"She was the only person I trusted 100% with our baby." - S.P.
I am a newborn care specialist, postnatal carer, and mother. I have spent decades working with babies and families in real homes, across different cultures, medical needs, social backgrounds, and ways of life.
After all these years, I know one thing with certainty: every baby is different, every mother is different, and every family is different. That is why I do not walk into a home with one fixed way of doing things. I come in to understand what is happening in front of me, what this baby needs, what this mother needs, and how I can bring more steadiness and balance into the home.
This work is my profession, but it is also something I truly love. I am very good at it, and I take that responsibility seriously.
Experience matters.
But how that experience is used matters just as much.
I listen first. I am fully on the mother’s side, and I bring the kind of steady, experienced guidance that helps a family feel understood, supported, and more sure of the path ahead.
I do not arrive with one fixed method and try to press every baby and every family into it. I look at the whole picture. I listen to what the mother is telling me. I watch the baby in front of me. I take in the family rhythm, the feeding, the sleep, the settling, the worries, and the small things that may have been missed because everyone is tired.
That is where my work becomes different. I do not simply help with the next feed or the next nap. I help parents understand their own baby more clearly, feel more confident in what they are seeing, and find a way forward that works in real life, in their own home.
A baby is born. A mother is being born too.
When a woman gives birth, she is not simply leaving hospital with a baby. She is transforming into a mother. That does not happen overnight, and very few women are truly prepared for what that change asks of them physically, emotionally, and mentally.
You can have housekeepers, drivers, a chef, and every practical convenience around you, and still no one may be teaching you what you are actually going through. No one may be explaining why you feel so raw, why every sound from your baby cuts straight through you, why rational and irrational worries become hard to separate, or why something that is meant to be joyful can feel so overwhelming.
This is a part of my work that matters deeply to me. I support the mother while I care for the baby. I help her understand what is happening, learn how to care for her baby with more confidence, and move through those first weeks with more clarity, more steadiness, and more room for joy.
How I can support you
Night support
This is the main part of my work. I come into your home overnight to offer real respite and take care of the long in-between parts of the feed-sleep cycle: winding, settling, extra cuddles, sterilising where needed, and a clear handover in the morning.
If you are breastfeeding, expressing, combination feeding, or formula feeding, we shape the night around how you want to be involved.
24-hour welcome-home support
This is my most immersive support, usually for the first days or weeks after birth, and it is very limited.
I help mother and baby find their feet at home: feeding, burping, holding, soothing, early rhythms, what to watch for, and why different parts of the day can feel so different.
It is hands-on care, real-life education, and building a baby-led routine the family can continue after I leave.
One-to-one consultations
Detailed remote support for parents who need an experienced pair of eyes on what is happening. I usually work from a questionnaire and the previous 48 hours, then we talk properly through sleep, feeding, routines, development, expectations, and what may need adjusting first.
Afterwards, I send the main points and a clear action plan.
Infant sleep coaching
More selective support, offered remotely or in person when it is the right fit. I look at the full picture around sleep, not only the waking itself: feeding, digestion, routine, overstimulation, expectations, and how the whole day may be feeding into the night.
In-person support depends on where I am at the time, or whether travel is arranged.
-
I look at the full picture.
Feeding, winding, temperature, awake time, digestion, settling, the sleep environment, and how the whole day has been unfolding around the baby.
-
I go back to the basics first.
Because if those are off, the rest of the sleep-feed cycle rarely flows well.
-
I notice the things that are easy to miss when everyone is tired.
Sometimes a baby needs less stimulation, not more. Sometimes a pattern is worth watching more closely. Sometimes a parent simply needs a clearer explanation of what they are seeing.
-
I help parents understand their baby more clearly.
Not through one fixed method, but by observing what is happening in front of me and helping the family respond in a way that makes sense for this baby, this mother, and this home.
-
I know when something may be worth taking further.
I do not diagnose, and I do not replace medical or specialist care. But I do notice patterns, and I can help parents understand what may be worth discussing with the right professional.
Experience that reaches beyond ordinary newborn care
I have cared for hundreds of babies, including dozens of twins. I have worked with premature babies, babies with reflux and feeding difficulties, babies who needed a closer level of observation, and babies whose care required me to work carefully within guidance already given by medical professionals and parents.
I have supported families across the UK, Europe, Switzerland, the Emirates, and the United States. I have worked in homes with staff and large family systems, in smaller homes where everyone was exhausted, with first babies, second babies, twins, older siblings, and families whose lives looked very different from one another.
What has never changed is this: every family deserves to feel understood, and every baby deserves care that is thoughtful, individual, and deeply attentive.
When support is needed again with a second or third baby, they are returning to someone they already trusted with the most important thing in their life.
They also know I understand that a new baby does not arrive into an empty space. I help the whole family move into that next chapter, not just care for the newest little person in it.
Why families ask me back
I am proud of my qualifications.
I have an introductory qualification in midwifery, postnatal care training, and a qualification in twins and multiples care. I have also completed many certificates in psychology, developmental psychology, speech development, how the brain changes with age, an 80-hour psychiatry course, criminal psychology, and a Level 4 diploma in nutrition.
I learned these things because I am naturally curious, and because I want to understand better how babies and people are developing and growing, how to support the best outcome, how to give them the best start in life, and how to help them reach their milestones and their own best potential in the most natural way we can.
I am not there to take over anyone else’s professional role. I do not give medical advice or specialist advice outside my own work. But everything I have learned helps me notice more, understand more, ask better questions, and guide families towards the right support when that is what they need.
"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.A., Vienna - colicky baby with reflux