Brooklyn Simmons
Newborn Care Specialist
$40 /hour
Newborn & Postpartum Care
Newborn & Postpartum Care Services
Every family’s schedule and needs are different. Choose daytime help, overnight rest, or continuous coverage around the clock, and find the care professional who fits.
Daytime Newborn & Postpartum Care
Daytime care gives you an experienced set of hands while you rest, recover, and settle into life with your baby. Your care professional supports your newborn during the day and helps you build confidence in the routines that work for your family.
Who it’s for
Parents who want help during the early weeks, families recovering from birth, parents preparing to return to work, and anyone who wants guidance with feeding, routines, and newborn care.
How it works
You choose the days and hours that fit your schedule. Your care professional arrives for each scheduled shift, cares for your baby, and shares notes on feeds, sleep, and anything you should know.
What’s Included
- Newborn care, feeding, and bottle support
- Diapering, bathing, and newborn hygiene
- Soothing techniques and daytime routines
- Parent education and hands on guidance
- Help organizing the nursery and baby essentials
- Postpartum support so you can rest and recover
Rates are set by each care professional based on experience, qualifications, schedule, and your family’s needs.
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Overnight Newborn Care
Overnight care lets you get real, restorative sleep while your baby receives attentive care through the night. Your care professional follows your family’s feeding plan and preferences, so you wake up rested and informed.
Who it’s for
New parents who need rest, families with multiples, parents recovering from delivery, and anyone feeling the weight of sleepless nights in the newborn stage.
How it works
Overnight shifts cover the evening and night hours you choose. If you are breastfeeding, your care professional can bring your baby to you for feeds and handle everything else. In the morning, you receive notes on feeds, diapers, and sleep.
What’s Included
- Night feeds, or bringing baby to you for nursing
- Bottle preparation and cleaning
- Diaper changes and soothing throughout the night
- Safe newborn sleep practices
- Gentle, age appropriate sleep foundations
- Morning notes on feeds, diapers, and sleep
Rates are set by each care professional based on experience, qualifications, schedule, and your family’s needs.
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24 Hour Newborn & Postpartum Care
Continuous Support, Day & Night
24 hour care gives your family continuous support around the clock during the newborn and postpartum period.
Who it’s for
Families who want round the clock support, parents of multiples, families recovering from a difficult delivery, and households that want consistent care during the first weeks home.
How coverage works
Continuous care is arranged in scheduled shifts that together cover the full day and night. One person does not work 24 hours straight. Coverage often rotates between care professionals, with clear handoffs at every shift change, so each shift is rested, attentive, and focused on your baby.
What’s Included
- Continuous care with scheduled shift coverage
- Newborn care, soothing, and hygiene
- Feeding and bottle preparation support
- Sleep and routine support, day and night
- Postpartum family support and parent guidance
- Handoff notes between every shift
Rates are set by each care professional based on experience, qualifications, schedule, and your family’s needs.
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Pricing Options
Ivory Cradle doesn’t set one flat rate. Each care professional sets their own rates, so you can choose the support that fits your needs and budget.
Rates Vary
by care professional
Rates depend on the care professional, their experience and qualifications, your schedule, and your family’s needs.
You’ll see each care professional’s rate on their profile when they apply to your request.
Care Professional Qualifications
Every care professional brings their own background. Instead of assuming everyone has the same credentials, you can review the profile of each care professional who applies to see exactly what they offer.
Experience
See how long each care professional has worked with newborns and postpartum families.
Certifications
Review the certifications each care professional has listed on their profile.
Specialties
Find support for multiples, feeding, sleep foundations, and other areas of focus.
Training
Learn about the training and education behind each care professional’s approach.
Availability
Check which days, nights, and shifts each care professional can cover.
Rates
Compare rates, which are set by each care professional.
Newborn Care Specialists & Postpartum Doulas
Ivory Cradle includes newborn care specialists, who focus on your baby’s care, feeding, and sleep foundations, and postpartum doulas, who support your whole family’s recovery and adjustment after birth.
Here’s what care professional profiles look like. When care professionals apply to your request, you’ll review profiles like these.
Emily Johnson
Newborn Care Specialist
$45 /hour
Darrell Steward
Postpartum Doula
$50 /hour
Sophie Williams
Newborn Care Specialist
$53 /hour
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about newborn and postpartum care, care professionals, scheduling, and how Ivory Cradle works.
A Newborn Care Specialist provides expert, hands on support for families during the newborn stage. They can assist with feeding routines, sleep foundations, soothing techniques, newborn care, organization, and parent education while helping families get the rest and reassurance they need.
A Newborn Care Specialist focuses specifically on newborns and the early postpartum period. Their role is typically temporary and centered on newborn care, education, routines, and helping parents adjust during the first weeks or months after birth. A nanny usually provides broader, ongoing childcare.
Yes. Ivory Cradle provides overnight newborn care so parents can rest while their baby receives attentive, professional care throughout the night.
Yes. Daytime support can help families with newborn care, feeding routines, organization, education, recovery, and adjusting to life with a new baby.
Families can begin planning during pregnancy, and booking early is encouraged, especially if you want overnight care or support beginning shortly after delivery.
Yes. Our care professionals can help families establish age appropriate sleep foundations and routines while following safe newborn sleep practices. The goal is not to force a newborn onto a rigid schedule, but to help create healthy habits as your baby develops.
Yes. Your care professional can support the feeding plan chosen by your family, including bottle preparation, paced bottle feeding, feeding routines, burping, tracking feeds, and helping parents stay organized. For clinical lactation concerns, families may also be referred to an appropriate lactation professional.
Yes. During overnight care, your care professional can handle appropriate newborn care throughout the night so you can get meaningful rest, while still following your family’s feeding plan and preferences.
Every family is different. Some families need support for a few weeks, while others choose care for several months. Ivory Cradle can help you build a plan around your baby, recovery, schedule, and family needs.
Click Get Started, create your account, and share your family’s care needs. Our team reviews your request and shares it privately with approved newborn care specialists and postpartum doulas, who can apply. You then review their profiles and choose the right fit for your family.