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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to talk to her and tell her that you cannot afford $25-40 activities a day for her.  Those trips are far more for her than your child.  Give her a $25 allowance a week for activities and let her figure it out.[/quote]

Allowance?  APs are not our children.  They're caregivers.  And there's very little you need to pay for with a toddler.  DC Museums are free.  Playgrounds are free.  Libraries are free.  Zoo is free.   Sure give money for the occasional hot chocolate/ice cream/lunch out.  But $100/month to entertain a toddler in DC?  No.  
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She’s getting entertainment out of it too because she can’t figure out how to entertain the toddler on her own.  How os are the other host kids? [/quote]

Truthfully, I think the host parents are being used to fund activities the au pair wants to do, but doesn't want to pay for.  The spy museum is not for toddlers.  Our au pair wanted to go there, but not after she saw the cost.  I think this group of au pairs is dragging kids around to activities they want to do (but not pay for) during work time.  I would not allow this.  The trouble you are going to have is that you have given her a lot of freedom to take a small child all over town without advance permission, without an expense account, and she will not like the breaks being put on her fun.[/quote]

[b]+1. Toddlers don’t need a soy milk drum or aquarium.  That should be an au pair crucify for her abs her friends to foot the bill.  They think they are slick. [/b][/quote]

What was that supposed to mean?

OP, this probably should have been covered before she started.

X amount for entertainment, meals/snacks or whatever.  That's it.[/quote]

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