It feels a bit funny thinking about this already, but we need to start the search for our next au pair, which makes me a bit sad. Pauline's au pair year ends in early December and while we would LOVE to have her stay on logner, she has decided to return home and not extend.
We were hoping to be done with the process of finding our next au pair before my maternity leave ends, but since that is less than a week away, that's pretty unlikely. We have come to the realization that we will most likely NOT have a German au pair this time around. Most german au pairs do this between high school and college, so they are typically younger. This is probably going to be the most challenging child-rearing year -- while the twins are learning to crawl, walk, and eat solid foods, and Oliver is still to young to follow directions (like not running into the street!). This means we need to focus much more on finding an au pair that has the maturity and childcare experience to handle these challenges, and be less focused on what language she speaks or which country she calls home. A few au pair cadidates from Serbia and the Czech Republic speak German, so maybe the year won't be an entire wash language-wise, but its too early to tell.
We were hoping to be done with the process of finding our next au pair before my maternity leave ends, but since that is less than a week away, that's pretty unlikely. We have come to the realization that we will most likely NOT have a German au pair this time around. Most german au pairs do this between high school and college, so they are typically younger. This is probably going to be the most challenging child-rearing year -- while the twins are learning to crawl, walk, and eat solid foods, and Oliver is still to young to follow directions (like not running into the street!). This means we need to focus much more on finding an au pair that has the maturity and childcare experience to handle these challenges, and be less focused on what language she speaks or which country she calls home. A few au pair cadidates from Serbia and the Czech Republic speak German, so maybe the year won't be an entire wash language-wise, but its too early to tell.
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This is definitely hard - every year to say goodbye, every year trying to interview for what is (at least in my opinion), the most important job in the world.
It will be hard to find the right mix of experience and maturity to take care of the twins, but you will do just fine.
I have been interviewing a bit myself and have found some good candidates.. I have spread out though to look at all the agencies (AuPair in America, Cultural Care, and AuPair Care)...
I have had 2 interviews so far - they have gone well...but there isn't that "This is the one" just yet...
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