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Original poster

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

654 replies

coolbeans · 18/12/2008 10:06

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.

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Brangelina · 18/12/2008 12:13

Ooh, is that a press release from McD's?

I'm very sceptical about any nutritional info coming from McD's.

TheButterflyEffect · 18/12/2008 12:14

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Zazette · 18/12/2008 12:15

I wouldn't myself put quite so much trust in nutritional propaganda put out by McD's as TinyTim does. Home-made spag bol needn't have any salt in it at all. If McD's gave the recipe they were using for spag bol, the site might have some informational value. As it stands, it doesn't really say anything.

ipanemagirl · 18/12/2008 12:16

mcd's is garbage but i love it occasionally.
And maybe your nanny was hungry and isn't paid enough to eat at pizza express?!!!

CruellaDevile · 18/12/2008 12:16

Oh McDonalds say it's ok?

That's ok then, OP YAB VVVVV U

alors · 18/12/2008 12:17

The roughest vilest macD I have ever been to in my life was the one on the Champs Elysées.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 18/12/2008 12:17

I didn't say mcdonalds said it's ok Fact of the matter is a happy meal, whilst not ideal for every day eating, is really not that bad!

Original poster
coolbeans · 18/12/2008 12:18

Well. I?ve sacked her.

I haven?t really.

But he is my child, and it is my right to dictate his diet.

And I should have mentioned he is not to be given fast food, but I didn?t think I needed to.

My bad.

As it happens, my DH is French and hit the roof when I told him. Our nanny is French too and (sorry if I?m stereotyping), but I thought she would know better. So I entirely understand those viewpoints.

I don?t want him having a McD?s as ?occasional food?, as ?a treat? or in any permutation. And now he won?t.

Alors, c?est fini.

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wrapstar · 18/12/2008 12:18

Is she not allowed to feed him outside the home? I think that's horrible.

seeker · 18/12/2008 12:20

I doubt if she would have had to "feed' him it - if he's anything like mine he would have fallen on it like a ravening wolf!

Brangelina · 18/12/2008 12:20

Wrapstar, there are places other than McD's if you want to eat out y'know. I'm sure the OP hasn't put a ban on her DS eating out with nanny, she just wants her nanny to be a bit more judicious.

MrsWilburton · 18/12/2008 12:21

How do ALL threads on mumsnet end up being about France?

TheButterflyEffect · 18/12/2008 12:22

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needmorecoffee · 18/12/2008 12:22

when he's a teen he'll sneak out and eat MacD's to rebel!

mrsleroyjethrogibbs · 18/12/2008 12:22

I think the key word here is

BALANCE

and did you really sack her?

alors · 18/12/2008 12:22

Coolbeans - are you in the UK or in France,

I took my dh to KFC in the UK once (he's french) to show him the epitome of BAD fast food.

KFC opened up 5 months later, here in Southern France - 3 branches in under a year and all packed out, as far as I can see.

YEUCH.

babylovessanta · 18/12/2008 12:22

I think she should have asked you first! I like a MD now and again and so do my DC. There will come a point I would think when your DC will be influenced by peers - MD will be seen as a treat!

Brangelina · 18/12/2008 12:22

Yes, I don't understand why French food and people were being attacked so much. Maybe if I'd posted before Anna the vitriol would have been about the Italians.

Zazette · 18/12/2008 12:23

yes but you did TinyTim, because the site you use to justify the nutritional value of a happy meal is a McD's one. did you not even realise that? truly you live up to your posting name.

alors · 18/12/2008 12:23

I would never ever buy sushi for a three year old.

needmorecoffee · 18/12/2008 12:23

I have to buy pureed food when out for dd. She can't chew sushi.
Or make something and take it with us. Far cheaper

Umlellala · 18/12/2008 12:26

But then where do you eat your sushi and fruit salad? It's freezing outside.

jujumaman · 18/12/2008 12:26

Coolbeans

Quite right, you're the boss, you tell the nanny what to do ...

It's always worth remembering that nothing is a given where nannies are concerned. They feel the same about employers.

But rofl that she is French. Was was hounded out of the country for showing a fondness for le bigmac and forced to work here?

alors · 18/12/2008 12:26

Sushi is scary if the fish is not 100% fresh and/or if the food chain has not been 100% respected. Ditto the cooked, cooled rice.

Chewability or not, it is unsafe for a young child.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 18/12/2008 12:27

I live up to my posting name?
TinyTim?
Certainly don't think they had MCd's in Victorian England..

I didn't say 'It's ok because MankyDs says so' I said 'Here are the nutritional facts, take a look yourself'

Next I'll be told that I should never ever trust anything it says on any ingredients label/nutritional label ever again and to take along a little scientific measuring kit every time I eat out.