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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids - 3, 5 and 8 - and an au pair and 2 additional part time babysitters I call on once or twice a week to help out. I have one usually cover one day/week and between that and my youngest in preschool in the mornings I can give my au pair a midweek day and a half off if I need her to work on the weekends.

My schedule changes weekly so I am very upfront before matching that I need my au pair to be super flexible. Typically she picks up 3yo at noon and does a 12-7/8 shift every day, although if I need help on Saturday night I have a different sitter do one day and then the following day she does a shorter shift. I have a flexible job so it works for me and she and I can split the afternoon school pickup and class shuffle, but on days where I need to be somewhere and the kids have multiple activities I need another sitter to help cover them too.

Thursdays, for example, I have my au pair take 3yo to a class at 3, a sitter picks up 5yo and drops her with a friends (and another sitter) for gymnastics class that starts an hour an a half after school ends, and I have to be available to pick up 8yo and take her to a class 40 mins away. It's not ideal and tricky if any of those moving parts are unavailable but I make it work, and have other people to call on in a pinch.

Organzing our schedule takes a lot of time and effort but this way having an AP does work for us.[/quote]

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