When we are not around we’d want our baby to bond with whoever is taking care of them, and the person that your baby is taken care of, while you aren’t around, may be the nappy.
This article looks into why your baby is not bonding with the nanny and what to do about ut
Baby not bonding with nanny:
We love our babies, and want our babies to love us back, we also want our babies to respond well to anyone in their space, nannies included.
Here is why this may not be happening with your baby and what to do:
They need more time together:
One reason why your baby may not be responding well to the nanny may be that the two simply haven’t had much time together.
While it may take you about a week to figure out if you like having the nanny around the child and the nanny would need more time to bond with each other and get used to each other.
What to do:
Let the nanny do her job and don’t hang around when she does it, the child will act differently when their parent is around, even in the background.
Allow the nanny and the baby to form a bond just the two of them. Don’t pick your baby up when they cry when the nanny is around, allow the nanny to be the baby’s source of comfort.
The pair could take 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months or more to bond with each other
You are always around:
Your baby will always prefer you over the nanny, this is totally normal, and your baby will choose to bond with you over bonding with the nanny
The baby may only stop crying once you pick them up, even when the nanny is around, if you’re always in the room then the baby may never get used to and bond with the many.
What to do:
Leave the room and let your baby bond with the nanny, you leaving the room will go a long way in speeding up the bonding process.
Allow the nanny to do their job, even if you’re working from home, trust her to do her job with no interference from you.
Once mum is out of sight and out of mind then the baby the nanny and baby can better bond.
Non attentive nanny:
Another reason why your baby is not bonding with your child may simply be because the nanny is not attentive enough
While a good nanny will play with the child, feed them, and take care of them a bad nanny may be inattentive to the child, they may just lie on the couch all day and give the baby her phone as entertainment
The baby will not want to bond with an inattentive nanny
What to do:
Talking to an inattentive nanny about doing more with your child may be the solution, or, the solution may be getting a nanny who is attentive to your baby
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