Must Know: Newborn Care Certificate for Doulas and New Parents

February 23, 2022

Parents, postpartum doulas and nannies, you now have more options to learn newborn and postpartum care! Not only is there lots of information here in the Resource Center and on our blog, but Newborn Care certificates are now also offered in your home or online. Learn about Must Know: Newborn Care Certificate for Doulas and New Parents here.

Must Know: Newborn Care Certificate for Doulas and New Parents – Classes:

Baby Basics – $100 per hour

Evidence-based baby care education and postpartum support that happens in your home. You can schedule a class before or after baby arrives, and you can have as many family members and caregivers attend as you like! Classes are taught by the Night Nurses (RN) and Certified Night Nannies of Let Mommy Sleep. We’re also here for you after class and encourage ongoing questions and communication via phone, text and email.

What you’ll learn:

• Breast & bottle feeding, safety, minimizing SIDS risk, diapering, bathing, soothing and getting your infant on an appropriate schedule
• Nurses perform postpartum mental and physical health assessments
• Ongoing virtual support. For example, if you have sleep questions when your baby is 4 months old, you can always shoot us a text!
• We’ll teach you all the how-to’s: how to diaper, swaddle, burp, feed and more

Must Know: Newborn Care Certificate for Doulas and New Parents – Newborn & Postpartum Care Online

Online Certificate – $199

Our virtual Newborn Care Academy is available on Teachable.com (https://newborncareacademy.teachable.com) and is usually taken by newborn caregivers. It’s been vetted and updated by Nurses and Pediatricians and uses only primary sources. These classes are the online version of what we teach in the classroom to nanny agencies, Certified Nursing Assistants and home health aides, so they’re appropriate for professional postpartum doulas and night nannies. Once you successfully complete the class, you’ll receive a signed certificate.

For parents, the newborn and postpartum care virtual classes are particularly helpful as they contain videos and opportunities further study. The information is also permanently available across all devices, so you can refer back to the material even after class is finished.

We cover these main topics in the virtual class: Safe Sleep and SIDS, early feeding, how-to videos on swaddling, diaper changes, burping, post-birth care, mental health information and more. You can see the whole curriculum by clicking below:

For Older Babies- Online Sleep Training Class

Online Class – $39

Once your pediatrician gives the green light that baby is able to sleep long stretches overnight, Let Mommy Sleep we will always help talk through your infant sleep questions at no charge. If you prefer, you can take the sleep training class. It’s free when you use code SLEEP.

The main topics include:

• Step by Step Instructions to Sleeping Through the Night
• Age Appropriate Sleep Schedules
• Troubleshooting Infant Sleep 
• Safe Sleep and Minimizing the Risk of SIDS

Birthing classes cover what to expect during labor and delivery. We’re here to help you be prepared and confident when you bring your baby home! And nannies can get the most up to date evidence-based education. We’re also here to educate about about the postpartum phase as you transition from hospital to home.