Confinement lady or mom's help?

I'm considering whether there's a need to hire a confinement lady. Basically I want to take the first mth to really learn from someone experienced on taking care of baby and breastfeed etc, and help to cook proper meals as well. I believe my mom is more than willing to be around during the first few months after birth to help out in any way i ask. However my mom's not an experienced cook nor did she tk care of any grandchildren before, so I feel half hearted to have her to cook confinement recipes, do marketing, washing and all while caring for baby all by herself. Nor will she be staying overnight, would be so tiring! (I know there's also an option of ordering tingkats, I'm open to that too!) Was wondering if anyone has hired confinement lady before and at the same time have mom's extra pair of hands to help out at home? Ideally to also learn from confinement lady and 2nd mth onwards mom could help out further! Would love to hear your experiences or suggestions! #advicepls #1stimemom #firstbaby

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My wife and I got a CN from PEM. It was a great experience for us actually. The help made the first mth much easier for us. Especially night time we still got to rest as CN will help to look after. My wife had a good time and space for recovery. The CN is also pro BF, so she can sometimes guide and help you as well. She will be able to give advice about care of baby, and also helps us prepare the baby bag when we bring baby out for doc appoint etc. she cooks really well too and would always try to make new dishes. She is quite accommodating to us too! She also respects our boundaries and is not pushing about confinement practises when we share with her our views. She will still inform us about “best practises” and encourage us to consider while not being overly encroaching into our autonomy. We ended up pretty good friends and she also comes back to visit my LO after her confinement work.

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John Huang

Have a cute little boy

3y ago

They will have like a sales consultant to share with you what they provide. If you want to choose the nanny, need to pay 200 more I think. And they still dont guarantee it 🥲🥲. So I guess just have to like try your luck in some sense. Depends on what is your needs. Can frame your questions around it? You want to find out about pro breastfeeding tips etc, can ask them how they train their nanny etc. :) their briefing quite comprehensive for me. So I don’t really have much to ask i think. 🤔 cant rmb liao.

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