Juz,
Thought last time u r sharing with me the cheap infantcentre that u sending ur boy there? Now u change to nanny?
As my mother who is living with us is working on alternate day, so on days that she not working, we send our gal to a auntie in her early 60s upstairs our place to take care.
At 1st, I dun want so old auntie. Worry she old fashioned method or disagree with my childcaring method.
But hor, this phrase 姜是老的辣, is very true! Experience do count alot in childcare. My gal nanny is old, but she took care of 22 bb + her own 6 grandchildren. She teach us alot of things but she not pushy type. Wun force us to accept her method. She do frown at things we use or do with my bb but she wun comment too much.
She dotes on my daughter, always bought her clothes and toys at festivals, like Christmas, CNY. My daughter got a fat ang bao from her too, $20.
Sound like the perfect nanny right? Wait 1st. Hear this out. I am paying her $400, this coming month $450 as my bb on solids liao, for alternate days care. For Sat, we bring her home earlier like 4 or 5pm. Very easy $ for her right, just work say 12 or 13 days in a month, can get $400. Yet she will still often got alot of appointment or events. She got 2 Malaysia weddings, go temple to pray to her ancestors and hubby who pass away, etc etc. So end up every month, she will have 1 to 2 days off day. We dun pinch so much for the $ lost through giving her extra day off (end up she got $400 for 10days work only) as long as she take good care of my daughter, which she did. So we open 1 eye, close 1 eye.
But the trouble is finding some1 to help us take care our bb. Somemore she only tell us 1 or 2 days in advance. Luckily my hubby got his own small business so can arrange his timing. But still TROUBLESOME for us.
So I guess as long as we are letting others to take care of our darling, be it infantcare, nanny next door, MIL or maids, we still face problem. Wat to do, by choice or no choice, we cant be SAHM.
Hope u solve ur problem soon. Perhaps u can look for senior a bit (older age) nanny, they usually got more experience with different type of bb, so they are more receptive to cranky bb or got more method to deal with cranky bb. Honestly which bb never been cranky in their entire infant stage. Injection, down with flu/fever/cough, skin problem, teething, intro solid food, transit from BM to FM, the list of things that cause cranky bb go on n on. When our bb suffer, we also dun feel good. Cant sleep well, worry during work n cant focus at work.
I think ur nanny is just giving excuses. She might be hoping to care for a bb who she can just rock her to sleep from 7am to 7pm so that no need to care for her except feed her or change her diaper. That is why she refuse cranky bb.
Life which someone depends almost entirely on u is tough. I cant stop laughing at myself when I read article that Jowin posted. It is so true of my life now and future or should I say 4ever. Haha... Yet motherhood is some experience that I never regret having.
U all got same feeling like me? Paiseh for another long post. I think I got occupation hazard 职业病. As a teacher, I constantly need to repeat to remind students. It makes me very long-winded 啰嗦, my posts here all very long...............
Pardon me! Know all of u very busy, probably no time to read my long post. Maybe when u see post under ypg, auto skip. Ha...