Three day nanny

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Anyone watching?

Plus she seemed nice and loaded
I know I noticed the house! Im surprised she doesn't have an in house nanny!

Oh. I spelt your name wrong

Just watching on plus 1. Do we know how old the twins are? They seem to be about the same age as my ds2, but not sure

22 months

They'll be 2 next month.

I consider myself quite a tough parent but thought her techniques were harsh tonight. Why the rush to get rid of the dummy? Can't they strap it to something so the girls could find them?

They are crafty little madams

that poor mum. dehydrating cos they haven't had the milk? she really over analyses everything.

Ah yes - DS is 23 months. No wonder it looks familiar! I have so much admiration for parents of twins!

Why not get rid of dummy?

Well yes, I see you have to eventually. Just seem harsh to do it on the same night of no bottle too.

Not really. why upset them twice when you can do it once

Because the kids throw them to get mom to pick it up, in this case the mom needed it doing for her own sanity.

I think also at that age if you take one tho away they become more heavily reliant on what's left making it harder. There's a point where what helps becomes more of a hinderence and when they are this age and more verbal and can make excuses like wee wee or hungry or doing what they did and throwing the dummy it's really far easier to have the night or two of crying and get rid

We'll agree to differ

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I think there were a few harsh things there especially around control crying but she's trying to do everything in 3 days hence why she's so strict

Why would you want to do it twice??
Bottles are not good for their teeth at bedtime anyway.

I really liked this, sensible advice.
True about the cross crying vs distress .

Nothing seemed harsh to me. they were treated like babies with bottles and dummies and plastic everything and not allowed to play without mum right there. even in an area where it was perfectly safe to let them.go.

that's far harsher to stifle them like that than to have them. go dummy less

I thought 70mins crying was a bit much. I'd like to see her get my 15 month old to sit and eat a meal nicely mind you- she will happily throw her food across the room no matter how involved in the family meal she is.

What if they were truly thirsty in the night though? I personally wouldn't ignore them like that but hey different parenting isn't it ?

Cup of water beside bed, no milk

I agree Giles harsh is deliberately being unkind, to me.
Being firm and doing whats best for your DC is not harsh, although it may be difficult to begin with.

They all looked so happy at the end.

They knew it as well. You could see them.shoot eachother lol on the camera. they were acting as a team. There was no real distress there. just want.

they were alot brighter and more capable than they were being given credit for

I thought she did good again.

Looks. not lol

Lotta - you can know about children before you have your own, but you know fuck all about parenting. When you're dealing with a baby/child you love it's a completely different thing to doing it as a detached professional.

DeandraReynolds exactly especially when it's your first!