about me

Being a Newborn Care Specialist and a Certified Postpartum Doula isn't just about taking care of newborns. The work also entails being the parents’ sounding board, providing general education on newborns and different milestones, advising parents on safe sleep practices, empowering parents to be confident caregivers, making product suggestions, keeping the nursery tidy and ensuring necessary baby items are stocked, accompanying parents to baby's appointments (pediatrician, physical therapist, etc.), traveling with them, and more. 

When you’re a Newborn Care Specialist and Certified Postpartum Doula, the family you’re working with really depends on you, beyond just being with the baby. This might seem intimidating to some, but I love that I get to support families and help them navigate the proven transition of bringing home a new family member—a time that is typically the most exciting, exhausting, and challenging time in a family’s life.

You may have heard that new parents will always be sleep deprived zombies. But that doesn’t have to be true—and sleep is vital, for adults and babies alike. For the decade I’ve been doing this work, I have had a high success rate with getting babies to sleep longer at night, and am excited to officially be a Certified Infant & Child Sleep Consultant. Now I can bring my pediatric sleep expertise to more families with personalized sleep plans, in addition to the wealth of newborn care knowledge and non-judgmental support I bring to each and every family I work with as an NCS.