I would 100% recommend Rosa Aldrete as a night nurse. While my husband and I were hesitant to hire a night nurse because of cost, our experience with Rosa was well worth the investment because of her expertise, temperament, and professionalism.
Rosa is a newborn and breastfeeding expert. For example, in my first week I had to go to the ER with a high fever due to kidney infection. Because I couldn’t bring my baby with me, Rosa came up with a feeding plan, helped show me how to pump, and drove me to the hospital while my husband stayed at home with our two day old baby. In the first few weeks, breastfeeding was a challenge and she worked with me and the baby all night, recording eating patterns, giving him vitamins, and doing the additional baby housework when I was exhausted.
In addition, Rosa was extremely professional- she showed up each day exactly on time in full scrubs. My baby came two weeks early and she rearranged her schedule to be available the first day we came home from the hospital.
Lastly, Rosa has an incredible temperament. She is relaxed, kind, calm (even when my husband and I were not) and easy to be around (essential when you’re topless nursing all night feeling exhausted and sick). Most of all- my baby loved her! He would light up at the sound of her voice each night which made me trust her even more.
Ultimately she made our maternity and paternity leave a lot more fun and special because we had the first precious 9 weeks on more sleep and peace of mind than we would have without her. While an investment, it was definitely worth it and we are so grateful to have found Rosa!
-Elizabeth P.