“My baby is using me as a pacifier!” “My baby wants to do nothing but nurse all day.” “My baby is a week old, but most nights I’m stuck nursing for what feels like hours at a time.” These questions come from almost every new parent as the shock of providing 24/7 on-demand infant care
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Coming home with your newborn baby is an exciting and scary time. Whether you’re a first-time parent or a well-traveled expert, there is a lot to consider when it comes to your own recovery. As an experienced Colorado postpartum and infant care doula, what I often see with my clients is that the reality does
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As Professional doulas and overnight infant care providers in Colorado, we regularly get questions like: “How should I organize my nursery?” “What should I put on my baby registry?” “What do I REALLY need to buy for my newborn?” But the most asked question is “How do I put my baby to sleep?” Sometimes this
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This is the last in my Breastfeeding Sabotage Series, but I would argue that it is the very most important one. Even if your overall health during pregnancy was stellar; if you had a 100% natural birth with no interventions that made breastfeeding difficult; if you had the very best IBCLC in your hospital room immediately postpartum;
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