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Age 0 - 3 months
When you need hands on support during daylight hours
Our Postpartum Doulas and Newborn Care specialists are experienced support professionals who serve
a family in a variety of ways as they adjust to life with a newborn. Imagine having a specialist
in newborn care and feeding immediately available in your own home for questions,
guidance and reassurance as you transition your family with your new baby.
We happily provide daytime shifts of anywhere between 3 and 6 hours.
We will help you come up with a customized plan for your needs
whether you want just a couple of days or you want 12 weeks of care!
We also have experience with special situations, multiples, adoption and surrogacy.
a family in a variety of ways as they adjust to life with a newborn. Imagine having a specialist
in newborn care and feeding immediately available in your own home for questions,
guidance and reassurance as you transition your family with your new baby.
We happily provide daytime shifts of anywhere between 3 and 6 hours.
We will help you come up with a customized plan for your needs
whether you want just a couple of days or you want 12 weeks of care!
We also have experience with special situations, multiples, adoption and surrogacy.
~3 hour Newborn orientation shift - $175~
- This is a customized hands on introduction to all things newborn.
- There is no better way to learn how to swaddle, soothe, feed, and bathe your baby than real time instruction and education.
- This shift can be utilized at any point in the first 6 weeks of life to help you feel assured and confident in your abilities as a new parent.
- We are also happy to instruct other family members and caregivers on best practice for safety, including sleep and any other issues/concerns or questions you may have about caring for baby.
~Recurring 4 - 6 hour daytime shift - $50/hour - miminum 40 hours~
- Help your family adjust to baby while respecting your unique needs
- Help the parents recover from birth and balance the needs of the family
- Assist the family with the basics of infant care and help them learn tips and tricks for caring for and soothing their baby
- Assist with feeding support, troubleshooting, latch/positioning issues, and common concerns with IBCLC referral for more complicated issues
- Do light housework and home organization related to the care of the baby
- Assist with daytime structure and developmentally appropriate infant sleep techniques that are gentle on baby
- Help with pumping, human milk storage, formula preparation, babywearing, diapering education/support, baby product recommendations, etc.
We can also:
- Refer the family to community resources hand-picked for their needs, such as counselors, mom/baby groups, lactation consultants, pediatricians and other medical professionals, and support groups
- Help with an adoptive/surrogacy family transition
- We love supporting non-traditional families too!
What's the difference between a Newborn care specialist and a postpartum doula?
There is a lot of overlap between a newborn care specialist and Postpartum doula, however, they are not, by definition, the same exact thing.
Both roles cover general newborn care - feeding, sleeping, swaddling, diapering, soothing, parent/caregiver education and baby related household tasks.
Postpartum doulas typically have training beyond just baby care.
They should have knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth topics and postpartum recovery. They will have training on a variety of physical postpartum complications, postpartum mood disorders, and resources for common postpartum issues.
Both roles cover general newborn care - feeding, sleeping, swaddling, diapering, soothing, parent/caregiver education and baby related household tasks.
Postpartum doulas typically have training beyond just baby care.
They should have knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth topics and postpartum recovery. They will have training on a variety of physical postpartum complications, postpartum mood disorders, and resources for common postpartum issues.
- They may provide extra emotional, physical and educational support to the parents and/or caregivers and offer sibling support.
- They may have extra education/training in human lactation and infant feeding support
- Many postpartum doulas can provide extra support on more 'natural' parenting, like cloth diapering, baby wearing, alternative medical resources like infant chiropractic care, natural pediatric care, etc.
We provide a good balance to cover all your needs.
We take a lot of pride in our balanced approach to care and support. Our specialty is to provide the type of care that you want and need for your individual parenting style. We are happy to provide care just for your baby. We are also very knowledgeable about all the 'crunchy' stuff you may want to know or not know about.
We happily accommodate any reasonable request to support a family while we are working with them. We will happily wash and put away dishes, change the sheets on the bed, help set up a breast pump and bathe and swaddle the baby. If you need someone to help you with a trip to the pediatrician, we are more than happy to ride along.
We happily accommodate any reasonable request to support a family while we are working with them. We will happily wash and put away dishes, change the sheets on the bed, help set up a breast pump and bathe and swaddle the baby. If you need someone to help you with a trip to the pediatrician, we are more than happy to ride along.
Your journey deserves respect.
Adding a baby to your home will be an emotionally charged and physically draining transition no matter how the cards fall. We provide a compassionate ear when clients just need to vent. We have listened through tears as birth stories are recounted.
We have had to help educate and support grandparents and other family members when the parent/s make different choices than expected or planned. We can be a great buffer between new parents and overly 'helpful' family.
We have had to help educate and support grandparents and other family members when the parent/s make different choices than expected or planned. We can be a great buffer between new parents and overly 'helpful' family.