First time parents without a clue, having Tina as a maternity nurse was one of the best decisions we made.

On arriving home from hospital, day and night started to merge together with a continuous flow of feeding, burping, nappies, crying and ad hoc sleeping. My primary expectation from a maternity nurse was to keep my baby safe and well whilst we could sleep. Tina provided us with so much more than this. She answered any questions, offered supportive advice and crucially helped us to understand our son and the needs of a baby. At 8 weeks he started to sleep through the night. We were amazed. I didn’t believe her when she said it was possible to achieve at such an early stage but he started to sleep from about 9pm until 7am. This continued and, at 13 weeks now, we have a baby that sleeps easily and soundly throughout every night.

Tina enabled us to read our baby’s signs as to when he was hungry, tired or had wind. I found I was less frustrated than other mothers around me and I was able to really enjoy my new role.

Unfortunately now we are moving house for my husband’s job and I will miss not only the help, but also the enthusiastic, loving nature of Tina being around.

I believe Tina is of tremendous value to every new mother, and any care we seek for our baby in the future will now have very high expectations to live up to. If you are expecting parents or a new mother reading this, deciding what to do, the answer is simply, ‘Yes’.