Testimonial for Noel Merkel

I will start by saying that I believe my angel mom sent Noel to our family. I was terrified/excited when I found out I was having twins. I was scared because I had never been around newborns. I had pre-eclampsia at 32 weeks, I was even more scared. I almost died form blood loss and it took me a month to recover. We had precious preemie boy/girl twins on January 4, 2018. They had to spend 2 weeks in the Nicu to learn how to eat. I became anxious to care for them at home when I was so sick. We  managed on our own for about 2 weeks. We knew we needed help. At Noel's interview, she instantly knew what to do with our son Sully. She was a perfect for our family from day 1. Noel was with our babies 1 month (not supposed to even be born yet) to 14 weeks (7 weeks adjusted). In that amount of time Noel helped get our babies to a healthy weight, took care of all night feedings, set up their sleep environment, cut night time feedings, coached me on the day schedule, and sleep conditioned our babies to now SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT. They would not be here if we didn't have Noel. Now I have 2 healthy babies who sleep all night long at 3.5 months. This is a huge accomplishment since they were 7 weeks early. She nevere gave up,  Noel loved Susannah and Solomon. She spent time talking me through everything and was flexible with her hours. She would text with me all day when I had questions. I can be anxious and she was patient with me. She takes pride in her work and wants to finish what she started. I needed guidance and Noel was there any time I needed anything. She is an angel. I think more importantly, she is my close friend now. She advised me the whole time when I asked. She was gentle with me. She gave me my confidence back about being a mom when I lost it. I thank God that we found Noel. She still spends time talking me through things even though she has left for a new job. Thank you Noel. What a blessing you have been in our lives.

-danielle saffer

April 23, 2018

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Noel Merkel

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