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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 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.

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Anonymous wrote:What's natural and traditional is to have help for everything else, but not for the baby. That's what Mother is for.

I agree. I'm all for having help cooking, helping with older kids, laundry etc. But the soothe the baby, change the baby, love on the baby? That's for the parents alone.

Anonymous wrote:What's natural and traditional is to have help for everything else, but not for the baby. That's what Mother is for.

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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.