I don't get it. What's so bad about kids sleeping with their parents? Isn't this done in some cultures? Though, I could see how kids sleeping with their parents could get in the way... Posted by RackhamsRazor (Member # 5254) on :
My question would be- How old are the kids?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I think they are about 4 and 2 or something... She also took away their sippy cups.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
4 and 5. They're not doing organized co-sleeping, Syn. It's that they're having to have a parent lie down with them to go to sleep, and don't know how to fall asleep on their own, even though they have their own beds.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Interesting. So they have developed bad habits and she is trying to undo them. Not to mention the fact that they are manipulating their parents. Having kids seems extremely difficult... *remembers babysitting my cousin from the time he was a baby to elementary school aged.
I never get why people bother asking for help from the nannies when they don't want to take their advice...
[ May 02, 2005, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: Synesthesia ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, she was being a bit pushier than the nannies usually are. I mean, sharing a room is different from the sippy cups. I can see having a problem with that. But yeah, quite often these people ask for help, then won't take it. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
The Nanny is a tv show, and refusing the nanny's advice creates more drama.(if you can call it that) It is like when I watch Clean House, and the people refuse to throw stuff away, even though they have called the show people in to help them throw things away and are gtting boatload of free stuff.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I reckoned that was it. I wonder if they have any episodes where the Nanny's advice DIDN'T change anything at all and the folks just kept doing the same things anyway.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Oh, those would be the episodes that mysteriously got lost!
Is this the nanny with the English accent?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, one nanny has a Scottish accent.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I think she's Welsh or something. she has a cool accent and some good points, but then I wonder about other cultures raising kids and things like that for some reason.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
*hums Cut Every Corner to self*
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I think that Nanny Stella (the one from last night) is Scottish. I agreed with pretty much everything she did, but I was really bothered by something she missed: nutrition. Those kids drank juice and soda all day long and they ate milk and cookies right before they went to sleep. Children that young should be drinking milk and water and that's it. Not only are they going to rot their teeth out, but they are at a greater risk for childhood and adult obesity. Eating before bed is a big no-no, too. It reduces the quality and length of sleep, making kids fatigued and sluggish the next day. Eating fatty foods before bed slows down the emptying of the stomach and can also cause indigestion.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You are going to be such a great mom. (((hugs Mrs. M))) Although up to 4 ounces of 100% juice a day for children ages 6 months to 1 year, and 6 ounces a day for children 1 year and up, is perfectly acceptable, according to the AAP. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
What bothered me(and I only saw the end-my daughter is entranced by this show, a subject in itself) was that she moved them into separate rooms rather than working woth the problem in-room. Our kids have had to share a room for a decade. Some families just don't have an extra room to move the children into.
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