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[quote=Anonymous]APs are great for families with several kids where some of the kids are older. A nanny gets very expensive for multiple kids especially when the older kids really just need light supervision and a chauffeur. The other dynamic is dogs and pools. We could not find a nanny that could swim. We also had a hard time finding a nanny that was not afraid of dogs or disliked dogs. A few mentioned being terrified of cats -which we do not have but I found this odd too. Almost all the German au pairs has strong swimming credentials and most were excited about having a dog in the house, had their own dog at home. A nanny would have been a safety issue with the pool and we would have had to send the dog to doggie daycare.

The au pair's schedule worked great because we needed morning care and after noon care which shifted to full day car during breaks and school closures. During the school year she had plenty of time to take classes since most of the day was free and we were able to have two dates each week staying well under the weekly hour limits.

Nannies are often not flexible in their scheduling so the cost for shifting hours would have been way too high and we would have been paying for all her down time. [/quote]

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