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Establishing a relationship of confidence with your childcare assistant
trust childcare assistant

Leaving your child with peace of mind?

To trust from the first day, a child care provider whom you do not know, who will take care of the apple of your eye is almost impossible and it is natural: trust is built on the long term. If you are immediately at ease at the beginning of the meeting, it's already a very good thing, you leave with a serious advantage.

A relationship of trust.

It is completely normal to distrust someone you do not know, let alone when he or she will take care of your child... in your place. Even if you know a childcare assistant is certified, you know there are not ONLY good ones out there. 
If trust can be won gradually, know that it can be lost in a split second, one both sides.

At the slightest concern, speak, put the record straight once and say what's on your mind. Sometimes it may be a silly problem that can be resolved quickly instead of letting negative tensions creep in!

If you're in conflict with your childcare assistant.

Sometimes beginnings are chaotic and after time spent refining all the aspects of the contract and care, everything is back in order, trust builds, you get to know each other better. Perfect! But it can also be the case that nothing fits. If from the beginning, you're not really thrilled and if the little things that frustrate you are linked to each other, there is little chance that it will improve.

If you get butterflies in your  stomach when it's time to leave your child with the childcare assistant and you don't feel like she listens to your concerns it might be time to rethink things.  Try another guard mode or change childcare providers. Either way, your child will feel your concerns and also suffer. 

See also:

The adaptation with your childcare assistant, how to organize it.adaptation home daycare
The separation: the difficulty of leaving your baby with the childcarerseparation baby home daycare