Considering an au pair advice please

[Purplemunchkin76]

Hi I am a single mum that works 5 days a week in London, I live in cobham Surrey and cost of loving is high so I'm looking how to reduce costs. I'm paying around £1500 for childminder currently but she has him from 7.30 to 5.45 so long hours. I'm wondering how this would compare with other options. He is only 2 .5 years old and I am not have the one. I was thinking I would prefer an English speaker though , maybe Australian or amercican Or someone already recommended and working in the UK perhaps looking for a new position.

Advice appreciated.

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I don’t think au pairs are able to do much sole childcare

PS There is an au pair section here that might be a,more natural home for your thread

Au pairs aren't really suitable for such young children. You may want to consider a nanny share arrangement or a live in nanny.

Au pairs are good for wrap around care but not as an alternative to a nanny, nursery or child minder.

I've had three au pairs who provide me wrap around care and they are worth their weight in gold. But they use the tv a lot instead and only do so much playing with the kids...

Could you look to reduce the hours to school hours e.g. 9am-3pm and have an au pair to provide the remaining hours? This would save you around £200/month.