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Has anyone considered getting a night nurse for the first few days at home?
Has anyone had any experience with this? Can you recommend anyone? How much does this cost? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| We had one with our first and didn't find it all that helpful. Our DD wanted to cluster feed all night for the first week or so, so she was always nursing and never with the nurse! |
Anonymous
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Maybe try posting in the parenting...night nurses run about $25-$30, pending experience and number of babies.
Re: cluster feeding. A night nurse should be able to be helpful settling the baby, allowing Mom to rest. |
Anonymous
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Mine was a life saver for our first baby and we plan to use her again for baby #2. Contact Sandra Murray who has a network of Jamaican women she can refer to you. It's not cheap but definitely worth it to feel comfortable as you experience a major life change!
Good luck. Sandra Murray 240.461.6676 home 240.893.4078 cell |
Anonymous
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Go to: http://www.motherandbabymatters.com/
I have not used them. I hear they are expensive. It is a resource though to help you get started. |
Anonymous
| We had one for the first two weeks (DD is now 6 mos) because my husband and I were unsure about infant care and needed/wanted some guidance. It was a lot of help - mostly because she got DD on a good schedule and taught us about all sorts of baby things. It was pricey though we found it to be money well spent. |
Anonymous
I second using Sandra. We used a baby nurse she provided, and the nurse was excellent and extremely helpful considering we have no family help and were first time parents. Sandra is very experienced herself. |
Anonymous
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Sounds like a great idea if you don't have family to help guide you and offer help.
Personally, I did not want anyone around much except hubby, I wanted to get to know my way with DS myself and found it akward to have other people in the house under foot. However, I'm comfortable w/newborns...DS really gave me a run for my money when he started to come out of the "sleep coma" at around 3 weeks of age. It was frustrating not always being able to settle him when he was crying, as he hardly cried at all the first few weeks and just slept. |
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| This is more of a question than a comment: How long to most people keep a night nurse? How much should it run per hour? Is three months desirable/necessary? |
Anonymous
| I think if you are going to breast feed, it would be a huge waste of money. If you are formula feeding, I guess you would get more sleep with a nurse to take care of your baby. I could not imagine passing my baby on to someone else after waiting 9 months to have him/her. Unless you had some problems that would keep you bed ridden after birth. what are night nurses for? I never heard of someone having night nurse until I moved here. |
Anonymous
| ranges from 16-20 an hour and wow three months would be heaven!!! |
Anonymous
Ahhhhhhhh the judgemental mommy--just had to show up Sorry but I breastfed and had a night nurse--I was thrilled to have my baby girl but also thrilled to get some sleep so a)I had no PPD b) actually felt like a human being pretty quickly after delivery. As for how I did it..I pumped and handed off to the nurse..--it was not a waste of money--best money I have ever...and I repeat ever...spent. Of course some people can't afford as it is a luxury but..if at all possible, I would give up the family vacation for some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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The tone may have been a bit judgemental, but I'll throw in my 2 cents here in support of that post. For the record I am supportive of having a Night Nurse...I had family stay for weeks and they helped me, so its the same thing.
However, as a nuring mom, there is no way I could have gone more than 2hrs without breastfeeding round the clock those first few weeks. If I were to have a night nurse they would not be able to help with feeding because my breasts were so engorged after 2 hours and would, hurt, get infected, and soak the sheets. The baby nursing was a HUGE needed relief and I ended up waking him up if we went longer than 2.5hrs because my breast turned into rocks about to pop. A night nurse would be helpful to change the dirty diaper that always resulted in the middle of the night. Personally also, even if I has formula fed, I certainly as a new mom, would not have wanted the baby sleeping out of my room, so I'm not sure how these nurses work, does the baby sleep with them? Or do the nurses come into your room (waking you anyways) to care for the baby? In the hospital I found the constant parade of the RNs extremely disrupting. However, they had to wake me every 2hrs to nurse my baby... |
Anonymous
| We had a night nurse for about two weeks when my son was 2 and a half months old, as opposed to when he was first born (my mom was here the first month to help out). It was the best money we ever spent. At that point, he was going a bit longer in between feedings - 3 or 4 hours. He was also coming out of his colickly/reflux stage. The night nurse would just whisk him away after eating and let me fall back asleep. She dealt with the changing and settling baby back down to sleep. I would also pump at least one feeding so there were nights I would get a nice 8 hour chunk of sleep. That may have affected my supply but I did not really care because I did not plan on breast feeding exclusively after the third month anyway. Our night nurse was also wonderful at getting our baby on a feeding schedule. I learned a lot from her and my husband and I both loved the help. |