Mother
Name: Patty Shih
Marital status: Married
Industry: Medical/Healthcare Field
Father
Name: Johnny Nguyen
Marital status: Married
Industry: Medical/Healthcare Field
Child 1
First name: Niko
Last name: Wynn
Birth date: March 26, 2015
Gender: Female
Will the au pair be caring for this child? Yes
Does this child have special needs? No
Please tell us about your child's personality and interests. Also include any specific dietary, behavioral or other challenges your au pair might need to know about: Currently 5 months old. Happy easygoing baby. Currently breastfeeding and starting solid foods. This is the main child that the aupair would be caring for during the weekdays.
Child 2
First name: Kylie
Last name: Wynn
Birth date: August 01, 2009
Gender: Female
Will the au pair be caring for this child? Yes
Does this child have special needs? No
Please tell us about your child's personality and interests. Also include any specific dietary, behavioral or other challenges your au pair might need to know about: Kylie is outgoing, helpful, and loves to joke around. She is a good listener for the most part. Sometimes she can get carried away with playing or joking and needs to be redirected to certain tasks (such as finishing her meals or homework). Kylie is also very self-sufficient and will not require much care from the aupair.
Child 3
First name: Zoe
Last name: Wynn
Birth date: August 15, 2007
Gender: Female
Will the au pair be caring for this child? No
Does this child have special needs? No
Please tell us about your child's personality and interests. Also include any specific dietary, behavioral or other challenges your au pair might need to know about: Zoe is shy initially but becomes outgoing and engaging once she is comfortable. She is sweet, but sometimes bossy to her younger sister. She is a very good listener and is responsible. She is a picky eater but has improved over the years. Zoe is independent in the household and will not need much care from the aupair.
Additional information
Are you currently expecting or do you anticipate adding another child to your home this year (pregnancy or adoption)? No
Have you ever had live-in childcare before? Yes, We had an aupair from Thailand for 2 years. It was a great experience. We also have had a few other live-in nannies. Currently we have a live-out nanny.
Describe your family's interests. What activities are you involved in? Mom works from home. Dad works in the office and has irregular hours. 5 and 7 year old daughters swim, golf, and dance. They are in school during the weekdays. On weekends, we mostly do family activities such as going out to eat or to the movies. Some weekends are filled with kids extracurricular activities such as golf tournaments or swim meets.
Describe a typical weekday in your home (daily routine, schedule, chores, activities) Monday through Friday mornings are filled with getting our 5 and 7 year olds up and ready for school. Lunches need to be packed. We leave for school before 8am. Mom works from home starting at 9am typically. Dad leaves for work anywhere between 7am to 9:30am. Dad works certain weekdays and sometimes on weekends as well. Mom works one weekend a month (from home). 5 month old stays at home with the nanny (mom works in a home office and is available for assistance or to answer questions). Baby still naps 3 times a day. She needs to drink milk about every 3 hours during the day. She recently started eating baby food between naps. Our older 5 and 7 year old girls come home from School by 3pm. On most days, they have extracurricular activities (either swimming, golfing, or dance). Kids and mom are home for dinner at around 6pm. Baby goes to bed by 7:30. Older girls bathe and go to bed by 8:30pm.
Describe a typical weekend in your home. Kids can sleep in and eat breakfast leisurely. Older girls sometimes have golf lessons or tournaments. We usually go out to eat at least once during the weekend. Sometimes we do outings such as going to the mall, the movies, or the park with the kids.
Describe the frequency and duration of business travel. Dad occasionally travels (once or twice a year).
Describe the frequency and duration of evening activities that take you outside the home. At the most once a week, mom and dad may go out to dinner without the kids. Duration of 3-5 hours or so.
Describe the relationship you would like to develop with your au pair as host parents. We have hosted an aupair in the past and had a wonderful experience. She became a part of our family. Our girls adored her and we still keep in touch. We hope that with our new aupair, we can find someone who can become a part of our family. We would like someone who can eventually able to adapt to our busy schedule. We need someone who can jump in and help with things without me having to constantly give specific directions or orders on a daily basis. Of course, this is once the aupair has been oriented and has adjusted to our schedule and family needs. We need someone who is kind hearted, nurturing, honest, self-motivated, and has good common sense. We would love to have someone we get along with and whom we would like to hang out with even in social settings.
How would you like your au pair to integrate with your family outside of work hours? Consider which activities you would like to share versus times when you would provide your au pair with independent time. We are very flexible with what our aupair chooses to do on her own time. However, we would like to always welcome our aupair to join us if we go on outings or vacations. We often take weekend or weeklong trips to local places such as San Diego, Palm Springs. There are times we may ask our aupair to join us on these trips.
What is your communication style as a family? How do you like to resolve challenges and miscommunication? As a family we are very honest with each other. Challenges are alway resolved as soon as they come up. We like to talk very honestly and openly. Mom and dad are very straightforward when it comes to communicating our needs. We always try to address issues right away. We try to be sensitive about the aupair's concerns and issues.
Describe any limits you might have on your au pair inviting friends, visitors or overnight guests to your home. We would prefer not to have the aupair bring overnight guests. Friends are welcome on a case-by-case basis. We are conservative about this issue because we have young children. Our priority is the safety of our children.
Please outline any curfews or household rules you would like your au pair to follow. We likely will not have a specific curfew on days that they aupair is not working the next day. However if she is working the next day, we would expect her to be home and asleep by 11pm at the latest. We need to know that she is well-rested to care for our baby the next day.