Posts by Sheryl Cooksley
5 Easy Foods For New Parents
Your newborn baby is breastfeeding, or you’re pumping, or you’re just a new parent with very little time on your hands and even less sleep. Days and nights are a blur. Saying you’re hungry is an understatement. You’re HUNGRY!!! We’ve simplified things by providing 5 Easy Foods for New Parents.
Read More3 Ways Postpartum Doulas Support Dads
Hey Dad, we have a little (not very secret) secret: Postpartum Doulas support you, too!
So much focus is placed on birth, the arrival of your baby, the care of your baby, and the birthing person that sometimes dads fade to the background and are not aware that their postpartum doula is there to support them, too. Oh, but we ARE!
Read More3 Tips for Organizing Baby Shower Gifts
You just had your virtual or drive-by baby shower with bags and boxes of gifts for delivered or dropped off by family and friends. Not to mention all of your purchases from Amazon and Target that keep arriving on your doorstep. I have heard of baby shower loot filling an entire nursery, 2 layers deep. The sheer volume of baby gear can leave some parents-to-be feeling overwhelmed. Now what?
Read MoreMother’s Day Memories
I was thinking today, as all of my children are grown, about bygone Mother’s Days and the sweet gifts my children would deliver, tasks they would lovingly do or messages they would write. Those motherhood memories are like treasures.
I Am Your Doula
Good morning. How was your night? None of you slept ? I see your slumped shoulders and bleary eyes. Can I sit with you? Need something to eat? Let’s do this together today. I am your doula.
Read MoreNewborn Care Class: A New Parent Essential
Are you about to become a first time parent? Or are you already a first time parent with a wiggly, squishy, crying baby at home? Either way, learning all about caring for your newborn is now on your list of “higher education”. Find out how a Newborn Care Class can make this transition so much smoother.
Read More6 Tips to Become a Modern Grandparent!
Becoming and being a grandparent is a wonderful adventure. I know, I’m the grandmother of 8 and love this time of my life. There are so many things I did wrong and wish I could change now. What I can do is share with all of you grandparents, or grandparents-to-be, a 6 tips that will make you a welcome guest in the new family’s home.
Read MorePostpartum Care for Surrogates: Part 2
You’ve given birth to your surrogate baby, handed over this precious gift to the Intended Parents and now your surrogacy journey is over. Or is it? In Part 2 of this two-part series, we discuss the emotional support surrogates may need during the postpartum period.
Read MorePostpartum Care for Surrogates: Part 1
The pregnancy part of your surrogacy journey has ended, and your postpartum journey has begun. Do you have support for your physical recovery after surrogate childbirth? Part 1 of this blog series begins the discussion of postpartum care after surrogacy.
Read MoreIntended Parents and Postpartum Doulas: A Perfect Match
Often confused with a nanny or baby nurse, postpartum doulas provide a more comprehensive approach to the care of new parents with babies by supporting the whole family instead of primarily caring for the baby. The term “new parents” does not imply “birthing parents”; instead, this term applies just as readily to intended or adoptive parents as well.
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