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Au Pair bonding with child
by OfficialNikNak, Jan 09, 2008 05:37PM
Hi,
I just moved to Spain to study and be an au pair. I've worked with children before as a tutor and baby-sat. Usually kids love me, generally because I love to play with them and hug them a lot.
This is my first time as an au pair (it's been about a week and a half) and the little girl (2 years old) I am to take care of, seems to really really dislike me.
The family is mostly interested in me speaking to her in English. But she won't let me get near her. As soon as I go to play with her, she screams at me, and runs to her grandmother. I've never had this much trouble with a child and don't know what to do. Right now, I'm more sweet with her than any other child, sometimes letting her get away with more than she should, but that doesn't work either.
She doesn't trust me at all. She won't let me feed her, bathe her or really even touch her. It doesn't help, that her grandmother "comes to her rescue" at the slightest appearance of agitation. And her grandmother doesn't reprimand her or anything when she screams at me. I don't know what to do, what should I do?
I just moved to Spain to study and be an au pair. I've worked with children before as a tutor and baby-sat. Usually kids love me, generally because I love to play with them and hug them a lot.
This is my first time as an au pair (it's been about a week and a half) and the little girl (2 years old) I am to take care of, seems to really really dislike me.
The family is mostly interested in me speaking to her in English. But she won't let me get near her. As soon as I go to play with her, she screams at me, and runs to her grandmother. I've never had this much trouble with a child and don't know what to do. Right now, I'm more sweet with her than any other child, sometimes letting her get away with more than she should, but that doesn't work either.
She doesn't trust me at all. She won't let me feed her, bathe her or really even touch her. It doesn't help, that her grandmother "comes to her rescue" at the slightest appearance of agitation. And her grandmother doesn't reprimand her or anything when she screams at me. I don't know what to do, what should I do?
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I'm only going to be here 7 months, I want to have a good relationship with her, so as to make it pleasant for both of us.