The Baby Borrowers /new series

[3andnomore]

Will be on from next Monday again...but it's quite late...
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On the other, she was the youngest of all of them at 16.

Nappy, I agree, you can't compare the way the Teens look after someone elses child for a few days to how they would look after their own Kid.
However, I think the only couple that, as a couple as well as on a personal level, is ready to have children is Hannah and Jo, they are dealing amazing with the children and they are such a wonderful couple together

Ledodgy...lol yes, Nathan could be compared to Hevin, lol!

Mummypenguin, well, whilst I agree with you on the whole Emily scenario, I do think that Lauren is not doing a good Job, and tbh, for a psychology student, she has little true insight on the psyche of humans, I just hope she doesn't study psychology in order to become a therapist, because it would not be somehting that would suit her, certainly not until she has done lots and lots more growing up. She was reacting totally out of order. Yes, the parents were to happy to blame everything on them, but come on, how icey were they with the little girl from the start.
I really did feel though, that Emily was NOT suited to take part in this programme. It was obviously from the start that she is far to shy and quiet to cope with it. She is a really cute little girl, but really does seem more of the introverted type...!
Also, from last year I remember little Deja's (one of the Toddler that were with the couple that coped really well all in all) Mum stayed for a lot of the first night with her daughter in the Teenagers house, but they didn't show anything of those problems on the actual programme, because they wanted to portray the couple as the well adjusted, coping couple...becuase, all in all they did cope well.
Just saying it, as one has to remind oneself, that we are not shown all that is going on.

duchess, I thought Lauren is 18, she is NOT one of the youngest, her bf is younger then her, too...but gosh Laurents bf has no real personality has he....he is so boring, good looking and all and seems nice, but, certainly of what I have seen on the programme he is very boring, lol!

I think Hannah's and Jo's parents should be really proud of their children, they are both absolutely wonderful. I would love to be a parent like they are already. The way they are with teh Kids is so wonderful.
Must admit, I thought Amy and Nathan are doing quite well, and how funny was their Toddler.....right little character. But I bet his mum was mortified by the swearing her little Boy did....but I have to say, if it was me having to look after Tyler, I would have found it hilarious, too. Amy is really surprising me, I have to say....!

Agree emily wasn't perhaps the best choice. Lauren did try at first but quickly blamed it all on the child and the mother and reacted badly, agree Mum did not help in this ay all. Did wonder about some of Laurens comments considering she is meant to be studying pyscology.

The emo couple with the awearing boy did have a bit a of challenge there, difficult to know how to displine someone elses child when you don't know their normal boundries, bit of a conflict in style esp when Amy realised they had to take control him a bit more, Nathan didn't like having to do this at all and was obviously uncomfortable doing this.

Camping trip will be hilarious .

Agree emily wasn't perhaps the best choice. Lauren did try at first but quickly blamed it all on the child and the mother and reacted badly, agree Mum did not help in this ay all. Did wonder about some of Laurens comments considering she is meant to be studying pyscology.

The emo couple with the awearing boy did have a bit a of challenge there, difficult to know how to displine someone elses child when you don't know their normal boundries, bit of a conflict in style esp when Amy realised they had to take control him a bit more, Nathan didn't like having to do this at all and was obviously uncomfortable doing this.

Camping trip will be hilarious .

i thought emily's mum worried too much about her not eating. she did eat a bit so she wasn't going to starve. all the change probably made her not want to eat. it's quite common for children to go off food if there's a lot of change around them. i don't really believe in coaxing and bribing kids to eat. and how were lauren and sam supposed to know what specific pasta she had!!!and going to a creche 5 days a week isn't really the same as going to stay for 4 days with people she's never met. not that i'm condoning how lauren acted ...

i could understand nathan's predicament about whether to tell taylor off or not for swearing but didn't agree with amy's well he's goin to say it anyway it doesn't really matter. i personally think that was a test from taylor to see what he could get away with.

i didn't think the nanny's were meant to look after the children so how come they didn't wake lauren and sam up as soon as emily got up?

felt very sorry for jason and zen's child with them not talking not only to eachother but to him too.

can't believe nathan tried to get him to say it was bloody shitty. how stupid does he wanna be! nathan wants to be his friend more than a parent and as good as that is he needs to realise you can do both. yes amy might have found it funny at first but she's realised she shouldn't laugh at him cos it's not exactly good if you enocurage them to swear.

i actually believe him about the smacking. why would he say he was if he wasn't whereas of course the dad has good reason to deny ever doing it.

i was out last night - what did i miss?

Hi,
I think on Friday it was just a re-cap of the week, and tomorrow it will be school age/pre-teens...

nappy, I agree, all the coaxing they had to do with Emily...probably just put her off even more...and I must admit, I also don't believe Kids will starve that quickly , it's so much more important that they drink water/juice...!I don't think the Kids are there for 4 days...last year the Kids weren't even quite 3 days there...they would arrive, spend that day, the night, the next day, the night and be picked up the 3. day.
As with the nanny...they aren't meant to look afte rthe children, but they are also meant to give the "Teens" a chance to wake up on their own accord. I suppose it would have been difficult (and evil) to completely ignore the child in the mean while...!

With little Taylor, I think that Amy at first wasn't really sure what to do, and that was why she didn't really make a point of it. She did "correct" him though and say oh yes blabla is silly.
As for Nathan, yes, I also believe him. It certainly would explain his uncertainty in physical contact, etc....

the nanny must have got emily out of her room though cos they had gates on. surely she should have left her in there and she would have shouted to get up until the teens woke.

well...the camera team was also there...by the way it looked, I don't think it was VT coverage...

Also, we always used a stairgate with ms, and whilst he would usually not come out of his room after put to bed (as long as the stairgate was closed), it would never stop him getting out of his room in the morning...no idea what his thinking was, but worked for us...

Has anyone else noticed Nathans strange piercing-chewing habit? its really distracting me from the programme

lol...I think he only got them before the programme...whihc probably makes him "play" with the iercings even more....but yeah, it is a odd habit, lol...

just watched the round up show (haven't watched any other episodes) and wonder why on earth any of the real parents would give their babies/toddlers to teenagers to look after?

the majority of them seemed to think it was just a bit of fun and a good idea to see if they would like kids one day. who would give their child to random strangers in the normal course of events?

I did....last year....

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last year all the Teen couples were couples that felt ready for Baby's (well, before the programme)....
and I felt that lending them my very active, hard work Toddler (almost 4 at the time) mihgt put them off enough to make them wait...he succeeded, lol...
not sure if you watched last years Babyborrower...if so...my son was with Ava and Fisnik, Yannic, the very noisy little boy....

i think i would find it too hard to do it if my child was a baby or toddler but from pre-school age i'd find it ok.

I think it depends on your child...my ys is 21 month younger then my ms, who took part so, was something like 2 at the time...and there would have been no way that I would let him take part, as he would not have been able to cope at all.
BUt Yannic is so happygolucky and confident...I don't think it harmed him

Also, it was quite interesting to watch him from the sidelines when he wasn't even aware I was there...(i.e. I was watching the VT...)...and it help me to asses his constipation prob on a completely different level, because I was so stuck and used to the situation, I sort of didn't see the forest for trees...
also, I twigged on on a little trick of his...he was caught red handed....there is vt footage where they put him to bed, and talk downstairs anbout how wonderful that evening went...and you could see him sneaking out of bed for a while to play (very quietly)...and I never knew that

i think em's mum way worried too much about her not eating. damn, talk about turning someone into a comfort eater!

dd1 is a fussy eater. on top of that, she's naturally tall and skinny like her dad (although i'm naturally slim and slightly built and short myself).

our motto is to NOT make a big deal out of it.

you can't force a person to eat, and if you make a big deal out of it it's just a bargaining chip and a source of attention, however bad.

it's not hard.

don't eat decently, priviledges start getting revoked and no puds.

i actually thought that emily's parents (especially the mother) made the situation worse, by staying with her, moaning about how the pasta was cooked etc. If she thought that emily could have handled it, then she should have seen it through.

and anyway, you have to wonder about the parents who put their babies and toddlers on such a show.

i mean, wtf do they expect, a norland nanny?

oh and if my kids don't eat dinner, they go hungrey, they wont starve themselves

same here, sparkly. and NO substitutions.

her mum was picking holes in the smallest of things and you do find yourself thinking well you put your child on this show you must have realised they weren't going to get top notch care. if you can't cope with the teens making a few mistakes looking after your child then you shouldn't have gone on the show in the first place.

I know, this is really, really judgemental, and I am not skinny myself, or anything...but I thought of felt that the parents obviously both like their food A LOT they might put more emphasis on it....
I agree, way to much fuss was made abotu teh girl missing a meal or 2...

indeed nappy
I must admit, I went in to talk to "my Teens" because there were some minor issues, but god, unless they are truely nasty or whatever...you got to live with it!
If my son had been with a certain other couple I probably would have taken him out...because I completely disagreed with what happened...but most of that wasn't even shown on the actual show.