Can you pay someone to hold the baby

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. Can you pay someone to hold a newborn in the day while you sleep - or is this a nanny?! Probably wouldn’t actually do it - I’m just vvvv sleep deprived and wondering 😅😅😅 if baby could go down in the day or be held I’d be able to grab a couple extra half hours of kip. No local family to help

I didnt realise how knackered I was until Dh told me kindly that his sister ( who is absolutely lovely ) was going to take the baby for a few hours while I went back to bed for the morning while he went to work. He made the bottles, made some tea and toast for me and told me to have a good rest and to walk round when I was ready to collect baby. Sil lived about 3 streets away. I slept for about six hours and woke up at 3 in the afternoon. I felt miles better.
Sil was willing to help anytime I wanted and I was really grateful.

I hope you manage to get sleep and rest.
Interrupted sleep long term is awful.

Aw OP, my children are in their 30s now, but I remember the feeling of utter exhaustion at the new baby stage! One morning the health visitor was round and I just burst out crying…she marched me up to bed, told me to sleep, and sat downstairs with my baby for an hour and a half…I’ve always remembered her kindness.

Do you have a friend or relative who would come round for an hour?

I remember this feeling well! And my dd is taking her gcses this year 😁

Op, talk to friends and family as they may be desperate to do this. Otherwise contact a nanny agency and explain. I suspect there are lots of nannies in east London who are available during the day between school runs and would take this on as another job.

Another unsolicited bit of advice from me is to put the baby down when they're not crying. My ds was so relaxed as a baby because I was more relaxed.