Ashley Sparling

A Night Nanny is a trained professional, with extensive newborn experience, who will arrive at 9 pm and leave at 7 am (although these hours are negotiable). Your nanny will help you with the night time feeds, bedtime routine, breastfeeding and any sleep issues. Depending on your preference, your Night Nanny can rest in the same room as your baby, or you will sleep with your baby and the Night Nanny will offer support and guidance when needed. When your baby wakes for a feed, the Night Nanny will make sure good feeding practices are being instilled; she will ensure your baby stays awake to have a good feed, and she will then wind and settle your baby. Your nanny should be allowed to nap in between the baby’s needs so bedding is required. Often mothers drift off while feeding and may not have the energy to spend time on winding of settling their baby if they are tired. This can result in the baby waking again within a short period requiring further winding and possibly another feed. An exhausted mother may not recognise this in the small hours of the night. A Night Nanny will make sure everything stays on track whilst you get the best sleep you can.

For the first few months, your baby will need to be regularly fed, day and night. Having a new baby can feel exhausting, but by hiring a Night Nanny you can avoid the sleep deprivation that can occur; a night nanny will help you through these early weeks and months. Knowing there is a professional in your home, caring for your baby, you will have the opportunity to sleep much better. She can guide and support you through all the early concerns, help you establish good feeding patterns and instill positive sleep associations for your baby.

If you are breastfeeding your Night Nanny will bring your baby to you for feeds; you don’t have to leave your bed, meaning you can stay totally relaxed and after your baby has fed you can immediately go back to sleep. Your Night Nanny will take the baby back to the nursery and take care of soothing, changing, winding and getting them back to sleep.