I was wondering if anyone has gotten a night nanny in geneva? I am thinking of looking for one for like a month or two after labour but I don't know of this exist a over here. Help?
I've never heard of such a thing here, unless there's a clear medical reason for needing such help you and your partner are expected to get up in the night and tend to/feed your child yourselves.
I got some help from Marta right after my son was born, not for night nannying but she does do it. She is based in Zurich but might travel to you or know of someone in your area. Quite a few friends have gotten help from her, she's fantastic.
It's normal for a baby to wake during the night, usually for feeding, and normal that it's the mother (or if bottle-fed the father) to get up and deal with it!
Because taking care of your newborn is one of the loveliest thing in the world, and it passes way too fast. Yes, nights are short, but cuddling with your baby under your duvet has no price.
You're right and as a non-parent I have no experience of this. However I can well imagine families where all parents work, families with single parents or with older children who need their parents to be operating at full throttle during the day.
However of course, if you want to do it, do it but it's the "why would you need one" and the "you're expected" comments that grind my gears. I think new parents have enough to worry about apart from the expectations of strangers.
Your doctor or midwife should be able to recommend one, they are more common then people think. You need to be clear on what you need though. If you plan to breast feed the nurse will wake you for feedings, which makes sense but if you just want someone to be up with the baby if he or she wakes and cries a night nurse is an expensive option. A friend of mine who had twins hired a nanny who wanted to make extra money. She slept at their house with the kids and dealt with the night waking (not feeding).
It's really lovely that you feel this way, but I disagree. My babies didn't sleep for more than two hours at a time and I would have loved to have someone to look after them during the night so I could get some sleep. Then I might have actually enjoyed caring for them, instead of desperately struggling from one nap time to the next in a state of absolute exhaustion.
That's really great, and I'm happy that it's working so well for you, but my point is that not everyone has the same experience. For example, I couldn't feed my kids in bed because neither of them were good latchers.
I really didn't find that caring for newborns was a lovely experience; my abiding memory is of being barely functional due to sleep deprivation, and crying a lot. I know my experience was pretty extreme, and my sister's experience was the exact opposite - especially with her second child. Every child and every parent is different, so saying stuff like "caring for your newborn is one of the loveliest things in the world" is nonsense. It's one of the loveliest things in the world for you, but for me it was a terrible experience. For most people, it's somewhere in between.
The OP isn't asking for our opinions on raising her baby. If she wants to get some sleep and bottle feed her baby through night so that she can actually enjoy spending time with the kid during the day, then that's her decision and no-one else's business.
also secretarial, pet sitting, gardening, events' organising, weddings, and more. Johanna, the owner, speaks very good English too (apart from mixing 'household' for 'housework' ).
Hey, could also do what other rich people like Elton John and his partner do- get a Nanny who lives in a separate flat with the baby- esay peasy
You can do it occasionally for one feeding. But otherwise regular feeding is important to establish a good milk supply, especially at the beginning. And if you miss a feeding your boobs are so full and tender you can't sleep anyway!