As a postpartum doula, Katie mother’s the mom as much as she mother’s their baby. Mom’s nowadays lack a strong network of other mother’s teaching and mentoring them how to be a mom. Katie’s many years of experience and passion set her apart as a highly skilled and ambitious coach for mom’s.
Katie is trained and experienced in mother and infant care, lactation support, infant development, baby wearing, care of multiples, postpartum belly binding, postpartum mood disorders, postpartum sleep needs of the parents and family transitions.
She is trained to support and assist with breastfeeding to help you get off to a good start, and with maternal postnatal and newborn care. She is also knowledgeable on how to pump and introduce a bottle.
She helps the family understand their newborn’s needs going over all the bathing, diapering, umbilical cord care, soothing techniques, and helping them learn to read their baby’s cues for feeding and sleeping routines.
She is trained in how to teach you to massage your infant along with other routines that help you connect with your new member of the family.
Her services are individually tailored to meet the unique needs of each family. The tasks and focus of her care each day/night will depend on the priorities requested or needed by the family. Sometimes it can be simply preparing a mother a cup of tea and giving her a chance to talk about her new mothering concerns, and her birth experience. Other times, it is caring for the baby/babies so that the parents can get needed sleep.
Katie is skilled in looking at the big picture and breaking it down to teach you the small things that can make each day special as you make this transition into parenthood.