Where can I find an EXPERIENCED travel nanny to fly London - Sydney - London?????????????????

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I'd rather not pay a recruitment agents fee, I've searched google, and still nothing......

I need an experience nanny who has the experience of entertaining my 2 year old son for the flight from London to Hong Kong (stay over night) then Hong Kong to Sydney - stay in Sydney for a month then back again. I'm a nervous wreck! I'll be on the flight too but can't stand the thought of my son not being happy or being able to run around.

I'll of course pay for the nanny's flight etc, does anyone know where I can find someone with experience without paying a recruitment fee?????

Thanks

Nobody is debating KerryMums parenting skills, no doubt her kids are hard work, but her daily routine and her hardship in daily life is not really what is being discussed here, it is about hiring help on long airplane journes if for what ever reason you feel you are not upto it yourself. KerryMum has turned around and said this is bad parenting as your kids should be your responsibility. Just because she is very capable, it does not mean we all are, or should be. We do our best, with or without help.

Blimey, this went wrong then.
I'm with Issy, Kathyisixincheshigh et al, oooh, it's all about parents as martyrs again isn't it?

she's probably very capable because she doesn't have a choice

and lets face it, it doesn't depend on how capable you are as a parent, it depends on whether you can afford to pay someone to do the crap for you that you aren't willing to do yourself

Oh my giddy aunt

is this still going on?

did the OP come back?

wheeeyhey,lucky for me that I can afford to pay someone else to do the crap that I am not willing to do myself

But KerryMum, nobody is doubting that taking your kids on a plane is hard/impossible. But this does not mean that it is NOT hard to take kids without special needs on long plane journeys. My SIL can't go on plane journeys at all either.

Oh dear wouldn't like KM to get hard time either. Nobody would question your life is hard, your kids are hard etc, but still I don't think that means others can't have their choice to use childcare as they see fit. I reiterate my point (to the verge of tedium) re kids clubs. No difference I can see.

I have to say it's not just the flight either, ds1 is anaphylactic to certain foods so I have enough food for 3 days, epipens, napies, bottles, toddler food, car seat changes of clothes etc etc carting the whole frigging lot in transit and back again, trying to get a 2 year old who is hyper at the best of times to stand in line at passports, security etc.............

the whole thing is bringing me out in hives again...bring on the nanny...only problem is I'd feel guilty but bloody good luck to somebody who can afford it and wants to imo

KM I have no idea what its like to parent a child with PDD/HFA or AS. Other than its not remotely like my experiences with severe autism. Completely different issues and completely different problems. So I'm amazed that a nephew with PDD gives you such an insight.

But agree with WWW- this is all about competitive martyrdon. I regularly peel my fingernails off with pliers so I must be a great parent. I dont see the point of making life more difficult than it has to be, so if employing someone to help out on a plane trip to Oz will help the OP then why be up in arms about it. I flew alone to NZ and it was a hideous nightmare. The thought of doing it with any child makes me shudder.

Niceglasses, I wouldnt use kids clubs, as when I go on holiday I go to enjoy time with my family, especially my children. In fact we dont go on hotel holidays, we go camping, but that is beside the point. I rather pay somebody to help me care for my children WITH me AND enjoy them, than post them off into a club. But that is just me.

I LOVE farming out the tedious bits of parenting, I really do.

Is it a full moon again, dh seemed to think so last night?

Has the op' s two year old got severe learning difficulties? Did I miss something?

can you all stop stressing how shit flying to Australia is going to be please? with or without a nanny?

thanks

This thread is a total disgrace.

Really it is.

Did no-one stop for one second and wonder what the OP meant by 'I'm a nervous wreck'? Does she really need her entire competence and ttitude as a parent called into question? And a nanny is not a 'stranger', a nanny is someone who gets to know yuor children and they come to know and trust them back!

On the other hand when we took DS on an 11 hour flight when he was 8 monnths old and he declined to sleep at all, I woke from dozing off to find the bassinet thng empty, and DS half way down the aisle being cuddled by a genuine stranger who had caught him mid-air as he somehow jumped out. So there you have it -Blu, negligent, dozing mother lets her babe be grabbed by total stranger becuause she can't be arsed to stay awake for 11 hours on an ober night flight!

And if you don't understand what the OP's issues might be, does it take 300 plus posts of people all saying the same thing?

nasty bundling in.

Be funny somewhere else and not in a sniggering gang about someone you haven't bothered even to ask questions of.

are we doing competitive my life is shitter then yours now?

I am very confused what this has to do with the OP

I know its on the autistic spectrum. So is AS. Neither are anything like severe autism. To the point that separate support systems are being set up locally. Different issues, different problems, totally different conditions, different support needed.