What is a
newborn care specialist?
Newborn Care Specialists are highly qualified care professionals who use their advanced trainings and skills to provide complete daily care for infants and supportive education to their families. Maybe you are familiar with the terms “night nurse” or “baby nurse,” but we now have a better suited name for this specialty.
Newborn Care Specialists are familiar with the normal care and development of a newborn baby and can provide parents with confidence that their baby is developing appropriately. They can teach the family general care practices, including bathing, diapering, and feeding the new baby. Newborn Care Specialists keep up with “best practices” by utilizing resources including the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other professional health organizations.
Newborn Care Specialists provide education to their clients which will allow them to make the best decisions for their families. They are trained on the basics of newborn sleep habits, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and the care of multiples, premature infants, and other specialized needs. Newborn care specialists also have an understanding of perinatal mood disorders and know when to refer families to seek additional mental health support. Newborn care specialists work with families to empower parents and nurture newborns.
About Me
My work with newborns and families began in 2011 when I assisted a family looking for structure and care after the birth of their second daughter. I realized then that I felt called to support families during the transition period of welcoming a new person into the world and into their lives. That experience led me to train as a birth and postpartum doula, eventually training as a student midwife in a birth center outside of Dallas, Texas. It was the opportunity I had as a student midwife to watch comprehensive maternity care support a family prenatally to 12 weeks postpartum, that led me to hone my area of expertise to postpartum care. Shortly after, I trained with Newborn Care Training Academy and become certified as an International Certified Newborn Care Specialist.
Pacific Moon Newborn Care was created from my desire to provide highly skilled and personalized postpartum care to families. Having worked with more than 50 families, I know that every family’s individual needs and desires should be met with enthusiasm and skill. The variety in my experience and training has prepared me to guide parents through their unique challenges and assess each situation with confidence. I have comprehensive knowledge on breastfeeding support, bottle feeding, sleep conditioning, premature infant care, and newborn growth and development. I also have extensive experience with multiples, having worked with almost twenty sets of twins. I love seeing parents and their sweet new additions thrive. Every family deserves nonjudgmental support that alleviates worry and provides them with confidence for the years to come.
I continue to further my education in order to provide families with the most relevant and evidence-based information.
I have worked with families in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Texas, Rhode Island, and the greater Boston area.