I am a mother of three children (five year old twins and a 15 month old baby) looking for household help from Aug 1-19, with possible extension to Sept 2.

I recently broke my foot, and am on crutches, no weight allowed on the foot at all for 6-8 weeks. We don’t currently employ any household help, so I am looking for someone to basically replace ME: someone to help with driving, childcare, grocery shopping and housekeeping.

Ideally, the person we employ would meet the following criteria:

• Be available to work 12-7, Monday through Friday at our home in Palo Alto
• Have good English communication skills
• Have a clean driving record, and be able to pick me up from work on the Stanford campus, as well as picking up the children from school and driving us to/from the grocery store.
• Have experience with childcare, and be experienced and comfortable with putting a baby to bed, giving a bath to older children (5 year old twins), entertaining older children, and taking 3 children on outings, for example, walks to the park.
• Be willing to share household cleaning/tidying tasks with me. For example, I can sit on the floor and fold laundry, but I need someone to carry baskets up and down the stairs, load the washer/dryer, and do the reaching and bending necessary to put folded laundry away. Similarly, I can manage to cook dinner, but I need help carrying dishes and setting the table; I can sit on a chair at the sink and do the handwashing, but I need someone to help carry plates from the table and bend and load the dishwasher.
• Be comfortable working with an employer – this would not be a typical nanny/housekeeper situation in which the employers/parents are out of the house all day

We will pay competitive wages, and lunches and dinner with the family are included, if desired.

If you are interested in this position, please contact me
Dori Moss
dorimoss@stanford.edu
650-838-0223