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[quote=Anonymous]AU pair would mean a year commitment. People do the program for a lot of reasons but the people who care a lot about hosting someone, getting to know their culture, getting to show them your culture, and having genuine experiences together tend to be happier than people who are looking to child care only. As FT parents, you may find having another person, who is not your close friend / family) stressful the first few months. Do you really want to take someone to see the monuments at 2 months pp?

Part time nannies exist. You usually pay more because of the convience. But, depending on how long you use them, taxes might not be a thing (I could be totally wrong but I think under a certain number of hours total in the year is tax exempt, but check with someone who knows). But I think it is like 20/ week.  three days a week at ten hours is approaching full time. There are nannies who work 35 guaranteed hours a week and are happy with that. 
You might do better with a nanny share or nanny split. Someone who needs two or three days. They take Monday / Friday and you take T/W/Th. (Although because of holidays most people will want some mid week days. The nanny is full time, you get to only pay for three days and get solo nanny care or only double on one day, and everyone is happy.

You could also look into someone who has a kid in part time pre school. We did this. We used the nanny during the hours when the kids were in preschool. Infant got solo care, nanny was full time, parents of older kid did not have to pay for nanny and preschool overlap. Nanny was fine with two days a week keeping infant until later in the day (so full time care for us) and we paid a different rate because older kids were there. Many different options are out there. You just need to look and be clear about what you want.

Also, people will also recommend an in home daycare. Smaller than a center and more likely to be flexible to part time. Also more likely to be open the hours you need (8-6)[/quote]

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