For Parents

Bringing home a baby is one of life’s most meaningful transitions and one that deserves calm, thoughtful, and emotionally attuned support.

With more than 25 years of experience supporting children and families in private homes, I offer personalized guidance rooted in respectful caregiving, observation, emotional connection, and early childhood development.

This offering is designed to help families feel more prepared, supported, and confident before and after welcoming their baby.

THE WELCOMING BABY PACKAGE

Before Baby Arrives

Two personalized in-home prenatal visits
(2 hours each)

Sessions may include:

• Emotional preparation for parenthood

• Understanding newborn behavior and needs

• Creating a calm and nurturing home environment

• Nursery setup guidance

• Respectful caregiving foundations (RIE-informed approach)

• Preparing caregivers and family members involved in baby’s care

After Baby Arrives

Three in-home postpartum support visits
(2 hours each)

Support may include:

• Newborn observation and guidance

• Understanding baby’s cues and temperament

• Creating calm rhythms and routines

• Emotional support and reassurance for parents

• Sleep, feeding, and caregiving observations

• Guidance for building a respectful and connected caregiving relationship

Continued Follow-Up Support

Additional in-home follow-up visits
(2 hours each)

These sessions provide continued guidance and support as your family adjusts and grows during the early months with baby.

Care Team Alignment

Parents, nannies, grandparents, newborn care specialists, and caregivers are welcome to participate in sessions so everyone involved in baby’s care can feel supported and aligned in their understanding and approach.

Included

• Personalized guidance tailored to your family

• Gentle text/email support between visits

• Calm, experienced, and emotionally attuned support throughout the transition into parenthood

Currently Available for Santa Barbara & Montecito Families

Families interested in learning more about the Welcoming Baby package are invited to connect through the website’s Contact page to discuss availability and personalized support options.

*Packages starting at $1,800

This course is for families-to-be waiting to adopt or considering becoming a parent. Before Baby™ is designed to start you on your journey with confidence in yourself as a parent and trust in your baby’s unique ability to show you the way. 

This course will help you establish healthy patterns from the beginning of life and include the following:

• Caregiving routines.

• Diapering and dressing.

• Bathing.

• Feeding.

• Quality time together

• What crying means and how to respond.

• Sleep for baby and parents.

• Setting up the nursery.

• Social-Emotional development / Brain development.

• Home environment.

“Because the baby comes first, you, the caregiver, must develop a meaningful and special relationship and bond with the baby. The baby must know you and feel comfortable enough with you to allow you to care for him”
Bev Kovach

The Educaring™ Approach encourages adult caregivers to see young children as competent humans from birth. The Approach seeks to help parents and professionals build stable, secure, healthy relationships with infants and toddlers, encouraging the children’s natural abilities from the very start.

This 3-hour online course offers an overview of Educaring™ approach. Topics include:

• Trust in the child.

• The guidelines of sensitive caregiving.

• Facilitating optimal development through play.

• Communicating respect for children through our everyday interactions with them.

This price is for 8 sessions.

THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING YOUR BABY

A RIE® Parent Infant Guidance Classes

Growing Together is a weekly class where parents and babies come together in a calm, respectful environment designed to support both child development and the parenting journey.

Unlike traditional baby classes, there are no songs to perform, crafts to complete, or milestones to chase.

Instead, parents are invited to slow down, observe, and discover who their baby is becoming.

As babies play freely with developmentally appropriate objects in a carefully prepared environment, parents gain a deeper understanding of their child's abilities, temperament, communication, and development.

Along the way, parents receive guidance, support, and the opportunity to connect with a community of families who share a desire to raise children with respect, confidence, and trust.

What You'll Gain

• A deeper understanding of your baby's development

• Practical guidance rooted in the RIE philosophy

• Greater confidence in your parenting

• Weekly opportunities to ask questions and receive support

• A peaceful space to observe your baby

• Meaningful connections with other parents

• A community that grows together through the early years

For Babies

• Freedom to move and explore

• Opportunities for uninterrupted play

• A carefully prepared environment

• Respectful interactions with peers and adults

For Parents

Observe.

Learn.

Connect.

Grow.

Because when we learn to truly see our children, parenting becomes less about doing more and more about understanding more.

Classes begin at 3 months and continue through the first two years of life.

Currently forming in Santa Barbara.

Join us and experience a different way of being with your baby.