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[quote=Anonymous]We matched with an extremely qualified Brazilian au pair pre-pandemic. She is slated to arrive mid-August; however, with the new restrictions on travel from Brazil announced yesterday, it's clear that she might be delayed. She still needs a visa so cannot come early since US embassies are closed in her country.

Our current au pair has been a trooper and stayed with us despite the fact that literally all of her friends returned home early. She will leave in early August and does not want to extend, and we don't want to try to persuade her to stay longer. We have three kids at home (including a baby) who are normally in daycare/preschool/elementary school. In a normal situation, our au pair helps with mornings, afternoons/evenings and occasional weekend days.

I am prepared to wait and see what happens for a month or so, but curious if others are now in a similar situation. Am I crazy to think our new au pair could make it by August/September? Or should I just anticipate a longer delay and make alternate arrangements? We have no family in the area, so options include hiring a nanny/babysitter temporarily (through the end of the year?) or praying that schools and daycare are back up and running by the end of the summer and alternating work schedules until she can arrive. Budget is an issue, so switching to a nanny permanently would require us to take the baby and 4.5 year old out of daycare/preschool.

What would you do? Anything I am not thinking of?[/quote]

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