To expect my nanny NOT to feed my two year old a McDonalds Happy Meal?

[coolbeans]

I know it's not the end of the world and he is nearly three but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to ASK me, at least, before takes him out and stuffs him full of chicken nuggets and chips for lunch.

I'm not against McD's as such, but he's still really little and there's no need to take him there yet - it's not a bloody treat - as she seems to think.

I think that's what has annoyed me most. It's just food, I don't want him associating it with being a "treat" outing.

ROTFL.

The 'My nanny/au pair / childminder has behaved outrageously...don't you think?' threads always attract hundreds of posts, don't the?

Anna you make me howl with laughter.
Childcarers (CM to be precise) earn approx 3.50 per CHILD per HOUR so 13.50 per hour, hardly a poor rate, not to mention before and after school hours of an extra 3hrs and 3 children per day! You know very little.
Oh and I am also a highly skilled scrub nurse but chose CM because its better paid LOL. I have had experience working with health visitors, paediatrics and caring daily for several children in one go.....more experience than the average parent IMO!

mytetherisending - where did you grow up? I can't believe it can be considered normal to give toddlers tea and coffee?! It must make them hyper apart from anything else!

Is that your idea of french Yaroo

d'accord - yarroooooo.

First and only time I left my two year old with the new au pair was a lunchtime (fridge full of ham, cheese, salad etc)where I came home early to find dd making her own "marmalade sandwiches" in the kitchen with a large knife and half a jar of tiptree; the au pair was upstairs on the phone to her boyfriend.

it was not the first glitch.

reader, I sacked the au pair.

Hensmum, you are right, as my previous posts point out, although all appear to been ignored in the maelstrom.

lol at a trip to macdonalds being an 'incident'. Quick, set up the crime scene!

i ave a degree in it ackshewerly

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this isn't about you anymore coolbeans

I speak fluent french yarooo but write appallingly. I would so love a degree in french. Sigh.

It never fails to amaze me how posh mummies feel really comfortable employing young girls, who usually hail from a different social demographic to themselves (ie lower class) but at the same time expect them to have the same values, outlook etc as themselves as well as to be able to mind read at the same time.

I agree with you there, spokette

ROFL at Fio work is a dirty word to me too! I am taking a scive sabatical until January when I shall return to my scummy job
FWIW I grew up 30yrs ago in the UK where child tea drinking was very common. I and my brother have no health problems and have never been anaemic and slept well from birth onwards LOL. Even with tea x 3 per day we both needed afternoon sleeps until starting school, so certainly didn't make us hyper.
Suppose we could have been tea junkies and would need 12 cups a day for a hyper effect

A friend of mine's very posh sister in law lived on an estate (house not housing) in Norfolk and employed 'just a local girl' to look after her baby. Which was great - and v cheap - till the child started talking. First word was "Wotcha" said with a thumbs up sign.

Anna

PMSL at Alors!

Alors

pour qua? C'est que c'est la probleme parler francais? Jamais un problem? LOL Je parle un peut francais mais j'ecrit tres mal!!!!

speak english you idiot

Je parle francais aussi. y un poco espanol

Try hards.