New parents need rest, babies need care. We will help ensure you all get plenty of both by providing nighttime services so you can sleep—even if your baby isn’t. We arrive at your home between 8-10pm providing care for 8-12 hour shifts. During our time together we care for your newborn, provide infant sleep education and resources, clean and sterilize bottle and pump parts, and complete other baby-related household chores so that you can begin your morning feeling rested and with no to-do list.

Newborn Care Specialists will focus on:

Feeding the newborn

Bathing the newborn

Changing the newborn

Newborn sleep support

Washing/cleaning/sterilizing bottles

Initiating a schedule for sleeping, meals, nap, and playtime

Postpartum Doulas will focus on:

Informational support

Referrals

Advocacy

Household organization

Self-care

Infant care

Support mother/father with sibling(s)

Families need only provide whatever their child needs. Water, formula, breastmilk, bottles, a nasal aspirator, access to diapers, and whatever clothing or items you feel the baby needs. The caregiver may choose to rest while the baby sleeps. A horizontal sleep space in the same room as the baby or with a monitor is necessary.

Your caregiver will offer lactation support through your breastfeeding session to ensure nursing is off to a successful start. She will also be responsible for all care after the baby has been nursed. This includes changing, burping, diapering, and soothing back to sleep.

We will track feedings, sleep, and diaper changes. We will make notes of what worked well for your baby and what didn’t. We can send this via text, email, or write it down on paper.

If you have a tracking app you are using you can also add your caregiver to the app.

We recommend that you book after your 12th week of pregnancy, but as soon as you know you are interested in overnight care. If you have already given birth we cannot guarantee availability, but we still recommend reaching out.

Maybe your family is not as close or as available as you wanted, maybe you or your partner have to get back into the workforce soon, or the challenges are much more than you anticipated and you are overwhelmed. Let us be part of the solution!

Whether the birth was textbook easy or not at all what you expected, learn newborn care and infant sleep tips while allowing you to optimize your nighttime sleep so you feel rested, clear, ready, and relaxed!