I'm thinking of f/t work or a PGCE and then ft work once DS starts school in september. Because DH works away monday - thursday there is no way it would be possible with CM/ school clubs so it would have to be an au pair.
I dont' mind the live in aspect and tbh it would be far far easier all round to have a 3rd adult in the household.
My biggest worry is - our hosue is pretty small, the only room we have spare for an au pair is the room that is suppoused to become our study (we would live without the study for a couple of years). Its basically a long narrow single box room - you know the ones that are big enough for a single bed and room to walk down beside the bed? because its long there's plnety of room for a wardrobe and its got 12 ft ceilings so I'd probably put in a loft bed/ cabin bed to give room for a desk/ armchair under the bed.
Would outfit it nicely - new furniture, own TV and phone point.
House overall is small - open plan living room / kitchen but we do run to an extra shower room and there's only 3 of us so basically au pair would share family bathroom mainly with DS.