What is the difference between the 3?
A Newborn Care Specialist (NCS), formally known as a Baby Nurse(see Baby Nurse info below), main role is to assist and educate the parents after the family has brought the baby home from the hospital. NCS work with families in their homes to help take care of a newborn baby, educate parents about newborn care, and help create a smooth transition to parenthood. Often this help includes scheduling, feeding, sleep assistance and help with breastfeeding. The NCS will be there at night while the parents get a good night’s sleep. She gets up at night with the baby, feeds by bottle or brings baby to the mother to breast feed. After feeding, the baby is burped and changed and put back to bed.
If you are Breast Feeding the NCS will bring baby to you when it is time for feeding. She can help you with baby’s latch and the different positions in which to feed your baby. IF you want to pump, Your NCS can help you with a pumping routine. She also changes diaper, burps baby, holds baby in a upright position if needed for reflux and returns baby to its bed. This can save mom up to 45 min of rest per feed that she would not get on her own.
She is able to observe and adequately respond to a baby's needs and establish healthy sleep habits. A NCS should know about diaper rashes, circumcision care, reflux, colic, swaddling, and soothing techniques.
Most NCS are available to work for night, day or 24/7 duty. She will generally come in for one week to four months relieving Mom at night and educating the parents while she is there and make this exciting time of life less stressful for parents. Even if you decide to gift yourself with only a couple of weeks of help, the education you will receive and the rest you will get for those two weeks will be very much worth it!
She will typically perform the following duties:
• Educate and support parents.
• Create a smooth transition for family during the newborn stage.
• Troubleshoot potential issues of concern with the newborn and offer professional options to resolve them.
• Soothes babies using skilled and proven techniques that help calm newborns.
• To provide care for the newborn and perform some or all of the following tasks:
• Diapering
• Changing
• Bathing
• Circumcision Care
• Bottle Preparation (Breastmilk & Formula)
• Bottle Cleaning
• Organization & Maintenance of Nursery
• Create a regular feeding schedule
• Assist in establishing healthy sleep habits
• Maintain a thorough log of eating, sleeping and behavioral patterns
• Take over complete care of newborn at night to provide parents time to sleep
The term "Baby Nurse" was used years ago for a person who had the same duties of a NCS. Many states now only allow a person who has a nursing degree to use the title of "Baby Nurse". This varies State to State. Most true Baby Nurses will not work towards getting baby to have healthy sleep habits. They are there if your baby has a medical issues.
A “Night Nanny” comes into your home at night to tend to your baby. They are have basic baby experience and normally follow their client’s instructions. They will only do the basics; feed, burp, change, rock and put baby down to sleep. Most of the time there is no helping baby to learn to self sooth, help with a daytime routine, Breastfeeding support, advice and education for the parents. Yes this arrangement allows the parents to get sleep BUT it limits the education that the parent's get on how to properly care for their new baby.
If you are Breast Feeding the NCS will bring baby to you when it is time for feeding. She can help you with baby’s latch and the different positions in which to feed your baby. IF you want to pump, Your NCS can help you with a pumping routine. She also changes diaper, burps baby, holds baby in a upright position if needed for reflux and returns baby to its bed. This can save mom up to 45 min of rest per feed that she would not get on her own.
She is able to observe and adequately respond to a baby's needs and establish healthy sleep habits. A NCS should know about diaper rashes, circumcision care, reflux, colic, swaddling, and soothing techniques.
Most NCS are available to work for night, day or 24/7 duty. She will generally come in for one week to four months relieving Mom at night and educating the parents while she is there and make this exciting time of life less stressful for parents. Even if you decide to gift yourself with only a couple of weeks of help, the education you will receive and the rest you will get for those two weeks will be very much worth it!
She will typically perform the following duties:
• Educate and support parents.
• Create a smooth transition for family during the newborn stage.
• Troubleshoot potential issues of concern with the newborn and offer professional options to resolve them.
• Soothes babies using skilled and proven techniques that help calm newborns.
• To provide care for the newborn and perform some or all of the following tasks:
• Diapering
• Changing
• Bathing
• Circumcision Care
• Bottle Preparation (Breastmilk & Formula)
• Bottle Cleaning
• Organization & Maintenance of Nursery
• Create a regular feeding schedule
• Assist in establishing healthy sleep habits
• Maintain a thorough log of eating, sleeping and behavioral patterns
• Take over complete care of newborn at night to provide parents time to sleep
The term "Baby Nurse" was used years ago for a person who had the same duties of a NCS. Many states now only allow a person who has a nursing degree to use the title of "Baby Nurse". This varies State to State. Most true Baby Nurses will not work towards getting baby to have healthy sleep habits. They are there if your baby has a medical issues.
A “Night Nanny” comes into your home at night to tend to your baby. They are have basic baby experience and normally follow their client’s instructions. They will only do the basics; feed, burp, change, rock and put baby down to sleep. Most of the time there is no helping baby to learn to self sooth, help with a daytime routine, Breastfeeding support, advice and education for the parents. Yes this arrangement allows the parents to get sleep BUT it limits the education that the parent's get on how to properly care for their new baby.
IF you are looking for a Newborn Care Specialist (Baby nurse) Or Night Nanny in the Dallas TX , Baton Rouge LA and OKC area please call or text me 214-287-2335