Exclusive | NYC moms reveal wild demands of $800 a day baby nurses as nurses hit back at absurd expectations

Days after giving birth to her first child, Jill Deutsch was hobbling to a doctor’s appointment on a bum ankle when the baby nurse she hired to help care for her newborn called her — with specific meal demands.First, it was a Big Mac with a fountain soda for lunch.Then came a request for a specific cut of salmon for dinner — and she demanded to know the seasoning ahead of time.“I had this ankle brace on.

I’m on the crosstown bus, which was mobbed.I’m carrying a soda, her Big Mac, the fish, and then my dinner, and it was just nuts,” Deutsch told The Post.The nurse, whom Deutsch found through a recommendation, also criticized the furniture in her home, including the living room couch she was supposed to sleep on, and was appalled it wasn’t comfortable enough for her. Within a day, the new mom had fired the nurse — but it opened her eyes to the wild west world of baby nursing.Nowadays, the hottest postpartum accessory for affluent NYC families is a baby nurse — who often spends long days, and nights, tending to newborns so new parents can rest and recover from birth.The most sought-after names, who charge anywhere from $400 to $800 a day and find work through private referrals, WhatsApp chats, and mom Facebook groups, often need to be secured as soon as there’s a positive pregnancy test.But a battle is brewing between anxious first-time parents and these nurses.Parents claim they’re being taken advantage of with outrageous demands and wants regarding cost, control, food, hours worked, and expectations. But the nurses say wealthy parents can be equally demanding — expecting round-the-clock attention, little rest and an ever-expanding list of duties simply because they’re paying a premium.“I hired a night nurse before any of my friends knew I was pregnant,” expecting mom-to-be Lizzy Livine told The Post.Although the 33-year-old owns a digital concierge service, Quiet Lux, where she helps clients find their own baby nurses, finding one ...