Should you hire help to care for a newborn baby?

Paying for nannies, night nurses or other help with a new baby.

Axis: Do all the parenting yourself ... Pay for help with the hard parts

Answers by date: 2 records in 1 source, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2025), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2025-07-31	Ali	Money can buy some mental and physical health, Ali says: being able to afford a night nanny spares parents the postpartum depression and trauma of a baby screaming every night.	We Had a Baby! Life Update + Reflections 00:53:18
2025-07-31	Ali	Ali thinks that if you outsource the hard bits of parenting, the bits you do not want to do, it becomes way easier.	We Had a Baby! Life Update + Reflections 00:37:59