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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your former childcare set-up worked so well, why change it?  Why did you decide to go into the AP program?  Five years into this program, I can attest that it requires you as a HM to make changes...changes to your expectations, how you run your home, etc.

It sounds like you want an English speaking babysitter who can drive and doesn’t stay home when she isn’t working.  Not a great fit for the AP program.

To your points, it sounds like your AP arrived pretty helpless...no winter clothes, no money to buy winter clothes, no tablet/laptop, limited English, not the proper paperwork.  I agree, this is all very frustrating.

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Our nanny is retiring as soon as we're ready, but June at the latest. Our 2yo will start a full time 3s program in September, so we thought moving to an AP would be the right solution for us.

We were open to helping someone to learn English, fit into to our culture etc, we're happy to have someone live with us, it's worked well in the past. 
This AP is just dead weight so far, she has no motivation or drive and I don't have the energy to do everything for her.

My husband doesn't want her to drive on an IL because he's worried that she's not a strong driver. That's another issue that I don't know how we'll overcome. [/quote]

Wait, so the real story is that you won't let her drive? Even though she legally could? Why does your DH think that just by getting a NY license she will magically become a good driver?[/quote]

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