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To be annoyed with childminder for giving DS ready made pasta?

1003 replies

Snippets · 15/05/2009 23:08

The freshly stuffed type you buy from M&S? We had an agreement that all meals would be freshly cooked. I take ages making each meal for him from scratch and have never given him pre-prepared or convenience food and bit annoyed she has.

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juneybean · 16/05/2009 18:30

I bought a delightful box of pasta filled with salmon and dill the other week, twas lovely with a pot of napolatana sauce.

georgimama · 16/05/2009 18:32

No, I know, we x posted that's all .

clam · 16/05/2009 18:33

I wonder what Snippets Junior would prefer, if he could talk. Mummy "spending ages" (her words) hand-crafting home-cooked meals after a long day at the office, or Mummy bunging something quick in the oven and then sitting down and playing with him.

juneybean · 16/05/2009 18:34

or god forbid a Mcdonalds!

electra · 16/05/2009 18:36

OMG classic, emotive food thread,

YA, of course BU

clam · 16/05/2009 18:38

Actually, Snippets, this is a serious point. Do you have issues generally with this nanny, or is this a 'first offence?'
I would weigh up very carefully whether it is worth bringing this up, as she might just tell you to shove it. Is it really worth losing an otherwise good nanny who, presumably, your DS has formed an attachement to, over an M&S pasta dish?

coolma · 16/05/2009 18:39

Er it's not a nanny, it's a childminder sh has issues with..

juneybean · 16/05/2009 18:40

Halfway through she decided she had a nanny not a CM....unless she's reassessed the situation again and in fact it's an Au Pair.

randomname · 16/05/2009 18:46

Does your 'nanny' work in your home? if so I take it the pasta was in your house, it may have been assumed if you purchased it it was ok to give.

purpleduck · 16/05/2009 18:46

""YAeitherBU or YABfullofit.""

Makeda · 16/05/2009 18:51

TBH I think the OP is long gone...

fledtoscotland · 16/05/2009 18:54

Snippets - although YANBU to expect your childminder to follow your requests, i do think you need to get over yourself a bit with regards the food your DC eats.

I regularly cook meals from scratch 6 nights a week (cheaper and easier to keep the fat and salt contents down) but tonight, we had pizza. i am not lazy just sometimes we like a night off.

your DC will encounter junk food at some point and is likely to be that kid at the party going loopy on fruit shoots cos he's never seen or tasted one before and the sugar has gone to his head.

For your sake I would take a chill pill and allow a small tin of baked beans or a quorn sausage once in a while

MadameCastafiore · 16/05/2009 18:56

My kids sometimes have prepackaged crap from M&S or Waitrose but I think that is balanced out by their mother being with the and not off earning money for 55 hours a week.

Will he have happy memories of his lovely home-made meals or happy memories of his mother being there for him?

nannynick · 16/05/2009 18:59

For those of you who make your own pasta sauces... please can you share them with us all, by adding them to: Mumsnet Recipes (I like trying out things from that archive)

clam · 16/05/2009 19:02

Coolma, it is a nanny. The OP didn't wish to call har a nanny initially, for reasons I forget.
And I don't see it makes any difference, anyway. If her son has formed an attachment to whoever looks after him, he's going to suffer far more damage from her leaving in a strop than he would have done from eating the blasted pasta.

mamof3 · 16/05/2009 19:04

lmao at these posts ! ! ! miaooooooooow !

juneybean · 16/05/2009 19:05

such is life at mn lol

clam · 16/05/2009 19:06

And remember the nanny network. If the OP Has A Talk about something as ridiculous as this, she can rest assured it Will Get Out. You can picture the coffee shops in Snippetsville now. "She said WHAT??!!!"
She may find it quite hard to get a replacement.

Kimi · 16/05/2009 19:17

I have been known to make fresh pasta with free range eggs and Italian 00 flour.
I have even been known to make my own pasta sauce.....BUT I have also been known to use packets and guess what no one is dead or dying from it.... get over yourself life is too short...

AnnieLobeseder · 16/05/2009 19:52

OK, I think this has probably already been said, but YABVU, cos in the long run, your child is not going to be able to survive on home-cooked additive- and preservative-free food forever. There's a real world out there! OF course fresh home-cooked food is best, but FGS, some pre-made stuff here and there will make no difference at all! In fact, if you keep him away from anything processed his whole life, one day he will crack and go completely overboard. I wasn't allowed sweets or biscuits at home as a child, and now I have an eating disorder because I never learned how to eat treats in moderation. And even then, I was allowed to eat them at parties etc. What do you plan to do when your DS starts mixing with other children and going to parties etc?

Secondly, you've been rather insulting to the rest of us who live in the real world, assuming that if we don't feed our children food which is cooked completely from scratch for every meal, we must be feeding them McDonalds. There are things in tins, bottles and packets which are really not that unhealthy, and which make our lives a little easier, so that we have more time to spend with our children and are less stressed out when we do so. It's all about balance.

I'm sure your nanny, like the rest of us, thought that the pasta was a pretty healthy and not unreasonable option to give your son unstead of making something from scratch. Have you bothered to ask her why? Perhaps she was running late for a toddler group or something? Sticking to a schedule with children is really quite hard and sometimes you just need to take a shortcut to get things done.

Laquitar · 16/05/2009 20:45

I don't think she is troll and i am not shocked at her OP. As a former London nanny i used to see this every day . I knew a 2 year old girl who was NEVER allowed to eat bread-not even toast for breakfast- because 'is too fattening'. I ve seen children who were not allowed to eat sugar even on their OWN birthday!!! Only rice cake and only organic. Our society goes mad! I think FabulousBakerGirl at 18:13:04 is spot on. Also this controlling attitude will result in changing nannies every 3 months whih could be much more damaging than a pack of filled pasta! Personally i think the filled pasta was bought so that the parents feed him this on weekend - for an easy life- and wanted the child to eat 'home made food' mon-fri then she calls the rest of you 'lazy'.

Onestonetogo · 16/05/2009 22:00

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BottySpottom · 16/05/2009 22:03

That's really sad Laquitar. Small children can be damaged by not eating enough fat and calories in general. Some of these children will have such terrible issues over something that is meant to be fun, enjoyable and necessary.

skramble · 16/05/2009 22:13

Snippets is a fanny, she better never get a nanny as they will probably take her to McDonalds one day and then Smippets will implode and splatter everyone. Oh get over yourself, permade is ot always crap. You are shit for dumping her on a childminder LOL

Fimbo · 16/05/2009 22:16

I wonder what the OP would make of a deep fried Mars bar.

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