Services

Newborn Care Specialist

As a Newborn Care Specialist, I provide quality newborn overnight care for my clients. I work both part time and full time, working 8-24 hour shifts. I enjoy working with new expanding families and helping to educate them along the way.  Services include feeding, assisting when needed with nursing, dressing, changing diapers, bathing, umbilical cord care, circumcision care, cleaning bottles & preparing new bottles if needed, swaddling methods, maintaining a safe sleep atmosphere, maintaining nightly/daily log sheets that will track feeding times, ounces, diaper changes, informing and teaching the parents where applicable, and creating a personalized schedule for each family. I will take over complete care throughout the night so you can get your much needed rest.

Postpartum Doula

I include many of the above services with my Postpartum Doula clients as well. As a Postpartum Doula, I also provide emotional support, breastfeeding support, laundry, cooking small meals, help with a sibling, etc. Postpartum Doulas come to help your family as a whole. I believe the postpartum period is an essential time for parents to receive professional care that will instill confidence and ease your transition into parenthood. I will be a support for your family during this wonderful time. I help ease parents into your new role. I will make sure mom is getting enough rest and staying hydrated especially when nursing. I am available for full-time overnight and part-time daytime hours. Additionally, Postpartum Doula services can be booked in hourly packages. Some parents chose to use a couple hours beforehand to get their nursery set up as I offer feedback and suggestions with my nursery checklist.

New Parent Consultation

Are you expecting or have you already had your baby? Are you finding your baby is all over the place with their schedule and you’d like some feedback or to put a set routine in place? I can schedule a 2 hour New Parent Consultation with you to help answer all your questions. We will sit down together and talk about what the next few months will look like with your newborn, milestones, development, and what sleep and eating will look like. I can discuss with you about all the newest baby gear that’s out there and what may be necessary for you and what’s not. This is especially helpful with multiples. I have lots of experience with twins, triplets, and even quintuplets and I’m sure I can get you going in the right direction. We will set up a routine which best meets your needs to get your baby sleeping longer stretches and napping on their own and talk about what safe sleep looks like. We can discuss all about breastfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping, and even a mix between the two. Also, we will talk about how to include a partner with feeds and care so that you can catch a break yourself! If you have other children I can offer some suggestions on how to involve them and what that relationship will look like as well. These two hours are yours to pick my brain and talk about all things baby!

*Lactation Education is is also included with all of my services. We can discuss getting a good latch with your baby, positioning, setting up your breast pump if you decide to use one, milk storage guidelines, when to feed your baby, skin to skin, and more.