Job # 32277
Baby Boy From Ahwatukee Needs A Nanny

Job # 32277: Baby Boy From Ahwatukee Needs A Nanny (24th St and Chandler Blvd)

Message from Mom: I am a full-time Compliance Specialist and my husband is a Financial Advisor. We are both working from home 100% of the time but will likely go on some modified work-home schedule once our companies give us the green light to come back to the office. We don’t know what that will look like once COVID isn’t a present danger.
We are extremely laid-back, loving and fun people. We are not extremely censored or buttoned up and will treat the right fit like family. That being said, we want someone cut from our same cloth that doesn’t take themselves too seriously but is still professionally respectful and diligent about being a dependable part of our lives (read: not flaky as our jobs don’t leave room for us to scramble for care,)and to provide hands-on, loving, nurturing and educational care to our boy. 
We lost our first son to an accident at 16 months old in February 2018. He is still very much a part of our family and conversations, his pictures hang on our walls and we want our younger son to know all about how awesome his big bro was. We want our nanny to be comfortable asking questions and knowing about our eldest and not shying away from talking with us about him. Some people have a hard time communicating or emoting due to their own discomfort or fear of our reactions and we want someone emotionally intelligent enough to handle our special family dynamic. Because our firstborn was a daycare kid, we are used to 40+ hour a week care so we can schedule appointments outside of working hours, the occasional happy hour/date, or even play hooky and nap/lounge in the pool when we need a mental health day. We need our nanny to be ok caring for our child as if we weren’t home even if we are home during those times (other than an emergency/sickness) and that not be odd. It would be great to schedule a monthly Friday dinner date for the two of us and would pay OT for that. It isn’t required but preferred. We are huge proponents of keeping our mental health and our marriage intact and it is what makes us great parents when we have some time to decompress every now and again. We also have a housekeeper that comes every other Friday around 10ish. They do the major cleaning but we would expect our nanny to pick up the house/toys, wash our baby's bottles/dishes daily and do his laundry as needed.
We have a pet dog but the nanny is not expected to take care of him.

About the Child:
Our son will be 16 weeks old this August and was an IUGR baby born at 4lb 5oz, but is a strong little one. He didn’t need any time in the NICU and got to come home with us right away! He is perfectly healthy and a good-natured, sweet and smiley, funny and beautiful kid. He loves to be talked and sang to and enjoys all people! We just learned he has what is called a velopharyngeal insufficiency which is causing some silent aspiration and minor reflux. Because of this, we have been instructed by our physicians to give him reflux medication and to thicken bottles. We also have other appointments lined up to see if surgery will be needed for his palette or if he will grow out of it and feeding/physical therapy. He is bit behind on his jaw and neck strength (hates tummy time with a serious passion) and we jokingly sing “Flat Head/Floppy Neck Ben” songs to him and he happily is in on the joke! He may need a helmet down the line. There may be some appointments he would need to be taken to but that’s TBD. Because he was born small and with these recent developments, we have opted to keep him home so he is not at risk of any infection that would impact his feeding, respiratory system, overall heath and ability to thrive and catch up to other kids his age.

Their Ideal Nanny:
- Good-natured, loving, sweet, funny, active and able to create a structured day for our son that is fun and educational. Ability to use a curriculum would be great!
- Baby sign language would be a plus! I’d like a mix of learning and creative stimulations.
- We would like our nanny to be engaged and a quick study of our baby's needs so we don’t find ourselves repeating information or creating unnecessary tension in the home.

Additional Job Details:
- Will need their own reliable transportation but will provide car seat, base and stroller.
- Diet: thickened bottles per our instruction. Potential administration of reflux medication as needed.

Start Date: Aug 10, 2020

Expected Job Duration: Approximately 1 year or more depending on if we prefer in-home care to daycare.

Duties:
Light housekeeping
Childs laundry
Cooking for children

COVID-19 Precautions:

- My husband and I wear masks at all public places and are diligent about hand washing. We are not currently quarantining or staying at home exclusively, but are also not gathering in large groups over 10.
- We expect our nanny to follow the same precautions that we are doing.
- Because our son is aspirating, him becoming infected with COVID may be more problematic for him than the average baby. Please exercise caution and cleanliness measures.

Schedule: 
Mon to Fri 8am to 5:30pm

Compensation $15 per hour

Benefits:
Paid Vacation
Bonus