3 day nanny tue 8pm ch4 s2

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just incase anyone liked this last series :)

I didn't like her approach in this episode at all.

I thought the bedtime bit was cruel. With DS I sat silently next to him in the dark (with MN for company) and gradually moved further away until I was out of the room. Takes a bit longer but I think it's kinder.

I thought they were far too lenient over the pram thing. Letting it go next to a road, risking killing someone. I'd have been on that like a ton of bricks. No 'let her deal with it' nonsense. That pram would have been back in the garden before you could say 'road collision' and would never be out for a walk again.

Luv - I doubt there's anything on these shows that the NSPCC would be interested in.

I liked their house and garden, looked really nice. The nanny was scary, but I thought that mum could stand up to her alright.

How was she scary? And how did mum stand up to her? Neither of the parents had a clue how to manage the behaviour of their out of control 3 year old - they needed some serious advice and guidance which is what they got

I'm half way through so far. from the posts I was expecting some kind of apocalyptic meltdown that melted paint of the walls.

that was nothing

Dd would knock two of those out before breakfast

Just finished. I get the impression from what the parents said at the end that they haven't managed to entirely keep it up given.the dd was sleeping before the many left and she's still up at night now.

She saw her chance and took it i expect.

would have liked to have seen them get rid of the dummy but I guess that would have been too much for the three days.

that was one smart kid and no offence to the parebts who seemed good people and have provided her a wonderful place to grow up but she's smarter than them. immensely. I don't think they see it. I think they still look at her and think baby. but she's walking talking strong willed mini.person

Rspcc would not get involved in a programme which showed children crying as having a temper tantrum as not getting their own way

Perhaps in former times grannies taught mumss to rear children. I am from a very large family. we didnt have those dramas. Perhaps TV has an interest in creating such OTT scenes.

It does not pay to be naive about how programmes are created. Dont be cynical. But please BE SCEPTICAL

lottapianos the nanny is scary in that she looked a bit like a no nonsense headmistress, which always scares me. The mum looked like she would speak her mind to anyone if she wanted to, except to her little princess.

The whole trouble with these programmes is the three day issue. Surely it's a matter of basic common sense to do these things more gradually. With Willow in the first programme, for instance, the mother could simply have cut down the amount of time she held Willow by around 10% a day and allowed her to develop independence naturally; likewise the gradual approach to bedtimes described by Hedgehog would be just as effective without causing a child all the distress of being left alone in the dark.

I missed last weeks, but I'm watching tonight. I'm finding it interesting so far. The mum seems to be finding it really hard to be positive with her children!

The mum seems depressed.

I think the Mum seems depressed too. I think she doesn't know how to feel or how to act with her kids because she's really struggling.

Didn't like it tonight. I don't think the Dad made any changes yet the nanny was acting as if he had. I think she was too hard on the Mum who seemed to be at a really really low ebb.

I thought the mum was depressed too and really struggling. She looked as though she needed a proper break. I wonder how things were before the separation.

Yes I felt really sorry for the mother too, I'm no expert but her eyes seemed so sad, she seemed clinically depressed to me. You could almost hear her thinking "I'm making every possible effort here, I am up until 2 am doing chores, I have a full time demanding job and raising two dc virtually alone and now I have to make f**ing cupcakes"

Think she did is doing brilliantly to cope with it all

I just hope her ex steps up properly and does his fair share of the supermarket shop and school runs and helps her regularly with everything she finds challenging right now.

Yes I thought her eyes were so sad and exhausted. The poor girl needs a break

I agree that the mum needed a proper break.?ut was unfair to put all the blame for the kids' behaviour on her.

That bit at the end - "look how far you've come" was bloody unhelpful as well, if it had been followed up with a montage of happy moments then it night have been worthwhile. Just showing mum the clips of her shouting didn't help her confidence at all.

I founds this week so sad. The mum did seem depressed, she was dead behind the eyes

I wonder if the DC ever went to their dad's house or they always stayed at the mums when the dad had access? The poor mum needed a proper break every week.

They were lovely children though weren't they?

I thought it was great tonight, the poor mum was on her knees and she looked much more relaxed at the end of the programme. I think hearing she was a good mum was just what she needed to hear. I think Kathryn played it just right.

I agree about the horribly negative bit at the end! That was really cruel and unhelpful.

I agree, I'm not sure they should have even featured it like that. I think the mum should have been encouraged to take a break and see her GP. She wasn't able to enjoy the good times at all, and seemed really on edge. I hope she's feeling better now, she seemed like a nice person having a hard time.

She followed it up with positive words though. Tbh regardless of whether the mum was just tired or depressed she needed to see that imo to see just how bloody awful it was.

What a pathetic excuse for a dad.

I did feel really sorry for the mum tonight. I think the nanny played it right in terms of improving things with the kids, but I still felt like the mum was putting on a bit of an act, like she wasn't really enjoying it.