English nanny for Afrikaans child

Thanks Sarah, yes we have all of that in place. We worked through EduCare and they have an employment contract that we tweaked.

Beatrice wrote: Thanks Sarah, that's good to know. It's going well with the new nanny so far. Emma seems to really like her, so I'm extremely happy about that. There is a bit of a communication probleem between the nanny and myself - but we are getting there day by day.

Sounds good. Do you have a written work agreement with your nanny? If not, I think you should get one in place. Its just easier if everything (hours, pay, duties in detail, what is allowed and what is not etc) is written down,agreed upon and signed by both parties.

Thanks Sarah, that's good to know. It's going well with the new nanny so far. Emma seems to really like her, so I'm extremely happy about that. There is a bit of a communication probleem between the nanny and myself - but we are getting there day by day.

I'm an English nanny to 3 Afrikaans boys. Luckily I understand Afrikaans and can speak it fairly well, but the mum wants her boys to speak English as dad is English. They know to speak English to me and dad and Afrikaans to mum and they both speak both well.

Hope the nanny is working out!

Ladies thanks for putting my mind at ease! What you are saying is so true. I'm going to buy sa few English baby books this weekend as there are currently none in the house - LOL!

Hi

I also agree with Yaz, under 3 's pick up languages quikly, so its actually better to expose them to more languages when they are young

Your daughter will be bilingual, its a benefit

Good luck with the nanny

Beatrice...Yaz couldn't have said it better!

Though she might take a bit longer than usual to master one language (English or Afrikaans) but she will come right eventually. These little people are very smart indeed