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[quote=Anonymous]I am one of the previous posters.

If you have 4 kids under 4 and work from home (which are all things that will make it harder to match trust me) I would really be wary of doing things the way you want to.

It seems like you are looking for someone who do most of the non fun stuff while you get to finally sit and play with your kids. I get the sentiment but that really is not what an AP is there for. You will really get a resentful AP if you are at home chilling with the kids while you have her do all the things you don’t want to do.  The AP program is again, a cultural exchange, they are here to cover for you when you are at work or unavailable and while it’s okay to have her work while you are around to look after the kids as an extra pair of hands, it’s really not in the spirit of the program to have her do all the nappies and things you (and your husband!?) don’t want to do when you are there to do it. You are much more likely to succeed by doing the opposite use the AP to entertain the kids while you sort things for them so you don’t have to juggle them, and then once down sit down with them to play knowing everything is done.

I do think you should look into a nanny/housekeeper gig as it doesn’t really seem like you are looking to provide a cultural exchange for the Au Pair and more looking for someone to make up for your husband lack of help which is not the role of an AP. 
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