Nurses of the eighteenth century?

Question: Nurses of the eighteenth century!?

i am going CRAZY over this! what is the formal and title of the nurses that would take care of a rich mothers children in the eighteenth century!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Well, from the 19th century they were called nannies, but in the 18th century I think they were just known as nurse!. I seem to remember that in Jane Austen there are occasional references to 'nurse' rather than nanny!. I think 'nanny' probably came to be the usual term later in the 19th century, perhaps about the time of Queen Victoria!.

A governess (suggested by a comment above) was really a teacher, usually of girls and sometimes younger boys!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A governess!?
They were like caretakers of the children!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would guess you're talking about nannies!?Www@QuestionHome@Com