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[quote=Anonymous]My 2.5yo is in a nanny share. He started the share when he was 18 months old, so it's been a solid year, and while generally I really like the nanny, and think my son has done really well in her care, the last months especially I feel like all I hear from the nanny is negativity. I pick up my son, and she immediately tells me all the bad things from the day, and very rarely mentions anything positive.

It really got bad when we decided to potty train him 3 months ago - she was adamant that he wasn't "ready," but we decided to move forward, and while he wasn't the easiest kid in the world to train, he mostly did really well. He'd have maybe one accident a week with her - but EVERY TIME she would tell me and give me this disapproving look and tone that clearly she was right - he wasn't ready. C'mon! It's normal for kids to have accidents, why not mention how well he's done every other day? Yesterday he had his first accident with her in a month, and it was the same criticism to me when I picked him up. I just hate this feeling of constant judgment with her. This is my first child, and my first experience with a nanny - I'm just wondering is this normal?

This is somewhat of a moot point because my son starts a preschool in September and will leave the share, but I'm really worn out by the criticism. I've actually counted the number of days I have left with her. Ugh.[/quote]

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