waking toddler has gone from 60 seconds to 30 seconds

By the end of the thread he'll be sleeping through the night anyway

Ease up on the woman. She offered her services based on what your husband told her.

That's his fault, not hers.

But did you larf at my Supernanny quip, our Worra?

Yes Flibbery I actually spat piss over my keyboard

Or something like that

Something similar happened to me tonight actually.
DP and I have ds together & I also have an older dd.
Dp makes chit chat at work with an older lady in work and tonight I heard one too many times "work friend says you should"
I lost my cool
He got told swiftly if he wishes to have work friend move in and take my place I am more than happy. If not shut up and let me get on with it.

It can be so irritating when you feel undermined or unfairly judged so I get how you feel.
Dh was probably meaning well, trying to help make things easier but not really thinking how it would make you feel.