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

[Snippets]

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.

Oh, x-posts.

Still...

Here's your reward for being such a wonderful mummy.
You were obviously looking for it.

Snippets - I haven't answered your op. Sorry. Was weeping at the hairdryer thing.

[btw - MillyR I am pleased to hear the CM did nothing of the sort. Holy Moley.]

I think yabu to not allow a child a processed product of this nature [assuming the ingredients were decent and there were no onvious nasties]. But that would be my fairly relaxed approach to that stuff, as my own dd eats a fab diet so odd -pig-- outs lapses are allowed in this house.

I think it is fair enough to give more guidance to the nanny on what it is you do and do not want dc to have, and to expect that to be honoured [up to and not including hairdryer to the bottom].

yes, I see this stopfighting, and in that case the OP is not being unreasonable. Her staff should do what she asks of them. But then, she should think about being more explicit in her OP. If you read from the beginning, you will see where most posters are coming from (besides which, many people on here are struggling to feed their families at all, let alone moan about M&D pasta)

Just off to knit some porridge for the ds's breakfast. Can I do an extra portion for your ds snippets? Night night.

If she didn't spend her own money then where did the M&S pasta come from?

Bugger off now why don't you and get a life

BALD - I am switching off my computer for real soon (honestly!)

Cats take ages to come through, if you want to email me, it's [email protected]

I may stick around for five minutes or so

*The issue which would make me uncomfortable is the fact that she has agrred to one thing, then gone and done something else.

Does no-one else see this?? *

But, as I've repeatedly asked, have the guidelines been explicitly specified?

And 3k net for a nanny is not that extortionate. It's 100npd which is appropriate for a very experienced live out nanny. And not that far off what I earn, although I appear to do more than the OPs nanny to earn my salary.

er meant

thank you Stopfighting. No, the entire concept is beyond them. Apparently it's ok to give a 13 month old baby convenience food. If I said I gave him a ready meal would the response be the same as this is basically what it is? In any job you are usually required to follow instructions - in my job I certainly am but wouldn't describe myself as a servant. Sorry, she is paid £2,00 a month net - can't type tonight.

pig out

BecauseImWorthIt.

I agree with you. It could just be down to a lack of clarity. If that's the case, it's easily resolved.

It's not necessarily the case hat the nanny has gone against the OP wishes, it's more a matter of opinion as to whether filled pasta counts as freshly cooked.

And you're not getting a roasting for feeding your child fresh food Snippets, it's your PFBish horror at one (in your opinion) convenience meal.

squonk have emailed you

Stopfighting yes a nanny should follow the rules set by the parents and that nanny did the point I was making those sort of people usually go through nannies quite quickly.

Is he 13 months or 14 months?

But did you define what freshly cooked means?!

For me freshly cooked means cooked (ie put into saucepan and cooked) - pre-stuffed pasta comes into that category.

I think the WOHM sniping got passed by because it is too late in the evening to turn this thread into a SAHM/WOHM debate.

Stopfighting, I do take your point about the nanny not following the agreement, but I think this is due to the imprecise definition of freshly cooked and pre-prepared.

In Italy you very rarely see prepackaged meals in their supermarkets - but there is plenty of fresh stuffed pasta. Perhaps your nanny did not consider this to be anything other than freshly cooked food? I would consider this to be fresh food myself.

Also - if you are working 55 hours per week and have a 14 month old child - how much time do you actually spend with your child? I'm sure your DC would much rather time with her mummy than freshly stuffed pasta.

Lol, no the concept is not beyond us, we are all just too lazy to be arsed to understand!

Thank you for a good giggle though, lightened up my friday night. Squonk you are fab!

applepudding,

that last comment is spiteful.

Put the nanny on your pasta rack and flay her with your crank handle.

Sorry, but you have to be stupid to think a pre-packaged meal from M&S is fresh food. She knows the type of food he has and that sacues are made from scratch and that he doesn't have pre-packed, processed food. I would think all of this is common sense really that a good nanny would know. Would you eat beans and sauages and think you'd had a nutritious meal? Hate the way people serve kids rubbish and think it's ok when it takes so little effort to make something yourself.

True though