Live-In Help Recommendations (s/o Family Size)

mommaofmultiples · December 2014

Hello! I am so excited.....my DH and I have decided we are going to get a live-in housekeeper next year! This is kind of a spin-off to all the threads talking about how to make a large family work.

I have posted on here before, but as a little background: I have three children ages three and under (a set of three year old twins and an eight month old). DH and I have decided we definitely want one more child in about a year. We have realized to do this, (since we are both full-time working professionals), we will need live-in help. It seemed like quite a few people on here have help (live-in or otherwise). Does anyone have any recommendations for agencies I can research and talk to? Ideally we are looking for someone to do 90% housework and 10% childcare. I like to think of this person as doing all the things a stay-at-home mom would do, except childcare, because my older two are in school, and my youngest is in daycare.

Thanks!

alli2672 · December 2014

I don't have a live in housekeeper, but I do have someone 20 hours a week to do all of the household chores, and I have an aupair who lives with us and does childcare.

I just recommended this book in another post, but it was really helpful for me in deciding how much help I needed.

A Housekeeper is Cheaper than a Divorce

mommaofmultiples · December 2014

Thanks for the information. I will check that book out. How did you find your au pair? Did you use an agency?

alli2672 · December 2014

We used aupaircares.com. Our aupair can work up to 10 hours at a time, and up to 45 hours/wk. She can do any child related chores around the house, but isn't really expected to do a lot of housekeeping (i.e. she can make dinner for the kids if she is on duty, but wouldn't make dinner for the family).

Here is a pretty good post from another message board on choosing an aupair agency.
https://aupairmom.com/how-much-does-the-au-pair-agency-you-choose-really-matter/2013/08/21/celiaharquail/

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