Create your own service package.

24hr Newborn Care…
Your Doula is present and available in your home, around the clock. This is the foundation of our offerings of support to your family.

A Daily Log of Your Baby's Care…
Your Doula will note and track your baby's daily and nightly schedule, developmental activities, feedings, sleep patterns and more. Your Doula will provide detailed log notes each day and meet with you daily at first, then weekly or bi-weekly at parent's convenience to discuss the baby's developmental progress and changing needs as well as parents' needs and preferences.

 Support for Your Choice of Feeding Methods...
Your Doula will support you with either breast and/or bottle feeding methods as you choose, provide informed knowledge on this topic and follow your decisions. She will assist by cleaning all bottle feeding and pumping equipment. She will feed your baby at times as you prefer and/or skillfully help you as you learn to feed your baby with ease, giving  gentle suggestions and positive encouragement. Includes breastfeeding assistance.

Parent Coaching and Education...
Your Doula may provide parent education through hands-on demonstrations, such as first diapering, sponge bathing, dressing, etc. This is usually helpful to new parents gaining skills and confidence, learn about their baby’s safety, development and contentment.

Establishing Baby's Routine…
Parents and Doulas working together can help babies gently and gradually move toward a daily schedule that supports their optimal development and helps them form healthy, easy sleep habits. This also helps parents gain more ease,  predictability, and babies can sleep through the night 8 hrs by three months of age.

Gentle Sleep Training…
Carte Blanche Doulas provide 24-7 services for one to three months beginning at birth. This includes support for forming sleep habits. Within three months, if the doula is starting after birth, healthy full term babies can be gently sleep-trained by your doula.

Daytime Help for Mothers…
Your doula will provide complete nursery care and organizing of baby's clothing, closets and drawers, gifts, equipment, changing and play areas, bedding, etc.

Lite House Keeping and Occasional Cooking…
When time allows, your doula will tidy up the home environment, asking you which areas you would most  like help with. These lite daily tasks are intuitive, but your preferences are noted. Which can include online purchasing, receiving deliveries, managing gifts, baby equipment storage, organizing of your baby's closets and drawers.May include occasional cooking.

Bonding Information and Demonstrations…
Show and tell bonding activities and information for both moms and dads, includes skin to skin, visual connection, general handling and interacting.

Swaddling, Comforting and Helping Baby to Sleep…
Your doula will show you some swaddling techniques and help you practice them, show you ways to help your baby transition from awake time to bedtime. This will support baby's sleep training.

Bathing and Infant Massage…
Each day and often twice a day your baby will need gentle washing. This can be a lovely time to interact and build trust with your baby. Your doula will demonstrate and help you get used to this routine or simply do it for you as needed.

Developmental play techniques and equipment…
If you choose this option your doula will guide you in purchasing a few items to foster early development and teach you how to optimize and enjoy play that supports many areas of your baby's development. This is a unique aspect of our services parents love.

Outings or Travel with Baby, Planning and Packing…
Your doula will go along with you on outings whenever you choose to take your baby. This might include walks, restaurant meals, trips, or visits with friends or family. This may include travel and stays in another residence out of state or abroad. Travel arrangements require advance notice and planning with your doula during hiring and beyond. Your doula will help keep your baby on the original time zone schedule or adjust to a new time zone depending on the length of  time you will be away.

Hospital Services After Birth…
You can reach out to your Doula if you have a need for support in the hospital after the birth of your baby. 24 hr baby care and mother support can be provided in your room or suite.

General Emotional Support…
Your Carte Blanche Doula offers emotional support and when needed may help with special needs. In all cases the doula together with parents maintain close contact with the family's medical team for advice regarding any concerns about the baby's or mother's well being. doulas follow parent's decisions regarding seeking and implementing medical advice. The parent makes all decisions in such cases.

Nursery Design and Organizing…
Get help planning your nursery arrangement, purchasing ergonomic furnishings that support more ease for parents, baby's safety, and developmental activities.

Nanny Orientation, for the Doula-to-Nanny Transition at Contract's End...