Cost of night nurse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A night nurse can feed pumped breast milk via bottles, perhaps mixed with formula. Then, you wake up and pump. Much quicker than getting newborns to latch on and suck. The nurse brings you the pump, takes away the expressed milk, washes the pump parts. Deals with diapers, soothing babies, etc. It is not uninterrupted sleep, but much much better than dealing with 2 babies all night long.

They'll wash the pump parts? That's insane! I've been EP'ing for 11 months now and would have loved someone to do all the washing for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. thanks for the replies! how many days/weeks do most people hire the night nurses? Also did do they have a minimum number of hours in a shift? I was thinking that an 8 hour shift would be great, say 10-6. But I'm not sure how it works with breastfeeding.... I'd have to keep waking up so I'm not sure it makes sense to get a nurse.... any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Hi I am a baby nurse know out NY city I never heard of any insurance paying for our work I am in the business from the age of 28 yrs I am now 51yrs and still working I do twins a lot and sleep train

[Anonymous]

Hourly rates for twins 30 to 40 a hour and baby nurses work 12 hours @ night or day or 24 hrs is what the parent comfortable whit but when a night nurse is in the home mom should get her rest the nurse is there to make mom & dad very happy single baby is 20 dollars per hour baby nurse M.P

[Anonymous]

Just some advice on breast feeding and using a baby nurse. If you really want to get the most out of having a night nurse (i.e. getting a good night's sleep) here's what to do (this is what I did anyway).
Ideally pump here and there during the day to start to build up a breast milk stash, though this may be impossible with twins:
Pump right before you go to sleep and stash the milk in the fridge don't get up until morning;
If you need to pump because you don't have enough breast milk stored or your boobs are aching, do the following:
Before you go to bed set up your pump in your bedroom (or even better in your bathroom if you have a master suite) so its 100% ready to go;
Fill a basin or sink with water and a touch of dish soap.
Have a cooler with freezer packs next to your pump.
When you get up, pump with low lighting so you don't "fully" wake up;
Dump pump parts in soapy water;
Stash pumped milk in cooler;
Get back to bed asap and deal with everything in the morning.
If you need to get up more than once in the night to pump, make sure you have enough storage bottles or bags to take care of everything with out having to roam around too much. The idea is to try not to disturb your sleep any more than necessary.
I know I'll be criticized, but if you really want to get some good sleep and you don't have enough milk on hand to sleep through the night, supplement with formula. YOur babies will still get the benefit of breastmilk since it will be the majority of their diet and you'll get some much needed sleep.

[Anonymous]

We used Let Mommy Sleep for overnight care. They charged $26 an hour for licensed nurses.

[Anonymous]

LMS does an 8 or 9 hour minimum i think so 9 -6 or 10 - 7. they will wake you up to BF if you want them to. will bring baby in, you feed, then they take baby away, burp, diaper change etc. so for you maybe awake 15 minutes while if you were doing it all ob your own it would be at least 30 mins and a lot more disruptive. my nurse did tell me though that most moms, even BFing ones, don't want to be woken up - it kinda of defeats the purpose. we kept a small refrigerator near baby's room and i pumped during the day.