We have several children, one of them with a disability. Is that possible?

More time for each individual child

Especially in families with several children, attention has to be redistributed every day. If one child needs more support, appointments, therapies or other demands often add to the family schedule as well. An au pair can bring exactly the flexibility needed here.

The au pair is there for the whole family. It can play, do crafts, do puzzles, go to the playground with your child with a disability, or accompany them to leisure activities. At the same time, it can be there for the siblings just as much, playing with them, accompanying them to an activity, or simply spending time with them.

This opens up quite different possibilities: you take your child to therapy in peace while the au pair plays with the siblings at home. Or the au pair spends time with your child with a disability while you deliberately do something alone with the siblings.

This can be especially valuable for siblings. They get moments again in which mum or dad are entirely there for them — without having to organise, at the same time, who looks after the other child.

And your child with a disability can benefit just as much from having an additional familiar person in everyday life who takes the time to play together and do things together.

An au pair can therefore be support not just for one individual child, but can become an enrichment for the whole family.