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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, with an older au pair with nursing or substantive infant experience. We had a 25 year old who had spent two years of national service working full time in a NICU and pediatrics ward. She was terrific, but we made a point of scheduling classes two days a week so she could meet other people and encouraging her to meet up with friends during the day, e.g., other au pairs with infants. [/quote]

My first au pair was great with my baby. I know there are a lot of horror stories out there, but it can be done, and I had a great experience as a first-time host mom. I started training her during my maternity leave to take care of my infant and my toddler, and then she started watching both full time when my baby was about 5 months. I was very detailed with the onboarding process and in the handbook. I screened very carefully and only considered au pairs who were 25 or 26 who were responsible. They had to have cared for babies under 2 who were unrelated for at least half a day or more, have lived with and helped care for a baby (nephew/niece was okay), had held at least one full-time job, and had lived independently. My au pair was from Thailand with excellent English (so she could follow detailed instructions) who had lots of work experience in her home country, was an extension au pair (doing her second year) who had been watching multiple children including one 1-year-old. She also did laundry, cooked healthy meals for them, and walked them in the stroller to story time and the park a few blocks away. [/quote]

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