2025 Night Nurse Rates and DMV Recs?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I'm exploring hiring a night nurse for my LO. Does anyone know the rates of different DMV companies for 2025? Anyone have a strong recommendation for a particular company?

Thanks in advance!

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[Anonymous]

I looked into this for my third and ultimately did not use because when you’re breastfeeding I did not see the benefit.

I want to say that most I spoke with were about 50 dollars an hour and had a minimum number of hours you had to book.

There are a lot of options based on what you.

I was surprised that some companies had people who were doing this in addition to other jobs. so just today that there’s a wide range of options and people out there depending on what your needs are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I looked into this for my third and ultimately did not use because when you’re breastfeeding I did not see the benefit.

I want to say that most I spoke with were about 50 dollars an hour and had a minimum number of hours you had to book.

There are a lot of options based on what you.

I was surprised that some companies had people who were doing this in addition to other jobs. so just today that there’s a wide range of options and people out there depending on what your needs are.

I still see the value as breastfeeding mom. I fed the baby, handed back to the nurse for burping, diaper change, and to get to bed (which isn’t always easy with a newborn). Also for some of those cluster feeds I would admittedly sleep so I get could get like a three to five hour chunk of sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looked into this for my third and ultimately did not use because when you’re breastfeeding I did not see the benefit.

I want to say that most I spoke with were about 50 dollars an hour and had a minimum number of hours you had to book.

There are a lot of options based on what you.

I was surprised that some companies had people who were doing this in addition to other jobs. so just today that there’s a wide range of options and people out there depending on what your needs are.

I still see the value as breastfeeding mom. I fed the baby, handed back to the nurse for burping, diaper change, and to get to bed (which isn’t always easy with a newborn). Also for some of those cluster feeds I would admittedly sleep so I get could get like a three to five hour chunk of sleep.

(To clarify - I’d let the nurse give a bottle so I could get a little sleep. Didn’t affect my supply.)

[Anonymous]

I paid $35/hour for a referral not an agency.

Her agency rate is $45/hour

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looked into this for my third and ultimately did not use because when you’re breastfeeding I did not see the benefit.

I want to say that most I spoke with were about 50 dollars an hour and had a minimum number of hours you had to book.

There are a lot of options based on what you.

I was surprised that some companies had people who were doing this in addition to other jobs. so just today that there’s a wide range of options and people out there depending on what your needs are.

I still see the value as breastfeeding mom. I fed the baby, handed back to the nurse for burping, diaper change, and to get to bed (which isn’t always easy with a newborn). Also for some of those cluster feeds I would admittedly sleep so I get could get like a three to five hour chunk of sleep.

(To clarify - I’d let the nurse give a bottle so I could get a little sleep. Didn’t affect my supply.)

Agree I do not understand the benefit if exclusively breast feeding... makes sense if giving a bottle.

My first I needed to triple feed and could see it being helpful to have someone give the bottle while I pumped but my spouse did that and can't imagine paying all that and still awake all night to nurse and pump

[Anonymous]

So is this the general consensus? If BF than night nurse is a waste? I was thinking I would get one since DH doesn't have leave.

[Anonymous]

I currently have a night nanny (a night nurse, meaning someone with medical training, is probably much more expensive and usually unnecessary).

It’s literally the best money I’ve ever spent on anything in my life. This is my third child and the newborn experience has been so, so much better than the last two times (especially with #2 which was horrible).

We’re using Let Mommy Sleep. We pay $39 an hour for eight hours a night. (So $312 a night). She comes 11pm-7am (though you can adjust that if you want, but I do believe there is an eight hour minimum). We started at four nights a week once the baby was 2 weeks old (which was when my husband went back to work), moved up to five nights, and then back to four nights.

We reached out to LMS while I was pregnant. They have pre-vetted, trained, background checked, experienced staff. The first one they sent to us for an interview we really liked but didn’t have quite enough experience for us, the second one we interviewed was great, so we chose her. She’s done all of our nights (baby is 2 months old) but we’ve been happy to flex (ie, change which nights a week she comes) so that she was always available. If she was not available and/or we were not flexible with our schedule, LMS would send subs.

My initial plan was to nurse, but do one bottle of formula overnight from day 1 so I could get a four hour stretch of sleep right from the beginning. We figured the nanny would give the bottle upon the baby’s first wake up, and then bring the baby to nurse for any subsequent wake-ups.

As it turned out, nursing didn’t work out for me this time and so by the time the night nanny started, we were exclusively formula feeding, so I sleep a full 8 hours when she’s here.

I do think a night nanny is valuable even if you’re nursing, particularly if you already have other children. Once you get the hang of nursing (and I did nurse my first two), the night nanny can bring you the baby and you can nurse half asleep in your bed and just hand him right back. No diaper changes, no rocking to sleep, no soothing.

If you’re on the fence about it, do the legwork. If you just do a week, and you don’t feel it’s helpful, you can cancel. LMS was very low commitment up front - I think you literally just had to commit to a single night, and then you can cancel anytime. If you’ve got a chill baby, nursing is going well, and you don’t think it’s helping you, you can just cancel. If you’ve got a baby who is up for hours crying in the night (uggghh my first was like that) or who refuses to sleep anywhere but someone’s arms and cries when put in a bassinet, or if nursing doesn’t work out (it happens) you’ll be so glad you have her!

On the flip side, if you decide to see how it goes, and then you’re drowning and exhausted, it’s hard to get this in motion with interviews and logistics and stuff.

[Anonymous]

omg I agree with this. Get the night nanny to start when the baby is like 6 weeks old. Nursing in the first couple of weeks doesn't take too much time overnight but when he got older he was awake a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:omg I agree with this. Get the night nanny to start when the baby is like 6 weeks old. Nursing in the first couple of weeks doesn't take too much time overnight but when he got older he was awake a lot.

Guess it would depend on the baby? I was personally planning to have the night nanny on day 1. Even if it helps with a small amount of extra sleep it will be a lot better than 0 sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:omg I agree with this. Get the night nanny to start when the baby is like 6 weeks old. Nursing in the first couple of weeks doesn't take too much time overnight but when he got older he was awake a lot.

Yup, before this they’re so sleepy that it’s easy. It’s when they start to wake up you need extra hands. It would be a total waste for me before 6 weeks, and still a large waste if you’re breastfeeding IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:omg I agree with this. Get the night nanny to start when the baby is like 6 weeks old. Nursing in the first couple of weeks doesn't take too much time overnight but when he got older he was awake a lot.

Guess it would depend on the baby? I was personally planning to have the night nanny on day 1. Even if it helps with a small amount of extra sleep it will be a lot better than 0 sleep.

It’s not a free service. The cost-benefit ratio has to work in order to justify paying for it. I’m not paying $400 for one extra hour of sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is this the general consensus? If BF than night nurse is a waste? I was thinking I would get one since DH doesn't have leave.

As a breastfeeding mom I had nurses with all three of my kids and saw the value. I just breastfed the baby and the nurse did everything else overnight so I could get some rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is this the general consensus? If BF than night nurse is a waste? I was thinking I would get one since DH doesn't have leave.

As a breastfeeding mom I had nurses with all three of my kids and saw the value. I just breastfed the baby and the nurse did everything else overnight so I could get some rest.

I’ve had 3 kids and I don’t understand the “and everything else.” Put on a night diaper, feed them a couple times and put them back in the crib. How can a night nurse possibly be worth being handed a baby you’re up to feed anyway?