Cost of night nurse

[Anonymous]

I'm expecting twins and have a toddler. I'm seriously thinking about using a night nanny but hear they are very expensive. Can someone share how much they have paid for night nurses/nannies? How long did you feel you needed one?

[Anonymous]

I worked as a night nurse for a few families with twins and they paid me around $20.00 per hour. I'm graduating from nursing school in May and most of the times the only help besides direct childcare was bottle preparation and help with nursing (lactation consultant like).
Some do laundry, cook... The assignments I had lasted in average 2 to 3 weeks.

[Anonymous]

$20 to $25. I used "Mother and Baby Matters" for a twin night nurse and she was great. Using a placement agency was more expensive that directly hiring someone, but a relief to know the reference checks etc. had been done. Congratulations.

[Anonymous]

we paid $25/hour

[Anonymous]

We used Debbie 703 745-7710. My ob recommended her. She is a labor and delivery nurse.
Our insurance paid her fees because she is a licensed nurse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used Debbie 703 745-7710. My ob recommended her. She is a labor and delivery nurse.
Our insurance paid her fees because she is a licensed nurse.

What was it covered under? I don't get how a baby/night nurse could be covered, but I'm certainly interested if I could possibly have it covered. Did your baby have some sort of special medical need?

[Anonymous]

No not at all. I had a c section. They covered it because she was licensed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No not at all. I had a c section. They covered it because she was licensed.

This doesnt make any sense. Was there a medical necessity for having a licensed nurse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No not at all. I had a c section. They covered it because she was licensed.

This doesnt make any sense. Was there a medical necessity for having a licensed nurse?

I'm not getting this either. So if I hire a registered nurse to clean my house, my health insurance will pay for it? Not trying to be flip, but I don't understand how it could be covered. But I'm ALL EARS if there is some way I could get it covered. DH and I were leaning against a night nurse because of the high cost.

[Anonymous]

Some NICU nurses will do this for extra money. If your twins happen to spend time in the NICU you can ask around then or if they don't you can call the NICU's and ask the secretary if their is anyone who would like to have their name shared with you. I too don't understand why insurance would pay for this. Home nursing is VERY VERY difficult to get approved even when their is a multitude of health problems so just to make life easier and more restful doesn't quite cut it-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm expecting twins and have a toddler. I'm seriously thinking about using a night nanny but hear they are very expensive. Can someone share how much they have paid for night nurses/nannies? How long did you feel you needed one?

Back to the original topic...

Our nanny used to "night nurse/nanny." She charged around $20/hr. She's an amazing nanny, and I wish I would have had her around after we came home from the hospital. She basically coached parents and gave them some relief.

[Anonymous]

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]

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.

[Anonymous]

Costs vary depending on if night nurse is insured, experience hired through an agency ( They add a fee of their own) etc. we went for cheaper was very unhappy with her and hired Teresa at www.overnightnewborncare.com . She was more expensive at $30.00 an hour, but well worth it. She worked an 8 hour shift and we would certainly hire her again.

[Anonymous]

I recently looked into this. The company i talked to charges $25 an hour and required 10 hour minimum. they recommended 3 nights in a row (but would do less). apparently it takes 2 nights of 8-hour sleep to "rejuvenate." (they used a different word -- i just can't remember what it was.) in total, it averaged out to about $750 a week. as much as i wanted to do it, i couldn't justify it.