Examples of Support

Here are some examples of the kinds of support that I provide, however this isn’t an exhaustive list. If any alternative support is required, suggestions and requests are always encouraged and welcomed. 

 - Support immediately on returning home from hospital

- Emotional support, listening and talking over concerns relating to your birth or early parenting 

- Physical postnatal support to allow for your day-to-day comfort during the period of recovery after birth.

- Baby feeding support

- Safer Sleep guidance awareness

- Signposting to appropriate support services 

- Signposting to suitable baby product options

- Baby care, including bathing, nappy changing, baby carrying (if appropriate), swaddling

- Practical household support to include:

+ Laundry; removing clean clothes from washing machine and hanging up to dry. Folding clean, dry laundry.

+ Ironing; to include mother / birthing person, baby and sibling school uniforms.

+ Changing bedding.

+ Tidying items away to reduce clutter.

+ Light dusting 

+ Light vacuuming 

+ Loading and unloading dishwasher

+ Light washing up

- Sterilising Bottles / Pacifiers

- Meal planning, meal cooking and batch cooking

- Shopping and running other errands

- Collection of click and collect orders

- Putting bins out / sorting recycling

- Accompanying you to baby clinics, doctor’s appointments etc. 

- Accompanying you to baby events or social events

- Accompanying you on your first trip out / first breastfeeding experience out 

- Accompanying you to maintenance appointments such as dentists, hair salon etc. 

- Sole charge of the baby whilst you sleep, have a shower, play with older siblings, etc.

- Help with looking after older children to include:

+ Packing their school bags and / or lunchboxes

+ Ensuring homework has been completed, and flagging up if not.

+ Retrieval of school correspondence from school bags and passing information on to parents. 

- Support with establishing, maintaining or enhancing relationship equality

- Supporting a mother / birthing persons partner.

- Reflecting on the balance of tasks to ensure optimum efficiency between partners as parents, and maintain contentment between partners as a couple. 

- Part-night or overnight support (Additional fees apply) 

- Premature baby support

- Twins / multiple support

- LGBTIQ+ ally support

Support That I Am Unable To Provide

- Heavy cleaning 

- Gardening 

- Dog walking 

- Transporting clients and their babies in my own car

- Transporting older children in my own car 

- Car Washing

- DIY / house repairs

- Babysitting, nannying or childminding services