Tell me about your night nurse/nanny experiences

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a night nurse 4-5 nights a week for the first six weeks. It was life changing, I cannot recommend enough if you can afford it. Mine worked 10 pm to 7 am. They were professional, trained nannies who asked about diaper change preferences, feeding preferences, and were very diligent about washing their hands. I'm now at week 11 and going back to work soon, baby is sleeping from around 11 pm to 5 am so we don't really need them anymore.

Please do not use the word “nurse” for someone who has not *earned* that title/license. (“Trained nannies”, as you mentioned, do not have the same education and qualifications as an actual nurse.) Using the term “night nurse” is completely inappropriate unless the person is actually a RN, LPN or LVN (or an advanced practice nurse, obviously) who happens to work overnight. Thanks!

Signed, A Registered Nurse

Good lord, who.put a hair up your derriere!

[Anonymous]

Dumb question but if you are nursing, are you still getting up to nurse or pump during the night with the night nurse/nanny?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question but if you are nursing, are you still getting up to nurse or pump during the night with the night nurse/nanny?

This is what I've never understood! My friend is a newborn care specialist and sounds like 95% of her families are giving formula at night.

My first kid slept great until week 6 and then screaming colic all night and only would sleep while comfort nursing ( my husband and mom had no successgetting her to be quiet so i could sleep and i couldnt sleep through the screaming....kid 2 would nurse and then go right back to sleep in the bassinet next to me for 2-3 hours and then repeat.... in both situations I couldn't see how having someone here would be helpful.

[Anonymous]

Implying that someone is a “nurse”, who does not actually hold a nursing license, not only poses a tremendous safety risk to the public but there are also potential legal consequences for people masquerading as nurses who have not earned that title. “Nurse” is a protected term in most states per: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/state/title-nurse-protection/#:~:text=No%20person%20shall%20practice%20or%20offer%20to%20practice%20as%20a,licensed%20as%20a%20registered%20nurse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Implying that someone is a “nurse”, who does not actually hold a nursing license, not only poses a tremendous safety risk to the public but there are also potential legal consequences for people masquerading as nurses who have not earned that title. “Nurse” is a protected term in most states per: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/state/title-nurse-protection/#:~:text=No%20person%20shall%20practice%20or%20offer%20to%20practice%20as%20a,licensed%20as%20a%20registered%20nurse

It’s not protected where I am, in Virginia, which is why all vet techs call themselves veterinary nurses now.

[Anonymous]

We had a horrible experience with a night nurse. Our relative gifted us 2 weeks, so we were excited to have the extra help. This relative also picked the night nurse. She was the best! From NYC! Took the train to us! Hard to book her! Only the best!

The night nurse told us she was on a strict diet and needed a milk substitute with less than 4g sugar per serving in our home for her. So cut to me with a newborn going around town looking for this. Most of what was available had more than 4g per serving. She also needed salads and a bunch of other things. So we got her all this food... only to realize she was sneaking our food on disposable plates and throwing them out in the diaper pale so we wouldn't notice. To be clear, she was more than welcome to our food but she made such a big deal about requiring special diet food that I was quite pissed when she ate half a cake when we weren't looking.

She also took our humidifier and placed it on our wooden floor, turned it up full blast, and damaged the floor.

She was against breastfeeding and kept sneaking our infant formula. She was using the free stuff we were given at the hospital that I took home just in case.

We sent her back home on the train a week early. Just couldn't deal.