Newborn Home Care
About Newborn Home Care
Newborn Home Care is a home-based and Zoom online nursing and lactation service providing parents with guidance and support to welcome a new baby. We can help you to settle into life with your new little one and feel confident with how to feed and care for him in ways that help him be content. An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is available, offering the latest evidence-based support to help with any breastfeeding or lactation concerns.
Our expertise is in caring for newborn babies in the early months, including multiple births and those born prematurely or with complex medical needs. We have gentle, well researched and science-based strategies to help you with your baby’s breast or bottle feeding, their crying, settling and sleep. The support we provide works alongside your parenting values and in sync with your baby’s biology to help you manage the challenges that families commonly encounter with a new baby in the home.
Newborn Home Care offers a range of support services that are grounded in the latest research in infant management, known as Neuro- Protective Developmental Care (NDC), or the Possums approach. This approach is gentle and simple, yet revolutionary, cutting through old and conflicting advice about how to care for babies, to instead work holistically with your baby’s natural biology.
At Newborn Home Care we understand that there are times when adjusting to life with a new baby can be a bit of a struggle, particularly if there were difficulties encountered with baby’s birth, his health, or with breastfeeding. We also know that sometimes mothers themselves have complications that interrupt the straightforward path that was anticipated, leaving them feeling less than strong after the birth. In circumstances like this – and sometimes for no reason at all – the early weeks and first few months, can bring some unexpected challenges that may cause you to reach out for help with looking after your baby. Don’t feel you can’t pick up the phone and talk to Julie about your circumstances. Our initial conversation is free.
Areas of expertise
Our expertise is with newborn babies in the early months, including professional lactation support, multiple births and those born prematurely or with complex medical needs.
The founder, Julie Kesby, is a
- Registered Nurse (AHPRA) and an accredited Possum’s practitioner with infant breastfeeding and sleep concerns.
- Neuro-Protective Developmental Care Practitioner (NDC Institute), also known as the Possums programs
- International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
Professionally Julie is affiliated with the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA), Lactation Consultants Aust & NZ (LCANZ) and ACNN, the peak professional body for neonatal nurses.
Company values
Diversity & Inclusion
Get in touch
- Online
- New South Wales NSW
- Northern Territory NT
- Queensland QLD
- South Australia SA
- Tasmania Tas
- Victoria Vic
- Western Australia WA
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