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[quote=Anonymous]We're considering going from employing a nanny to hosting an au pair. What would the adjustment be like? Would we be a good fit for the program?

My younger DC will be 2 then, and going to preschool 6 hours a week. Older DC will be in kindergarten until 3pm daily. We're thinking of offering the au pair a bedroom with a shared jack-and-jill bathroom. If that would be a problem, we could move my oldest DC out of the bedroom with the ensuite and give that to the au pair. But that would mean the au pair's bedroom is right next to ours. Also, DH and I mostly WFH. DH is an introvert, so he spends most of his free time in front of the computer in his basement office.

We live in a walkable suburb. It's easy to walk to some shops, restaurants, a grocery store, and the bus station. The metro is miles away, however. Our nanny is an experienced parent, so we've been lucky that she needed no training at all. I wouldn't know how to train an au pair.

The options we're considering are: sticking with our wonderful nanny and continuing to stretch our budget to pay for her 2-child rate when we would mostly need childcare for 1 child, enrolling our younger DC in full-time daycare instead of the part-time preschool, and hosting an au pair.[/quote]

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