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What is a Baby Nurse?
A Baby Nurse is an experienced infant or newborn specialist who works in your home during the first weeks of your baby’s life. She can assist you with all of the day-to-day care of your new baby. A Baby Nurse educates and supports parents to care for their new infant with the goal of establishing a practical routine that leaves the family feeling settled and comfortable. Typically she will work between eight and twenty-four hour shifts a day. Anywhere from 1 week to 8 weeks. Baby Nurses are also available for consultation services either in person, on the telephone, or by email. Consultations can vary in time depending upon your specific needs.
A baby nurse is not a Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). At present there is no formal schooling for a baby nurse, though the art of baby nursing can be dated back to very early times in history. A skilled baby nurse draws upon a variety of disciplines to prepare her for this job including newborn care, early childhood education, lactation education, nutrition, sleep habits, safety, parenting and bonding. Babiease is firmly committed to staying abreast of the most current practices while remaining rooted in loving and tender care of babies.
Note: If your physician has recommended skilled nursing care for your baby perhaps due to technology dependence (i.e. ventilator or tracheostomy), a major health anomaly, severe feeding intolerance, etc. then Babiease is not suitable. Babiease may be able to make an appropriate referral.
What is a Multiples Baby Nurse?
A Multiples Baby Nurse is experienced with caring for two or more babies at a time. They are skilled in helping and teaching parents how to negotiate the unique challenges of caring for more than one baby at a time. A Multiples Baby Nurse is also knowledgeable about the ongoing concerns and special needs of preemies.
What are the specific responsibilities of a Baby Nurse?
A Baby Nurse will handle all baby related duties. Some responsibilities include the following, though are not limited to:
- Equipment set-up and instruction (i.e. breast pump, sterilizer, monitors, cribs, mattresses, wedges, toys, etc.)
- Lactation support
- Assist mom, if necessary, during the post-delivery recovery period
- Bottle preparation (breast milk or formula)
- Bottle cleaning and sterilization
- Feedings, Burping
- Swaddling
- Changing Diapers
- Laundering baby clothing and linens
- Changing bedding
- Restocking changing stations
- Charting feeding amounts and times, sleeping times, and play times
- Initiating a Eat, Wake, Sleep Schedule
When will I need a Baby Nurse?
The Baby Nurse can be waiting for you and your little ones upon the homecoming from the hospital. Some families choose to have their Baby Nurse come to the home before the delivery in order to get the nursery and home in order. If families have more than one baby and they come home staggered, parents may want to wait until all babies are all home. When all of the new family members are home the Baby Nurse will work with you to establish your expectations and routine allowing you to enjoy your family.
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"Throughout her short 2˝ week stay with us, Meredith gave use countless helpful suggestions. She showed us ways to simplify several different processes such as bath time, formula making and the feeding of three babies at one time. Our lives are much easier now and we are able to enjoy our babies even more than before. Daily life has a routine to it and we in control and confident that we can handle anything. Meredith does not impose her opinion. She simply gives suggestions and shows you how to implement them correctly. We feel so luck to have found Meredith."
- Mother of Newborn Triplets
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