Daytime Support

Daytime Support

Nurturing, hands-on care for days at home with your newborn.

Daytime support is designed to bring nourishment, practical support, and reassurance into your home during the early postpartum weeks. Care is tailored to your family’s unique needs each day, but may include:

Newborn Care & Education

  • Diapering, soothing, and reading baby’s cues

  • Safe sleep practices and newborn care guidance

  • Developmentally appropriate care rooted in current evidence

Feeding Support

  • Breast, chest, bottle, or combination feeding support

  • Positioning, latch guidance, and paced bottle feeding

  • Cleaning and organizing feeding supplies

Postpartum Recovery Support

  • Check-ins on physical and emotional recovery

  • Encouragement for rest, hydration, and nourishment throughout the day

  • Care sessions that may include warm epsom salt baths, herbal sitz baths, light massage, etc.

  • Support in navigating the transition to parenthood

Nourishment & Meal Preparation

  • Choose from a postpartum menu of simple, wholesome meals, snacks, and beverages

  • Help with grocery lists and grocery ordering/pickup

  • Focus on warm, grounding, and easily digestible foods

  • Nutrient-dense ingredients to support healing and energy

  • Meals that nourish both you and your family

  • Kitchen reset after meal prep

Meals are always tailored to your preferences, dietary needs, and what you already have in your home.

Emotional & Family Support

  • A calm, non-judgmental presence

  • Space to process your experience and ask questions

  • Support for partners and siblings adjusting to baby

Home Support

  • Tidying baby areas, dishes, and laundry

  • Creating a calm, supportive home environment

  • Organizing and restocking baby’s nursery, changing stations, and play area.

Rhythms & Routine Guidance

  • Gentle support establishing daily rhythms

  • Understanding wake windows and baby’s cues

  • Flexible guidance—no rigid schedules

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Daytime Support FAQ

  • Any family can benefit from the care, nourishment, education, and extra set of hands that comes with daytime support, but it may be the most helpful for families who:

    • Are first time parents

    • Are parents to multiples

    • Have older children

    • Have partners returning to work

    • Have a lack of an outside support system

    • Are single parents or the sole caregiver

    • Choose to co-sleep at night

  • Shifts are 4–8 hours between the hours of 9am and 5pm.

  • That’s absolutely encouraged. Many families use this time to nap, shower, or simply have uninterrupted rest while their baby is cared for.

  • Both. My role is to care for your baby while also supporting you—your recovery, your confidence, and your overall well-being.

  • Yes, I can offer gentle support to help siblings adjust and feel included, while keeping the primary focus on postpartum care.

  • I focus on simple, wholesome foods that are grounding, easy to digest, and rich in nutrients to support recovery and energy levels. This may include soups, stews, warm bowls, snacks, and other comforting meals tailored to your preferences.

  • Yes. We will work together to create simple meal plans and grocery lists, and I’m happy to assist with grocery ordering and pickup.

  • It’s completely flexible. Each visit is guided by what feels most supportive to you that day.

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