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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks!  I had not thought about the au pair option.  Is it fair to ask au pairs to tend to kids overnight on a regular basis?  I wouldn't have ever thought of that.

We can afford it, but we'd have to do some work to the house to make it a pleasant experience for everyone.  We have 2-3 rooms/bedrooms on every floor and we would really have to really rethink the flow of who travels where in the house and at what times and which rooms it makes sense for who to sleep in, but we'd also have to tear out our finished basement ceiling and fix some of the floor issues.  I have tried to sleep in different areas of the house and only the two rooms upstairs were DD and us sleep have any measure of privacy and quiet most of the day.

The choices may be tear out the basement ceiling and fix it or resign myself to tearing my hair out as a SAHM.  Or, to just embrace that this is not my time to go back to work.  [/quote]
 I would fix the basement issues- to me that's a win-win as it adds value to the house and you get to go back to work (which seem like what you want to do). And yes Au pairs can work overnight up to a max of 45 hours per week. It's not like they have to be awake all night- they can just sleep but perhaps in an area easily accessible to your DD. For me, I'd want the nights I worked overnight for the au pair to sleep in a room near DD instead of in the basement where she may not be able to hear DD or other things going on in the house.[/quote]

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