Comments on: Oh, obviously! The moment I sat down I thought I was looking into a mirror.

By: Leighton

Leighton — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:20 +0000

Maybe Anna from the pool wants to nanny?

RE: That would actually be an interesting test for CareerMom. On the one hand, you’ve got a (presumably) college kid, who can’t be making all that much money working at the gym…so she’s probably affordable. On the other hand, she’s hot.

I wonder which would win out?

By: Leighton

Leighton — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:58:08 +0000

Re: the biting. Our kids have only had brief brushes with biting. When my daughter bit her younger brother a few months ago, we brought the hammer down HARD to nip it in the bud. She lost all her privileges that weekend, which included planting flowers with Nana and going to a birthday party. She hasn’t bitten again since.

Re: the nanny. Sounds like the premise for a great reality show. You could do it like Top Chef or Project Runway, just with nanny stuff.

RE: Sounds like your daughter was older when that happened? I mean, reasoning with a 16 month old is difficult in the best of circumstances. And the thing is, if he bites at home, I can do something (more harsh) about it, but at Daycare, the best they can do is a stern “No biting!” and put him in timeout. I mean, how rough is that???

But, I like the nanny reality show idea; except I wouldn’t have any overweight British nanny’s…nossir! I think what America really wants to see, are hottie nannies who take the kids to the pool! I’ll start calling FOX this morning!

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:43:01 +0000

Wall-E totally looks like the robot from “Short Circuit”… minus the cheesy 80’s style of course

RE: Yeah, I’m not quite sure how they got away with that actually. Perhaps there’s a statute of limitations on likenesses? All I know is, if Hollywood stars start getting plastic surgery to look more like me, I’m sure gonna sue!

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:04 +0000

Hmmmm…I can’t really help you with the biting situation. If I had to guess, I would think it would take a different approach with each kid b/c of the age (and developmental stage) differences. However, I don’t have a suggestion for either age, so that isn’t very helpful to you. Sorry.

About the nanny. I’ve said this before, but I think it’s worth repeating. No hot nannies. I am not kidding. Nothing good could come from a hot nanny. Look at Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, any other stupid Hollywood couple who hired a hot nanny. Do you remember when the Keatons hired Geena Davis to be a nanny on Family Ties?

RE: I don’t remember Geena Davis on Family Ties! I bet she looked great then. Heck, she looked good five years ago in “The Long Kiss Goodnight!” We looked into the nanny thing for a while, but couldn’t find one we could afford really. I don’t know what we’ll do if we have to find a new daycare. It all seems a little ridiculous though for a few biting incidents!!! They can be sure of one thing though, should my toddler get kicked out for four bits spread out over a month (or however long it is), they can bet there’ll be a write up on the Web somewhere.