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"👉 Our postpartum nanny is the kind you can choose without hesitation and never regret. —— 🌙 About caring for the baby: she is truly experienced and professional. ✔ She is very careful with feeding, burping, and bathing. ✔ She observes the baby’s condition and notices even very small physical changes in detail. ✔ When the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, she warms the milk and feeds the baby very quickly, so the mom never has to worry or feel anxious, and the whole family can get good rest and sleep. For moms who are sleep-deprived from feeding during postpartum confinement, being able to sleep well is so important. ✔ You can tell that she really loves babies. She has the kind of sense of responsibility as if she were caring for her own child, and sometimes she is even more attentive than the mother. She carefully washes and sterilizes every bottle. I’m actually the one who often gets lazy and just rinses things casually, and every time she reminds me that anything the baby uses must be sterilized. 👉 The baby is very settled, and I feel very at ease, which helps me recover better physically. —— 🥣 About the postpartum meals: restaurant-level quality!! (This really adds a lot of points!!) ✔ She is skilled in Cantonese food, Sichuan food, and pastries. ✔ She adjusts the meals based on my physical recovery. ✔ For extra meals, she makes scallion pancakes, pig’s feet with ginger, sweet fermented rice balls (the fermented rice is homemade too), red date millet cakes, and rice balls. Whatever you can think of, she will find a way to recreate it for you. ✔ I never expected that doing postpartum confinement could mean enjoying restaurant-quality food every day. As someone who is usually a picky eater, I actually ate happily every day 😂 ✔ She has a driver’s license, can drive to buy groceries, and can also pick up and drop off my older child. There is no need to worry if the house is missing anything. 💛 About getting along: full emotional support. ✔ She has a very cheerful personality, and the house feels lively every day. She immediately eased the anxious atmosphere that comes with bringing a newborn home. ✔ She is always smiling and happy when caring for the baby. Even if the baby wakes up many times at night and she gets no sleep, the next day she still brings her best state to the baby and to us. ✔ Moms who have gone through the baby’s fussy second month know how overwhelming that period can be, but because she is so experienced, she does gas-relief exercises and the airplane hold for the baby, and the baby really got through that difficult period very smoothly. Whenever the baby cries, as soon as we hand the baby to her, it is like she has magic—the baby stops crying instantly. ✔ Every morning during postpartum confinement, after feeding the baby, she immediately washes and sterilizes the bottles used overnight and the breast pump used by the mom, prepares breakfast, and only then wakes the mom up. She stays busy all day and is extremely hardworking! She is really not the kind of postpartum nanny who just feels like she is “doing a job,” but more like 👉 a reliable and experienced family member. —— 📌 Summary: 👉 She is not just “completing tasks”; she is truly caring for the child seriously. ——"

"Getting along with Auntie Gu during this period has been very smooth, and I’m also very grateful for everything she has done for us during this time. From the very beginning when she started working in our home, she took care of the baby very carefully and patiently. You could tell that she genuinely loves children from the bottom of her heart. We often saw her talking and singing to the baby while caring for him, and the atmosphere was very warm. Our baby developed gas relatively early, and Auntie often stayed up with him through the night, massaging his tummy and letting him lie on her body to relieve the discomfort. We are very grateful for her attentive care. At the beginning, the baby also had some jaundice, and Auntie made sure to feed him on time and in the right amounts every day, which helped the jaundice clear up smoothly. In terms of daily life, Auntie is also a very good cook. She arranged a rich variety of daily meals as well as homemade snacks and desserts, which made the postpartum confinement period much more comfortable. At the same time, she also took great care of me as a new mom, helping with lactation, preparing ginger water for wiping my body, and thoughtfully making postpartum meals. When my emotions were unstable right after giving birth, she would also chat with me and help me relax. After spending these dozens of days together, I feel that Auntie is someone who notices what needs to be done, takes initiative, is loving, and has an optimistic and cheerful personality. Besides taking care of the baby, I also learned a lot from her about facing things with a relaxed and positive mindset! Auntie will soon be leaving our home to go to a new family. I hope she gets along happily with the next baby and mom she works with!"

"去年怀孕两个月时就开始物色月嫂，经过多轮面试比较最终确定了李阿姨。一是考量都是武汉人，做菜应该比较合我口味；二是李阿姨谈吐有条理，学历比较高，微信交流起来就感觉很通畅，可以明显感觉到和其他候选人不同。 从医院回家第一晚是我们自己带的，各种手忙脚乱，李阿姨坐了一晚的红眼航班飞来美东，早上到了后就马上洗漱，接手宝宝、为我开奶、做饭，忙到下午才休息一下。整个月子期间也是这样的节奏，一日三餐+下午晚上的汤水，晚上带宝宝基本不需要我们操心，就这样马不停蹄坚持了四十多天。 1. 关于带娃和照顾宝妈：李阿姨做事很认真，宝宝每天的奶量和大小便情况都有按时记录，奶瓶奶嘴随时都保证清洁整齐，还坚持要每天清洗我的泵奶器、在我多次想放弃母乳的时候劝我坚持（其实母乳对阿姨来说更麻烦，要把宝宝送到我这喂半小时后再补水奶）、每天定点给宝宝喂D3、给我煮艾叶泡脚并叮嘱我不要泡太久、每次我要弯腰或拎东西时抢在前面替我做、以及各种在家里老人传统带娃观念有问题的情况下委婉解释科学的育儿方法。由于月子期间我母亲也在，说实话家里老人同在真的会给月嫂不少压力，但李阿姨都没有任何情绪、保持耐心沟通，我要是再坐一次月子肯定不让长辈来了，就夫妻俩人+月嫂阿姨够够的，兴许能更轻松自在。 2. 关于做饭：李阿姨是个对做美食有热情的人，给我们做了不少拿手菜，也愿意询问雇主口味去网上学做新的菜。每天都按时、高效、换着花样地准备好三餐，饭后马上利索地把厨房收拾干净，让我们都当起了甩手掌柜😂 整体来说李阿姨是个开朗、能干、好沟通且对宝宝很有爱的实在人，适合给年轻新手爸妈的家庭帮忙，一起度过一段轻松愉悦的产后休养时光～"