Overnight care is provided from 10 p.m. – 6 a.m., and additional hours can be added on either end of this set time at a reduced hourly rate (subject to availability).

The details of the care provided will be determined in conversation with caregivers but can include:

• All wakes including diapers, bottle feeds, and helping back to sleep.
• All wakes including diapers, facilitating a nursing session, removing to burp and put back to sleep.
• All wakes and diapers, bottle feeds, helping back to sleep, and facilitation of clean and sanitized pump parts + bagging pumped milk for the fridge or freezer.

Care will include tidying, washing and sanitizing of bottles and pump parts from the day, and responsive care to baby or babies when awake

Overnight care is NOT “awake care” (where the caregiver is awake the whole night supervising the baby) unless previously negotiated. Caregiver will rest when all household needs are met.

Daytime support includes postpartum-specific care, with or without caregivers present. This will include any combination of the following that families request:

• Reasonable chores and tasks that make life easier for the family going forward- for example, animal care, dishes, laundry washing and folding, basic cooking or meal prep
• Any specific tasks that are helpful, including household projects, snow shoveling, organization, etc.
• Any necessary or desired newborn care including diapers, bottle feeding, holding/baby carrying, nap help, awake time (including tummy time)
• Company during nursing sessions, requested advice or thoughts, stable presence
• Occasional sibling support
• Assistance with attending events, support groups, appointments, etc.

More details on postpartum specific care available on request and negotiated in conversation. Dream big- and let us know what would be the most helpful for your family.

Daytime postpartum and newborn support is fully customizable. It can span from 1-5 days a week, 4-10 hours at a time, for the first 4-16 weeks of a newborn’s life.

Once an infant is over four months old, any care provided becomes infant childcare instead of newborn support. The Nest typically does not book new infant childcare and instead saves this as a benefit for existing families looking to continue receiving care while they find a nanny or other childcare provider. The goal of this care is to allow families to go back to work when needed and give them transition time for an additional 2-3 months to a new provider.

Temporary childcare includes the following as requested:

• Infant tracking (times to eat, sleep, diaper changes).
• Photo updates for caregivers via text
• Baby clean up and baby resets (putting everything back where it needs to be).
• Responsive care for infants including feeding, resting, diaper changes, and playing.
• Assistance with finding and vetting a new provider for care.

Temporary childcare is charged at a lower rate but has a finite end date set ahead of time.

Nesting support is for expecting parents or parents hoping to welcome an infant into their home who need support setting up their space. This includes:

• Help figuring out what you have, what you need, and where it needs to go in your home.
• Advice on infant brands to choose from.
• Baby clothes laundry, sorting, folding, and hanging.
• Bottle and breast pump unpacking, washing, and sanitizing.
• Furniture building, painting, and hanging art.
• Nursery and postpartum cart set up.
• Registering products for recall information.
• Building a registry.

Available Packages:

Travel and Events:

• Hourly work billed traditionally.
• Any working overnights billed traditionally.
• If not working overnights, a separate room for sleeping is required.
• Reduced fee (flat rate) for each overnight outside of the home that is not on duty- this is to pay for a pet sitter and to be compensated for time spent. Typically $150/night.
• All lodging, meals, and travel costs must be paid by the hiring family.

Overnight bundles:

• 1-2 overnights per week, minimum of four weeks booked in advance- 10% discount on the total bundle
• 3 overnights per week, minimum of three weeks booked in advance- 15% discount on the total bundle
• Overnights are still available on an individual basis as well!