Alice Douglas: If Only Mary Poppins Could Look After My Kids

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OH no! Jane the au pair is leaving, and I've had to fight off a hearty degree of panic. An extra pair of hands, an extra soul to help spread the load... and then there's all the time, effort and money I've invested in trying to settle her in.

Cementing a relationship between her and the children has been an uphill struggle, and it's only in the last few weeks that she has started to inspire some affection in Hero. Tybalt had even become fairly ambivalent to her presence and had almost stopped playing tricks on her like the memorable slug in shoe incident - although my son reliably informed me they crawled there of their own accord.

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Alice Douglas: If Only Mary Poppins Could Look After My Kids

The reason she's abandoning her post isn't far to find: cherchez l'homme. She is totally lovesick for her boyfriend. The root cause of those puppy dog eyes came to visit for a few weeks ...

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