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06.12.08, 14:10 PM General Topics
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anyone have an au pair with young children and return to work, having au pair be primary caregiver? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:10 PM Flag
 

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so how would you see your au pair as different than a nanny in that situation? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:11 PM Flag
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i wouldn't -- I guess I am just nervous in general about having one person watch 3 children [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:13 PM Flag
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i have had au pairs but have always been at home too... IMHO it is a risky thing as the girl arrives and then you really get to know them. I wouldn't feel safe leaving the home with young children solely in an au pair's care until i had really established that they could handle it. A nanny you interview and meet, an au pair you write emails to and maybe speak with once or twice on the phone and then they are on your doorstep. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:13 PM Flag
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agree - i would be home for several months with au pair and children. 2 DCs would be in school half day, but also have 4 month old [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:14 PM Flag
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Then I guess the big variable would be when the girl arrives will she be what you're expecting ? They all sound great until they are here and then some of them are really capable and some are not. Right now I have one I am OK leaving my kids with for the afternoon, but she is not one I would leave a 4 mth old with nor is she who she seemed and professed to be when we "matched"... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:17 PM Flag
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^^ and the system of "re-matching" if you decide she's not the one is not ideal... i would be afraid to be stuck with someone I couldn't feel comfortable with and the date for returning to work looming over me... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 02:20 PM Flag
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