Less stress, more joy
By Andrea Stainbrook You stare down lovingly at your sweet bundle. Squishy and angelic. An angel with claws! It is always amazing to see how fast babies can grow their nails. Some come out of the womb with long nails. New babies may need a trim as often as every few days! While looking at [...]
When feasible set up support. DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK FOR HELP. Have a visitor or a Postpartum & Infant Care Doula? ......
By Amy Hammer, CEO & Co-Founder of Metro Detroit Doula Services After having a fabulous doula for her own birth over 5 years ago, Amy Hammer decided to join her gifts of compassion and service with her love for families and become a business owner & doula herself. Amy and Andrea's collaboration together has been [...]
Andrea is certified with ProDoula as a Labor Doula, pre-certified as a Postpartum Doula, and is currently working on her certification as a Childbirth Educator with ProDoula.
...baby deserves a LOT of focus. But so does someone else.
Decisions. Parenting (as well as life in general) seems comprised of decision after decision. It starts in pregnancy and will continue. Some are easy, most are not. You want to make a well thought out choice. What to do when you are at a crossroads?
Yay! Things are settling in. Visitors are winding down. You and baby are getting somewhat of a handle on life together. Baby wants to eat or be held a lot. But what can you do with limited movement? I mean reaching for anything becomes a battle in your mind where you are listing the pros [...]
I don't know about you but there are often times that I feel like I'm running on a hamster wheel. Going, going, going, more to do, more to see, more to be… and ultimately it's draining. It can turn you into a grumpy human. Many of us feel overwhelmed and yet, we don't know how [...]