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.

French teenagers adore McDo.

A D O R E.

There are more mcd within 15 mins driving distance of teh population here, than casualty departments.

And they sell beer.

Sushi was just used as an example. I wouldn't give susho to my DD either, but then we're vegetarian. A wrap or sandwich, or slice of pizza with water/juice is perrfectly adequate.

So Brangelina, where should she feed the child when out I wonder? What would be the 'judicious' choice? Would it be somewhere with no working class children in it?

Farky hell

She took the kid to McDonald's not Stringfellows.

Get a grip.
Ask her nicely not to do it againg. She is no doubt an adult woman not a child, your nanny.

Official warnings - sheesh! and overangsting galore on this thread.

fk me you're all mad i tells ya MADDDDDD

alors - I agree that French teens eat a lot of MD.

There is, however, not the same expectation by nounous that they should, could and will take their charges to eat out at restaurants (of whatever nature) during their working day that nannies in the UK seem to have. All the nounous I know think that giving their charges a nutritious lunch at home is part and parcel of their duties - so much so that the nounous are often the ones who object to children eating at the school canteen and go and fetch them at lunch time to eat a "proper" lunch.

It would appear the answer to the entire conundrum is to not feed your child but smack it, in Paris.

WTF are nounous?

Snort at fabio - how was your birthday?

No, a sandwich bar, or a pizza place. This isn't a class issue. I take mine to a bar for a sandwich and juice or "capuccino", or else we go out for a pizza. Where I live these are very normal every class options

Anniemac - I think I stated that it is not the makingof the sushi that is the problem - it is the storage afterwards.

Anna, my son's nounou does home cooked meals. Last week he had HORSE LIVER. With endives aux gratin, of course!

But pizza is just as high in fat and calories as Mcdonalds, and much more expensive. But it's rather less common, eh?

nounou is a French nanny-cum-housekeeper - she minds the children and does all the housework. But she doesn't normally have any money to spend on the children - she takes them to the park but that's it in the way of entertainment.

Sack the nanny.... and look after the kids yourself.

Sorry, but I hate posters that slag of sevants on mumsnet.

at horse liver and endives.

My sister's MIL has a lady she specially employs to cook when the grandchildren are around. The grandchildren moan about the endless veau-carottes...

I eat oysters, steak tartare, sushi, carpaccio, raw seafood, the works.

But I would not give that to a young child.

Yeah but you still haven't said where you'd go to eat your packed lunch/sushi/sashimi/salad/wrap? Do you sit on a park bench? In winter?

alors: "Ditto the cooked, cooled rice."

lol. I have read something about this, but whatever those reports say, you clearly did not grow up in country where rice is staple. I did, and it was a hot tropical one. Wonder how me and my childhood friends made it past 5.

this reminds me of a mate's uncle who runs around after his preschooler saying "oh she LOVES oysters dont you fanny Anny"
shoving them in her mouth.

It depends what pizza you get. Also, it's not necessarily the quantity of fat but the quality. A lot of the fat in pizza is from extra-virgin olive oil. The only saturated fat is from the mozzarella. Furthermore, the pizzas in Italian pizzerie tend to be made from fresh(ish) ingredients (except for the odd tinned artichoke or mushroom) and not processed crap.