From Roots to Branches

Beyond the basics: How I help

Welcome to From Roots to Branches where you’ll find help and information for you and your baby. Rather than “quick fixes” that focus on the basics of infant care and are often a band-aid solution to parent-infant dynamics, I go beyond that to the deeper levels of emotional health.  Be sure to explore my site to find out the unique ways I can offer:

• Parent Coaching – support your baby’s emotional health within whichever parenting style works for your family
• Birth Trauma Education – identify and learn to support your baby to resolve stressful or distressing birth experiences
• Birth Doula Services – support for you and your partner, and advocacy for your baby during labor and delivery
• Post Partum Doula Services - help with your household chores/meals so you can enjoy your baby, get some rest, and settle in to motherhood.

Is this the right place for you? It is, if you are a health-conscious parent that wants information on how better to provide optimum health for your baby, or if you are struggling with any issue as a parent and want real and effective methods towards resolution.

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You’re already a good mom

…but you probably don’t hear that enough!

Moms like you do the best they can under normal circumstances but often continue to feel like it’s not enough, and usually don’t get enough support for the job they do. You aren’t alone! And what if there is something going on with your infant that others can’t explain or have failed to help you with? Are you exhausted from sleepless nights, inconsolable crying, trouble falling asleep? Does your baby have issues with nursing or eating? Maybe your baby already has the label, “High Maintenance Baby.” But what does that mean, other than equal, “Stressed Out, Frustrated Mom?”

I can tell you that it isn’t your fault, and there are some elegant ways to shift what’s going on with your baby.

Find out the deeper reasons why things are challenging for you and your baby. Gently and compassionately, I can help you learn what your baby is trying to share with you, how to respond, and techniques that help develop peaceful dynamics between you. To find out more about how I can work with you and your baby, click here.

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Stressed or Overwhelmed?

There are so many dynamics and emotions at play when you bring a baby into your family.  Sometimes its simply stresses in your daily life that make parenting your baby seem bewildering. It can help to have another person lighten your load, be a compassionate ear, and allow you the space to know what you need. It “takes a village” but sometimes, all you need is a helping hand, and willing ear.

Let go of feeling like you have to do it all yourself! Get the support you need now.

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Did you have a difficult birth?

One of the ways that I help families is by sharing what I know about birth and how important it is to the whole family. You may have a concept of birth trauma as it relates to the mother. Sometimes an unexpected birth intervention or outcome can have lasting effects on a woman’s emotional well-being, her ability to bond with her baby and her desire for more children.

And sometimes a birth affects the baby – whether or not mom was also distressed during the labor and birth. Babies can remember what happens to them during birth, and even during the pregnancy, and just like adults, may be holding on to distressing memories.   Babies show stress in  several ways that can affect your relationship together, the dynamics in your family, and can undermine your feelings about your ability to parent.

I can help you identify birth trauma issues, and support you to support your baby to resolve them. Call me at 509-293-9530, email me, or click here for more information.

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