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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks all. Yes, we'd have maternity leave for at least 12 weeks, perhaps longer. I'm not entirely sure what we'd do for the au pair's last 2 or 3 months--perhaps extended maternity leave, perhaps a nanny. That is a long time away, but I don't think we'd expect her to care for newborn and (then) 4 & 5 year old boys. Our (fully described) expectation at hiring was her handling the boys after school 3 days / week + some evenings/weekends. We don't anticipate that changing much.

Yes, the au pair is infant qualified. Per her profile, she was willing to take on infants. We didn't discuss that during our interviews, though, as we had moved on (or so we thought) from #3.

Our concern now is how soon do we need to tell her? If this  happens (again, early!), it will be a material change in the house from what we advertised. But at the same time, we don't want to get out too early, before we have more certainty on just what is happening. It would feel strange to tell our au pair before our families. Yet, we also don't want her to think this was a bait-and-switch!

I guess the question is--do we need to tell her early, so she could find a different family if she thinks we are no longer the right fit? As the calendar is currently playing out, we'd probably tell our families in about 6 weeks--2 weeks before her scheduled arrival. At that point, she may feel like she has no options. [/quote]

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