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[quote=Anonymous]Former Newborn Care Specialist here (the name baby nurse isn’t industry standard since they are typically nowhere near the qualifications to be an RN).

So it depends on what your goals are. If both parents need to be functional during the day right away either due to going back to work or having older sibling(s) to care for, and you want to ensure you NEVER have to wake at night with the baby, then you would need to formula feed.

If you are breastfeeding, you will still need to wake 1-3 times depending on baby’s age, but what a lot of moms do is feed the baby, put them down, then get ready for bed herself and then pump once before mom goes to bed.  That milk becomes the feed for baby’s first wake, then when mom wakes again naturally she pumps again and we repeat.

The other option is for the NCS to bring baby to you in bed, you text when they are done and I can take over and handle burping, changing, soothing back to sleep.

The tricky thing is that every baby is different and there are some babies who very early on are good sleepers naturally.  On the other hand, there are some babies who are very tough to soothe, or may have complications like reflux or colic.  So the risk of hiring for the longer term is wasting money, but the risk of hiring for the shorter term is that most NCSs will not be available if you change your mind and want more help.

The most typical for families who want the safe bet is about 6 months bc by then the majority of babies will be STTN for at least 8 hours (some will be able to do 12 hours, but some will still need one overnight feed, esp if in a growth spurt).[/quote]

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