You already know you need support.
You just needed someone to say - that's okay.
I am Kornelia.
I come into your home at night. And the first thing I do is ask you where you are at - not the baby. You.
Because by the time most mothers call me, they have already been told what to do by everyone around them. The midwife. The mother-in-law. The friend who had it easy and doesn't understand why you are struggling. And somewhere in all of that noise, what you actually need got lost.
So I listen first. And from what you tell me, I figure out the rest.
I work with mothers and newborns - the first weeks, the first months, the part nobody fully prepares you for. I learn your baby. How old they are, where they are developmentally, what their night looks like right now. And I build something that works - a real night rhythm, for that specific baby, in your specific home.
It is not always about sleep. Not exactly.
It is about your brain being allowed to stop listening for a few hours. Stop being on high alert. Stop waiting for the next sound. Knowing someone who knows exactly what they are doing is there - so you don't have to be on guard all night long.
Even an extra twenty minutes between feeds where you are genuinely resting - not half-sleeping with one ear open - can change what the next day looks like. I have seen it happen after one night. I have seen mothers who came to me at the absolute edge of themselves, and within a few nights they were present again. Rested enough to notice. Rested enough to feel it.
Because those moments happen when you least expect them.
The first time your baby's eyes find your face and just - stay there. The first sound they make that wasn't crying. The first time they try to copy your expression, or turn their head because they heard your voice from across the room. The raspberry bubble. The tiny hand working out how to find the mouth. The things that make you go - oh. Oh, so sweet.
Those moments don't wait. They happen in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday and then they are gone. And you deserve to be rested enough, present enough, to actually feel them when they do.
You carried this baby. You gave birth to this baby. You are taking care of this baby.
If right now you are thinking - I just need one night. One person who knows what they are doing to be there with me - that thought is valid. It always was.
I take on a small number of placements at a time - and I choose each one carefully.
If this feels like what you have been looking for, reach out and tell me about you and your baby. I will take it from there.
"She was the only person I trusted 100% with our baby." - S.P.
I have worked with families across Europe, the UK, Switzerland, the Emirates and the US. Different cultures, different homes, different circumstances. Some families had staff and drivers and homes that felt like hotels. Others had a one-bedroom flat, a secondhand cot, and nothing but love and exhaustion in equal measure.
I have never walked into a home and judged what I found there.
What I have found - in every single home, regardless of postcode or income or background - is a mother doing her absolute best with what she has. And most of the time, what she needed was not a perfect setup. It was one person who genuinely knew what they were doing, who wasn't going to make her feel small for asking for help.
I know what it feels like to come home from hospital with a raw C-section scar, a baby you would die for, and absolutely no idea how the night is going to go. That is not a weakness. That is the reality of birth - any birth, any mother, any home.
Whether you live in a castle or a studio flat, whether your baby was born in a private clinic or a public ward, whether you have a night nanny budget or you saved for three months to afford one night of support - I am not here to assess your life. I am here for you and your baby.
That has always been the only thing that matters.
Night care
I come to your home and work through the night alongside you - however you need me. Some mothers hand me the baby and sleep. Others keep the monitor on. Both are fine. By morning you have a full handover of everything that happened through the night, and I am already watching for anything worth knowing about the day ahead.
24 hour support
I am with you and your baby around the clock during those first days and weeks - building a rhythm, answering the questions nobody warns you about, and making sure you never feel alone in it.
One to one consultations
You have questions. About sleep, feeding, routine, development, what is normal and what isn't. We talk. I listen first. Then we work it out together.
"She was everything we needed. We feel very happy to have been guided by such a knowledgeable, experienced, patient and positive person. Her help was invaluable." - E.S., London - premature twins
"Kornelia always found the right balance between listening and taking onboard our thoughts, and sharing her experience. She blended in perfectly into our family." - N.M., Frankfurt - second baby
"She is a pleasure to have around, but gives you and your family enough privacy at the same time. We will love to have her back when we have another baby." - A., Vienna - colicky baby with reflux