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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can never understand this peculiar American resistance to children being outside.  I would fire a nanny who would refuse to be outside with my baby/toddler.  We've had a nanny since DS3 was 4 months old.  He is now almost two and I can count on one hand the # of days they stayed inside.  [/quote]

Ok, so you’re not American. Walk us through what you would do with a baby outside during a pandemic with most parks and cafes closed. Where would you sit down to feed the baby? Or, as the PP said, to change the baby? Maybe you would squat down and change the baby on your lap - as men have had to do when the restrooms lack a changing table, but that’s not really something you’d ask a nanny to do.  You also don’t say where you are living, but if you’ve been sending your son and the nanny out in the broiling sun, pouring rain, etc, — since there have only been only 5 days in the last 2 years that they’ve stayed inside, you should know that such practices could be viewed as neglectful - at best, depending on the circumstances.

There have been a few “I don’t understand....” followed by some gross generalizations about Americans questions lately. Are they all coming from the same OP? If so, maybe we could explore everything all at once in an Off Topic post. [/quote]

What does the baby need a cafe for?

Where do you feed the baby? Most babies don't need to be fed constantly. You feed the baby and leave the house, bring a premixed bottle with you in case of emergencies, but you ought to be able to stay outside for 2 hours easily.

I live in the DC area.  There are very few days when it's truly intolerable outside.  During days of broiling sun, nanny and DS go out between 7 and 9 am.  They stayed inside when it rained, true. When he started walking, he discovered puddles and that's enough for him.

Neglect is seen differently around the world.  Someone told me I'm neglectful for keeping my middle daughter sleeping on the roofed balcony for the first nine months of her life.  And then someone else told me I'm neglectful for sending my 9-year old to the grocery store when we're out of the ice cream flavor he wants.  Shrug. [/quote]

- Cafes are closed. parks are closed. So the nanny can’t sit down to rest or to feed or change the baby.

- Clearly your version of intolerable is idiosyncratic.  If you can count on the fingers of one  hand when they stayed inside over the course of two years AND they stayed inside when it rained, your hands are unique.

- Multiple people view you as neglectful and you shrug. I wish your kids the best with that.[/quote]

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