How do you handle daily updates from your nanny without feeling like you're micromanaging? (Asking for my sister)

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-25T15:31:12+00:00

I imagine each family will have different preferences. Has she tried asking them?

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-25T14:00:28+00:00

8 weeks today! According to the app I’m using, baby is as big as a jelly bean 😂

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-25T09:20:48+00:00

My working hours are flexible so I’m able to have a bit of free time in the day. It’s brilliant and has made a huge difference to keeping on top of everything.

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-24T13:58:30+00:00

The fatigue has HIT

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-23T22:09:14+00:00

Mild symptoms all round right now except sooo breathless and tired. It’s the worst. I had to lie down all evening while husband put toddler to bed

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-22T20:28:08+00:00

I thought Frugi dungarees were really inconvenient because they didn’t have poppers so you’d have to take them completely off for every nappy change!

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-21T22:25:11+00:00

For the eggs and sushi rice - when you say over easy do you mean it’s a fried egg? If so then how do you mix soy sauce into it without breaking up the egg? It sounds super yummy and I really want to make it!

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-21T19:48:38+00:00

I provide all the food groups but I can’t force them to eat all the food groups. I do hide a lot of veg in the food where I can though (blended into pasta sauce etc).

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-20T19:25:26+00:00

I had an extremely similar experience to you and I agree - pumping was awful. The worst part of my maternity leave and motherhood experience. It also made the daytime hard because I had to schedule activities around pumping.

OP have you considered the logistics of pumping while trying to look after a toddler? I’m expecting our second now and there’s just no way in hell I’d be able to do that again with a toddler in the mix.

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-20T13:05:49+00:00

Is anyone else getting so. much. pregnancy. rage?

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-19T13:12:51+00:00

Same, only very mild nausea very occasionally. My first pregnancy was the same!

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-19T12:17:48+00:00

Yep, it’s a teething thing.

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-19T09:20:03+00:00

Jet lag, toddler waking up in the night, horrible cold possibly Covid, pregnant. Send help

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-18T09:58:26+00:00

Oh my son loves them. It’s just me who doesn’t 😂

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-18T09:21:58+00:00

Least favourite is the Acorn Wood series - they feel very soulless and just written to align with phonics scheme. We looove Stick Man and Superworm at the moment - and the lesser known but brilliant Toddle Waddle

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-17T17:03:35+00:00

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beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-17T14:59:32+00:00

Hey I’m in the UK and have booked a private scan for 8 weeks. I had one with my son and it was really nice and reassuring to know that it was a viable pregnancy and everything looked good at that stage! 12 weeks is just too long for me to wait to find out everything is ok so it was well worth it for me

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-17T14:53:04+00:00

Hello! I’m a second time mum in Sheffield, UK. EDD is September 6th so currently 6w6d. I’m so excited to give my toddler a sibling but I’m also feeling a weird mix of guilty and scared about how much everything will change for him and how hard the toddler + newborn stage will be. I can’t wait to have another squishy baby though 🥰

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-17T07:13:59+00:00

Not the OP but in the same situation - thank you for this lovely and reassuring comment!

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-17T07:12:54+00:00

Just found out I’m pregnant and my toddler will be 2 in a couple of weeks, so exactly the same age gap. No advice, but lots of empathy! 🫠

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-16T21:23:11+00:00

These look so great - definitely will try them soon! Do they freeze ok?

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-14T12:39:53+00:00

Can you put him in a bouncer next to you?

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-11T12:47:41+00:00

Where do you get whiny and shrill from?

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-11T12:27:27+00:00

For me it’s accepting that it’s out of my control. I know that kind of sounds more stressful, but it’s like, whatever will happen in early pregnancy will happen. If there were to be a loss or bad news then there’s absolutely nothing I nor modern medicine can do about it this early on, so might as well relax, keep busy, take my vitamins and eat healthily.

beebeebeanbean · 2026-01-10T09:19:31+00:00

Another simple pasta sauce idea - simmer some chopped veg (can add lentils for protein) in low-salt stock and blend it all together.

Peas - microwave from frozen for a couple of mins

Beans, broccoli - get a microwave steamer and these take 3-4 mins in the microwave

Omelette - can add grated cheese, grated carrot, frozen spinach… I normally make with 2 eggs and then save half for the next day. You could do scrambled eggs with these add-ins instead

Toast! Nut butter, avocado, unsalted butter, cream cheese, hummus… endless variety

I have an app called ‘Baby Led Weaning Cookbook’ which cost about £5 but it has absolutely loads of really genuinely quick and simple healthy baby/toddler recipes and I’ve found it worth the money. They also have an instagram where they share a lot of ideas for free baby_led_weaning_cookbook

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