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[quote=Anonymous]Our au pair was hired for a morning/evening schedule for 3 kids (ages 1.5, 4 and 7 - boy, girl, girl).  Now she is scheduled for 9-5 Mon.- Fri due to the current crisis.  Both DH and I work full time and have been busy throughout this time (lots of calls, work project etc).  Our au pair has taken to only watching our son (1.5 yo) except for making lunch for the kids.  Granted my son is at a very busy and destructive age :) but watching the older girls has fallen on us.  When our son sleeps from 1-3/3:30 she takes the time off.  Once or twice a week she'll do some laundry but generally she is doing nothing.  Then when he wakes she takes him on a long walk until she is off at 5PM.  He comes home ready to play and is up until 7 for bed.  Ive asked her to watch the girls but she doesn't do it unless I specifically instruct "please take all kids outside now" and she doesn't want to do learning projects with the girls as she claims its a different language.  However, her English is pretty good and a 4 year old is minor learning.  Sometimes she'll procrastinate even watching my son by starting a long complicated lunch from scratch.

I realize this is a very hard situation on all of us and not what she signed up for so I've tried to be flexible and understanding and thankful for help with my son (i.e., without it things would be MUCH more difficult).  Though, I do feel more and more frustrated.  Thoughts on whether I should say something, ask for more help, or leave things as they are?  If this was only a 2 month situation I would not say anything but as it could potentially be long term, I want to make sure there are clear responsibilities set out.

As an aside she did fine with our morning/evening schedule.  She's just not adapting to a "during the day" schedule with 3 kids. [/quote]

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