Comments on: upstaged by the babysitter http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:07:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: E http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1934 E Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:00:33 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1934 My babysitting friends here in Paris are usually paid 10 euro/child/hour, though it is usually combined with English lessons for the child. (Of course, the child usually ends up teaching the babysitter French as well.) Be thankful you only have one. And how would I like to be making 7 euro/hour.... Damn being paid in dollars while in France. My babysitting friends here in Paris are usually paid 10 euro/child/hour, though it is usually combined with English lessons for the child. (Of course, the child usually ends up teaching the babysitter French as well.) Be thankful you only have one.

And how would I like to be making 7 euro/hour…. Damn being paid in dollars while in France.

]]> By: Gretchen http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1893 Gretchen Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1893 7 euros/hour is actually not so bad, compared to what I've heard and been offered elsewhere. If you ever need good babysitting recommendations though, just head over to aupairs like me sitting around the playground! We all know other anglos looking to pick up some extra work! I've gotten plenty of offers for friends. Love your stuff, by the way! 7 euros/hour is actually not so bad, compared to what I’ve heard and been offered elsewhere. If you ever need good babysitting recommendations though, just head over to aupairs like me sitting around the playground! We all know other anglos looking to pick up some extra work! I’ve gotten plenty of offers for friends.

Love your stuff, by the way!

]]> By: Sigmund Carl and Alfred http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1875 Sigmund Carl and Alfred Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:18:52 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1875 Your post was evocative of another era- when my ex and I were in a similiar position, while on an extended holiday in Poland, from whence my ex hailed. Needless to say, finding a babbysitter for HRH was an ordeal. Much of Polish child rearing philosophy is based on the 'let them cry or you will spoil them' school of child neglect. Couple that with the fact that many Polish babysitters are accompanied by their vodka and anything made of greasy pork to eat toting friends, we faced a real dilemma. So, this Anglo expatriate did the unthinkable. We found a French babysitter and hired her. She was a lovely thing, dumb as a roast beef, with a heart of gold- and she loved babies. My daughter took to her instantly. I will be forever grateful to the 'petite francaise' we found in Krakow. One more thing. Of course we overpaid. C'est la vie, n'est pas? Your post was evocative of another era- when my ex and I were in a similiar position, while on an extended holiday in Poland, from whence my ex hailed.

Needless to say, finding a babbysitter for HRH was an ordeal.

Much of Polish child rearing philosophy is based on the ‘let them cry or you will spoil them’ school of child neglect.

Couple that with the fact that many Polish babysitters are accompanied by their vodka and anything made of greasy pork to eat toting friends, we faced a real dilemma.

So, this Anglo expatriate did the unthinkable.

We found a French babysitter and hired her. She was a lovely thing, dumb as a roast beef, with a heart of gold- and she loved babies. My daughter took to her instantly.

I will be forever grateful to the ‘petite francaise’ we found in Krakow.

One more thing. Of course we overpaid.

C’est la vie, n’est pas?

]]> By: David Weman http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1874 David Weman Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:35:46 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1874 Hey, you're good. Real good. the link to the satin pajamas is broken, btw. Hey, you’re good. Real good.

the link to the satin pajamas is broken, btw.

]]> By: Bob http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1870 Bob Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:50:47 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/01/25/upstaged-by-the-babysitter/#comment-1870 My wife and I went out more the two years after we didn't need a babysitter anymore than we had for the ten years prior to that. My wife and I went out more the two years after we didn’t need a babysitter anymore than we had for the ten years prior to that.

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