“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.”
Bhagwan Shree Rajineesh
Janinne and a friend
”When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies” James Matthew Barrie
One way to aid in your planning and preparations for your new little one is to engage a Newborn Care Specialist to help during those first busy and sometimes stressful weeks at home. A Newborn Care Specialists is a person who helps recovering mothers just after childbirth. She will typically come into your home for a few weeks to a few months to help you get the much needed rest that will help you recover after childbirth. She will help with feeding (positioning), nighttime feedings (including getting up to help the mother if she is breastfeeding), cooking, laundry, and teaching bathing and other baby hygiene skills. She will create a nurturing, stimulating environment for baby during his waking hours. This will allow the parents the freedom to get to know and understand this new little life and become comfortable with their new responsibilities.
This field has been traditionally referred to as a “baby nurse” a Newborn Care Specialist is not a Registered Nurse.
“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living.” Anonymous
How can I help you? 
1. I can be there the day you bring the baby home.
- I have knowledge in formula and breastfeeding, I will help you learn to feed the baby (positioning, etc.), including current practices in feeding.
- I have extensive experience in infant care, colic, equipment care, sleep, bathing, skin care and infant massage and can help you recover after childbirth.
- I am certified in infant CPR, knowledge of communicable diseases, SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome, signs and symptoms of illness, well-baby doctor visits, immunizations and equipment safety, e.g., how to make sure that car seat is correctly installed in your car.
- I can help in normal postpartum care and illness; C-section recovery and illness; what to expect as you are recovering; sleep deprivation, episiotomy; role of sleep, rest, hydration and healthy nutrition.
- I will help or provide nighttime feedings including getting up to help the mother if she is breastfeeding; just hand the baby back to me after feeding and I will burp, change diapers and settle him back down to sleep.
- I will create a nurturing, stimulating environment for baby during his waking hours.
- I will help with sibling adjustment, roles and integrating the newborn into the family structure.
- I will set up a daily routine that helps everyone in the home feel more secure allowing the entire family will get the rest you all need.
- I will help with meals, laundry and some light housekeeping.
2. Maybe you have had wonderful NCS care but haven’t found the best nanny or child care for your family or she has to leave. I am happy to fill in until you find that perfect child care provider for you family. I will allow you to get the rest you need with piece of mind and knowing that your baby is safe and loved when not in your arms.
3. I am flexible with the help you require, I can do 24 hours a day or 10-12 hours a day/night.
My first newborn. I'm the one on the right!
Don’t think you can afford me? Please email or call me anyway.
“Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents.” Shannon Fife
Janinne Gardner
Telephone: 202-276-2345
A Temporary Child Care Provider / Newborn Care Specialist