How much did your baby nurse cost?

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

Oops. I meant $27/hr. we used Let Mommy Sleep. I liked that they vetted everyone and they mostly had actual nurses. The owner is very nice/helpful, too.

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

Oops. I meant $27/hr. we used Let Mommy Sleep. I liked that they vetted everyone and they mostly had actual nurses. The owner is very nice/helpful, too.

Why would you need an actual nurse unless the baby had a medical condition. You are hiring someone to 'mother' your baby -cuddle, change, feed, hold, comfort, etc... you don't need a medical professional for that.

[Anonymous]

PP here - Did you have a DC with colic and reflux? I doubt it. And, I will say it was a matter of experience. She was good at what she did and we were new, inexperienced parents who needed to learn some techniques. Once his colic was under control and we had some experience under our belts (which didn't take long), we were able to do just fine. That's the thing about nurses and sleep consultants and other baby related resources, they are teachers and help build a new parent's confidence.

[Anonymous]

^^ Above is in response to the 09:14 poster.

[Anonymous]

I did this for many years before my son started K. I wanted a job that would allow me to stay at home with him and as a single mother, that was a tall order. I worked as a night nanny for many different families. I would drop my son off at my mom's house to sleep and then would go to work. I usually worked from 10 or 11 until 6 or 7 in the morning. I basically did what a mother would do in the middle of the night when the baby wakes up. Feed him/her, change him/her, get the baby back to sleep. Lather, rinse, repeat. I earned enough to pay all of my bills and be a SAHM. I would sleep at night when the baby was asleep and then again in the afternoon when my DS took a nap. I charged around $25/hr and found jobs mostly through word of mouth. Most of the parents I worked for had high pressure jobs and needed their sleep at night. Some of the babies had colic but most didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

Oops. I meant $27/hr. we used Let Mommy Sleep. I liked that they vetted everyone and they mostly had actual nurses. The owner is very nice/helpful, too.

Why would you need an actual nurse unless the baby had a medical condition. You are hiring someone to 'mother' your baby -cuddle, change, feed, hold, comfort, etc... you don't need a medical professional for that.

My baby did have a medical condition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

Not something that ever crossed my radar because A) we don't have the money and B) it's just unheard of in my circle of friends and family so it never crossed my mind. That said, I do remember when we were being released from the hospital saying "Oh my god, we have to do this all by ourselves now. No way." It would have been comforting to have one of my awesome labor/delivery/maternity nurses come home with us. But I think it could be compared to a cultural difference in that it's very foreign to me, (and I admit I struggle to understand how parents could have this mindset that it's not part of the gig to deal with their own babies at night)...but I try to accept it like any other differences I encounter in life.

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

Oops. I meant $27/hr. we used Let Mommy Sleep. I liked that they vetted everyone and they mostly had actual nurses. The owner is very nice/helpful, too.

Why would you need an actual nurse unless the baby had a medical condition. You are hiring someone to 'mother' your baby -cuddle, change, feed, hold, comfort, etc... you don't need a medical professional for that.

My baby did have a medical condition.

In that case some may need, or prefer, a RN.

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

Oops. I meant $27/hr. we used Let Mommy Sleep. I liked that they vetted everyone and they mostly had actual nurses. The owner is very nice/helpful, too.

Why would you need an actual nurse unless the baby had a medical condition. You are hiring someone to 'mother' your baby -cuddle, change, feed, hold, comfort, etc... you don't need a medical professional for that.

And that is who Let Mommy Sleep sent. My child had a med condition, but didn't require night nursing care. If that had been the case, we would have been able to get it covered by ins.

My baby did have a medical condition.

In that case some may need, or prefer, a RN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did this for many years before my son started K. I wanted a job that would allow me to stay at home with him and as a single mother, that was a tall order. I worked as a night nanny for many different families. I would drop my son off at my mom's house to sleep and then would go to work. I usually worked from 10 or 11 until 6 or 7 in the morning. I basically did what a mother would do in the middle of the night when the baby wakes up. Feed him/her, change him/her, get the baby back to sleep. Lather, rinse, repeat. I earned enough to pay all of my bills and be a SAHM. I would sleep at night when the baby was asleep and then again in the afternoon when my DS took a nap. I charged around $25/hr and found jobs mostly through word of mouth. Most of the parents I worked for had high pressure jobs and needed their sleep at night. Some of the babies had colic but most didn't.

I'm impressed. You and your mom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I simply can't imagine a life where this is an option. Not because of the money but because it seems so starange to me to invite a strange into the house to care for a newborn while everyone else is asleep. I am genuinely curious... perhaps I am missing something -- this does not seem scary to anyone else?

I thought the same thing, until my husband insisted (it is SOP with his group). And it was awesome. AWESOME.

To answer OP's question - $23/hr.

In my extended family - cousins, siblings, etc - everyone uses the same baby nurse (same woman for literally three decades) and there is a second woman we hire if the first choice isn't available. So we trust them.

Not sure why you find it scary? Are you worried about crime? A day time nanny could just as well steal or hurt your child.

[Anonymous]

Hi DCUM,

My name is Denise and I'm the owner of Let Mommy Sleep. We have had the privilege of working with some of you and are very thankful for that. I wanted to take a second to answer the genuine question of “Who uses this service anyway and why?” Not as a means of advertising or to feed the message board beast but just to actually answer the question because it seems to pop up from time to time.

Here is a list of some of the situations we see most often for which parents call upon overnight support. It’s important to note that 100% of the time, parents want a partner and temporary support person for a few nights or weeks because they have no family help. They don't want a parental replacement. We’ve been with hundreds of families and I can tell you we’ve never had a parent- literally not one- who "just doesn’t feel like getting up at night". It's the opposite-- parents want to do EVERYTHING they can for baby and sometimes this means reaching out for help.

More often than not, families have 1 or 2 things below happening for which they need/want support:

- They have newborn + older child(ren) so there is no rest during the day.
- This is baby #3 for Mom and she wants the nurse to come a few nights so Mom can be rested to volunteer at the older kids’ school.
- Mom has no maternity leave, or is up against the clock of ridiculously short maternity leave and wants to be present for the whole family during the day.
- Their family is unable to help. Grandparents are elderly, far away or still in the workforce.
- Partner has no family leave and it’s up to Mom to do day and night shift without relief.
- Partner has a job for which sleep is a necessity so all weekday/weeknight care is up to Mom.
- Baby has reflux and takes 45 minutes to feed and then needs another 45 minutes of being held upright to soothe reflux. And then gets up to feed 45 minutes later. All day. And all night.
- Mom has a medical condition exacerbated by lack of sleep.
- Dad/partner has a medical condition exacerbated by lack of sleep.
- Partner travels for work, again leaving Mom to take a 24 hour shift. Every single day.
- Mom’s goal is to breastfeed but production is down. Everyone keeps telling her the best way to up her production is to get some rest. But she has no time to rest.
- Mom and partner have the flu and don’t want baby to get sick.
- Older siblings need parent’s attention through the night due to illness, still being very young, autism or adjusting to new baby.
- They don’t have friends with kids and want someone to help teach them the best way to take care of their baby.
- Mom is prone to PPD.
- They want the security of someone who has cared for a child before. They need some confidence and have no one who can answer their questions. (Except Auntie Internet---and she often leads to more confusion).
- They have multiples and managing 2 feeds for 2 babies who eat every 2 hours (24 feeds in 24 hours) is extremely difficult.
- Families find that 1-2 nights of sleep (18 hours out of 168 in a week) allows them to enjoy the early days, not just count the days till the newborn phase is over.

I hope this doesn’t sound snarky. I do not intend it as such. I just remember when I was a new mom falling off the cliff due to lack of confidence and rest and I wish I could have enjoyed that time more instead of feeling like an exhausted failure. We have seen so many families who are hurting frankly because they do not have any support, and we just want to be able to lift those families up a little.

Thanks for letting me post here.

Denise Stern

[Anonymous]

A certified baby nurse with years of experienced current with all vaccines including whooping cough will charge 300.00 per 24 hour with a 3 hour break. And does all Infant care duties!

[Anonymous]

A certified baby nurse with years of experienced current with all vaccines including whooping cough will charge 300.00 per 24 hour with a 3 hour break. And does all Infant care duties!