he is allowed to play with the tupperwear and his bowls etc but it seems as soon as he gets them all he wants to do is smash the TV or dishwasher with them, maybe ill try him in his playpen with pots and spoons so he can make noise!!!!!!!

I dont know if anyone saw my last post, but i am a Nanny to a 15month old little boy, he is beautiful and a delight to look after, however..... i have just been away for 3 days (friday and over my weekend) and i have returend (im a live-in nanny) to find out that the little boy i am lookng after has morphed into the devil!! seriously, anything he cant have results in throwing tanti's and going through the kitchen cupboards and helping himself to plates and cups etc. last night at dinner he refused to eat so dad got his milk ready and then suddenly after milk Marcus decides he wants to eat again ,but not at the table, nope he was allowed to eat off of the floor. i was shocked and had to walk away as this made me really cross, the parents are just giving in to him.....now i am not a mother but i am pretty sure that giving in is like the kiss of death? now today with me he is expecting the same treatment....i was making a packlunch and he wanted the cool pack, and as i would not give it to him he went NUTS....... im sure someone has been through this or is going thorugh this, HELP! its making my final few weeks with this lovely little boy a nightmare and i want good memories and to be sad to leave not driving into the sunset without a second thought.

nice to meet you!!!

 i only joined yesterday!! hope your finding all the helpful things that i found! there is a fountain of knowledge and reassurance here just waiting to be discoverd!!

Well i treat him like i would my own and just believe that learning early is the key to less struggles in the future!  for mum, or new nanny, or anyone really.... oh gosh there i go again not reading properly.....  must learn to slow down!! sorry to hear your not with dad, is being on your own hard? i know i am glad some days when Marcus's mum walks through the door, just so then i can parcel him off for 10 mins while i sort dinner or the washing or my room or chill!!!!!   

where abouts in the US are you from?

im actually in Australia, palm cove near the top of the east coast! i am  leaving as i am currently on a world trip and only stopped to gain some money, as i found out, being an aupair is not well paid and well, i have been here 5 months and its time to move on...i wish i didnt have to, i will miss him greatly, but i have things to do before i get back to (the not so sunny) UK, back to university and then probably think about finding a suitable man to build my own family with!!! eventually anyway!!  so you have one little girly? any plans for anymore? are you from the US then? are you a full time mummy??

that will teach me for reading too quickly!!  i am a live-in nanny yes, more like an aupair i guess...and only for another 5 weeks but i am determined to get him on the way to saying a few more things by the time the new aupair comes along. i havn't tried signing acutally but will look into it. and if there are some learning things in place by the time i go then at least mum can show the new aupair what we have been doing! thanks for the advise though, its always nice to get someone elses thoughts from time to time!

yeah he loves it when i sing, and sometimes its nursery rhymes and other times its show tunes, or things we have heard on sesame street, head shouders knees and toes is one i am favouring at the moment to try to get him used to facial features as he is obsessed with my eyes and my mouth.....just made a load of flash cards too, with colours, animals, and body parts to try and sit with him at potty time and go through......think this will all help??

Thanks! will give the whispering a go!! i did think it was only a phase, its just a really difficult one not to go spare over!!

Hi, i am currently a nanny for a 15month old boy, He has recently started squeeling really high pitched and it doesn't seem to be for anything other than attention. I must admit he doesn't do it as much for me as he does for mum at the weekends, but its still horrible and very quickly headache inducing. we have tried ignoring it, distracting him, saying no and looking away and giving him attention when he is chatting nicely, but nothing seems to be working.  please help!!!! do you think its because he cannot comunicate verbally??  we are at our wits end!!!