Newborn Care
Overnight and daytime support for newborn needs, bottle feeding, nursing handoffs, sterilizing bottles and pump parts, baby laundry, and infant safety.
Newborn care specialist and postpartum doula
Jackie Kellum brings more than two decades of infant, newborn, nanny, household management, and family support experience to homes navigating a new arrival.
Families work with Jackie for steady, experienced support during a period when details matter: feeding, recovery, rest, household rhythm, and the practical needs of a growing baby.
Care Focus
Overnight and daytime support for newborn needs, bottle feeding, nursing handoffs, sterilizing bottles and pump parts, baby laundry, and infant safety.
Attentive household and family support, including experience helping parents during C-section recovery and the early adjustment period after birth.
Background with reflux, eczema, food allergies, multiples, irregular medical schedules, international travel, and medically sensitive infant care.
Experience
Overnight newborn care for an infant girl, including feeding support, bottle and pump part sterilization, baby laundry, and transition into a nanny role.
Full-time and part-time care for infants, twins, toddlers, and school-age children in North Carolina, New Jersey, Australia, China, and Taiwan.
Support for physician families, overnight coverage during irregular work schedules, travel with families, allergy and reflux routines, and sterile-care protocols.
Training
A broad training foundation across newborn care, postpartum support, NICU-informed care, infant development, and emergency readiness.
Foundational NCS, Advanced NCS, The First Six Weeks, Sleep Solutions, Advanced Multiples Training
Navigating the NICU for Doulas and NICU Doula Academy
Certified Postpartum Doula and Lactation Educator training
Infant & Toddler Care and Early Childhood Education certificates
Bachelor of Arts in English
American Red Cross certification
Happy Beginnings Newborn Care
For newborn care, postpartum support, and experienced family care, reach out directly.