Emotional/Wellbeing Support

Postpartum can be a very challenging time. You are responsible for the care of a new life, and also for your recovery and journey into parenthood. Emotional support can be vital to this transition. A visit for this purpose may look like 

• Discussing and debriefing from your labour and delivery experience. 

• Discussing options for how you are feeding/parenting your child. 

• Providing answers to your questions about you and your baby. 

• Providing resources for more complex or difficult situations (ie: lactation consultants of physiotherapists)

• Light housekeeping

• Meal preparation

• Care for your baby so you can do something restorative (think a bath/shower or nap)

• Providing tips for soothing your baby

• Text, phone and email support

Cost: $50 per hour

Newborn Support

This service is to support you as you navigate parenthood. I will provide skills and knowledge about the care and development of the infant, while supporting recovery and parental adjustment. I provide non-judgmental guidance on newborn care and feeding, while assisting the with physical and emotional recovery, or provide care to the baby so the parents can focus on self care. Routine care such as the first bath, cord care, safe sleep, diapering and newborn norms can also be reviewed and demonstrated.

Cost: $50 per hour

Night Support

The night time hours can be a very tough time for new parents. Balancing sleep for the parents, while focusing on infant care and feeding can be challenging. Night time support can allow you to: 

• Sleep between feeds if breastfeeding/pumping, or sleep for the night if bottle feeding

• Have support with soothing the baby at night if they are having trouble settling 

• Provide light housekeeping

Cost: $50/hour

Feeding Support

This is a service for breastfeeding, exclusive pumping or bottle feeding parents.

If you are breastfeeding, we will watch a feed and provide hands on support as needed. We will provide assistance to achieve a comfortable, effective latch, and review and practice feeding positions. Education regarding normal feeding, how to know if feeding is going well and how to know if it isn't will be reviewed. Referrals can be made to a local lactation consultant if you feel that you require more assistance.

If you are exclusively pumping and need assistance with flange size, pump settings or establishing a pumping routine, we can help. Milk storage guidelines, cleaning of pump parts, and tips to increase pumped milk yield will be reviewed. Referrals can be made a local lactation consultant if you feel that you require more assistance.

If you are bottle feeding, we will review bottle types, paced bottle feeding and help with selecting a formula that works best for your infant. Cleaning and storage of bottles and bottle parts, normal infant intake and how to know if they are getting enough will be reviewed.

Cost: $50 per hour