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The role of the Registered Nurse or Newborn Care Provider is to feed, soothe, bathe, change & provide all other gentle care to baby through the night.
We also provide evidence based education and ongoing support to parents.
While there are four types of tongue-tie in babies, it is rarely a medical problem. However, being born with a slightly limited range of motion in the tongue can make feeding difficult. Karen King, PCD-DONA, CLC explains how this easy-to-fix condition presents below in What’s Tongue Tie? While there are four types of tongue-tie in […]
updated, November 12, 2023 – To help newborns and infants with reflux, we need to first understand what reflux is and then find comfort techniques. Reflux is a backward flow of the contents of the stomach into the esophagus that causes heartburn. Our team of night nannies presents advice to help here, with 6 Easy […]
updated December 29, 2023 What Foods Should Be Avoided When Breastfeeding? is a common question for night nurses and lactation counselors. As the primary food source for their baby, it’s natural that a parent would worry that the foods they eat could irritate their newborns stomach, or affect milk production. But don’t worry, the short […]
There’s a LOT of advice about how long and how much a newborn should be breastfeeding so the No Clock Method might sound a little funny. But as Heidi Streufert, RN and former La Leche League Leader explains: “My best advice to postpartum parents is to throw away the clock at least for the first […]
Question: I will be returning back to work soon, and my breastfed baby refuses to take a bottle of breastmilk or formula. Help! Amy Black, IBCLC answers this common question in how to offer a bottle to a breastfed baby. How to Offer a Bottle to A Breastfed Baby When attempting to offer a baby […]
