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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the original question -

I'm a fed, and generally give our au pairs the day off on any federal holiday.  This year we're also giving her New Years Eve and New Year's Day off - not charging vacation - largely because we know if we do she'll go to New York with her friends and give me and my husband a few days "to ourselves".  We like our au pair - we just also like a few days "alone" in our house.  And if her plans fell through and she stayed home we wouldn't lock her out or anything :)  We don't celebrate New Years in a big way, so we don't have her work (in fact, our LCC recommends that we give our au pair New Year's Eve evening off if at all possible.  Of course if you agreed otherwise during matching that's something else entirely.)

I'm also taking Christmas Eve and the 26th off, and have family coming into town those days.  We haven't told her she has the day off but also don't expect much in terms of work out of her those days.  I know of families that purposefully schedule au pairs to work a few hour on Thanksgiving and Christmas so they'll have guaranteed help watching the kids while they're cooking dinner!  That seems reasonable to me.[/quote]

I cooked Thanksgiving, Christmas dinners without help and it was easy.  Why can't you cook a, really relati ely simple meal and need help with your cjildren.  Tbe turmey is cooked in the oven and it is simplya a matter of being ORGANIZED to prepare vegetables, salad, side dishes and desserts. Why does the AP have to help YOU prepare, clean up, or watch your kuds. Why can't your husband help you because he really is a family member.  It is selfishness and laziness on part of you and other HM's.  As for not being cheap, if AP's weren't far less expensive than nannies, you wouldn't have one.  No OT, no pesky labor laws to follow. [/quote]

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