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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, you are too early.  Give yourself a couple more months to decide.

I think it depends on your personality.

I'm an introvert and really hate disruption in our house, and have so very little time to train and mentor new APs.

I would definitely extend.  8 out of 10 is pretty darn good.
Learn from your past mistakes going forward.
Don't invite her on vacation anymore or do extra nice things that put you out that she might not appreciate.
Ask her what she is looking to get out of her 2nd year-and see if you can accommodate.
I know my the constant churning of APs wears on my kids, and I try to extend when possible.[/quote]

OP here.  Thanks, this is very helpful.  Yes, she is an 8 out of 10.  Maybe 8.5.  I put a lot of weight onto the fact that she's good with my kid and relatively easy to have around the house.  And yes, the churning of a new au pair wouldn't be good for me or the kids.  And I don't have much time to wait, really.  For a summer arrival I'd start looking at the end of February, and I'd like to give her a few weeks to think about what she wants to do so we'd need to talk end of January.  And we need to figure out if we even want to offer. [/quote]

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