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After 60 days of maternity leave, I sent Amirul to babysitter’s house. When Widad came to be his companion, I’d sent both of them to nursery. Alhamdulillah, both caretaker and babysitter take a good care of Amirul and Widad.
One tip that I do is keep a good relationship between caregiver/babysitter. Occasionally, I will give them ‘buah tangan’ like fruits, biscuits or kerepok. During hari raya, I’ll give them biskut raya. I’m not try to bribe them, but it is a fact. When people treat us nicely, we would feel happy to give a nice treat in return. Even though you won’t received exclusive or 5 start treatment; because many other children also need their attention, however, the attention they give to our children a little different than parents who do not have good relationship with caregiver/babysitter.
Besides giving them buah tangan, I also spent like 10 minutes chit chatting with them. Talking about my children progressions, their behavior at their house/nursery, their actvities.. etc. Not limited to my children’s story, I would gossiping with them as well.. huhuh. This is necessary to cut off relations with the caregiver/babysitter.
If your caregiver/babysitter do something against your normal rules to your children, don’t immediately scolded them. Talk to them nicely . They also human who make mistakes. Treat them as friends or family members, if the relationship between parents and caregiver/babysitter is good, Insya Allah, our children will happy at their babysitter’s house or nursery.
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3 Responses to Be Friend with Your Caregiver/Babysitter
Kak Iffa March 3, 2011
Salam, kak ifa setuju 100% dengan huda…do to others what you want others do to you… Orang kata kebaikan ini macam bloomerang, makin jauh kita buang, makin cepat ia datang balik kepada kita…
marini March 4, 2011
Agree…agree!!!! However, some people still treat the babysitter/caregiver especially their maid (indonesian) just like stranger living in their house while they expected the maid to treat their children like their own child
Lid R March 7, 2011
Setuju with Huda.. Macamana the caretaker nak sayang anak kita jika waktu menghantar dan mengambil anak, muka kita masam dan timing semacam… Jika kita baik dan mesra, kasih mereka juga mudah tumpah kepada anak2 kita… insyaalah..