Many a friend or family member has joked about my need to call Supernanny to help me with raising my children. Some have even offered tips from the show or from reading her books. My husband wanted to get me the books for Christmas one year but for one reason or another, he didn’t. Well…
The other day I was browsing Craigslist when I came across an ad to be on the show - saying that auditions would be at Disney VIllage on November 2 and to send an email if you wanted to come out. Well, I thought it would be cool to send an email so I typed one up but then I thought - why would they be advertising on Craigslist for families??? So, I wrote and asked if it was legit and the guy simply said yes, we are…
I didn’t believe him at first until I went to another mommy blog I stalk and saw ANOTHER ad for it. So, I thought what the heck, let’s send in the letter.
I sent it this morning. I got a response in about an hour saying that he loved my letter, wants to discuss it with me, and to please fill out an application, send a picture of my family or two, and make plans to come to Disney Village and meet the casting team.
CAN YOU FREAKIN BELIEVE THAT??? WE COULD BE ON TV??? There is no way my very shy husband will agree to that - but who knows, maybe we can get some pointers on the child rearing or something. I thought it was worth a shot, ya know?
Here is what I initially wrote to the casting guy. What do you think?
Hello!
It’s hard for me to believe this is serious considering I saw this ad on craigslist, but it can’t hurt to tell you about my family…right? Actually, I then saw your blog on a post on Mamas Like…so I figured they knew you were legit and I decided to give it a shot. Here goes!
My name is Melanie, and I have 4 children: Elisa, who is 7, Sarah and Stephen, who are 3 year old fraternal twins, and Maria who is 18 months old. My husband, Steve, works about 55 hours per week managing a Domino’s Pizza, and I stay home with them and also work part time from home doing sales for a security agency as well as substitute teaching here and there when I get a chance.
Why am I emailing you? Of course, as they say on TV - Supernanny, we need your help! We need help for a few reasons. Elisa is currently dealing with focus and attention issues and she is a very energetic child. She has a hard time focusing and we are in the process of having her tested for ADD. She’s all over the place unless she is watching TV or playing video games. She is constantly bugging her sisters and brother and I have to keep on her like I am keeping on a toddler, and I already have 3 toddlers to deal with!!! She is a wonderful child and is very happy all the time, but I just wish she could act her age more.
Sarah and Stephen are sharing a room and Stephen refuses to sleep in his bed all night. He will wake up at night and bang on the door until we let him come and get in our bed. My husband and I have tried many things including letting him cry it out, sitting in there with him, sleeping with him, and lots of other tricks Supernanny does on her TV show to get kids to sleep all night in their beds, but it just isn’t working. Being as busy as we are, staying up all night with our three year old just isn’t an option - so we just give up and move him to our bed each night. We really need help getting Stephen to stay in bed all night long. Our nights are our only alone time and sometimes I am with them 14-15 hours a day alone and then don’t even get a break at night because my son ends up in my bed!
All in all, my husband and I are trying very hard and just don’t have all the answers. Any help you guys could give would be great. We will pack up the kids and come out on November 2 if that is what you think we should do. We don’t live in an actual house and I have never seen Supernanny come to an apartment before, so I am not sure if this could even happen based on the fact that we are a different type of family, more ‘blue collar’, I guess.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for posting that ad, if you are legit. If not, I hope you enjoyed this story about my family. Take care!