Welcome to the FULL NCS course  to become a certified professional newborn care specialist: 

30-hour course

Professionalism is vital when it comes to being a newborn care specialist. You are often the family's first contact with outside postpartum support and set the tone for their entire experience.

As such, it is essential always to be professional and maintain a clear head, no matter the situation. Additionally, being a newborn care specialist requires excellent knowledge and expertise. It would be best to handle everything confidently, from feeding and diapering to soothing fussy babies and dealing with sleep deprivation.

Thankfully, this course will teach you everything you need to know to be a fantastic newborn care specialist. It provides a clear and detailed guide on what it takes for success, as experts in their field have proven!

First Course

MODULE 1

• Newborn Appearance and Characteristics
• Normal Reflexes
• Newborn Senses
• Newborn Respiration
• Circumcision Care

MODULE 2

• How to hold a newborn
• How to soothe a fussy baby
• What is Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Bathing a newborn
• Tips for dressing a newborn
• How to change an infant's diaper
• Top 3 Different Diaper Rashes
• Nail Care
• Cradle Cap
• Baby Laundry
• Baby Car Seat Safety

MODULE 3

• How to Feed Newborns
• Learn How Newborns Communicate
• Newborn Feeding Schedules Explained
• How to Cluster Feed a Newborn
• Baby Formula
• Feeding Issues-CDC Guidelines
• Different Baby Bottles
• Human Milk Storage Guidelines
• What are the side effects of Changing Baby Formula?
• How to Burp a Baby

MODULE 4

• Swaddling Overview
• Sound Machines
• Why use Pacifiers?
• Different Bottles
• Week 1 Development
• First Week as a Newborn Care Specialist
• Problems That Happen the First Week
• Week 2 and 3 Development
• Secret Key to Sleep-Playtime
• Week 4 Development
• Week 5 Development
• Week 6 to 16 Development

MODULE 5

• How to work Overnight
• Expectation -Log Book
• Example of an NCS Overnight
• Mistakes I've Made on the Job
• Not Being Clear on Overnight Care
• Overnight Framework-How to Book a Client
• Phone Role Playing/Keeping a Personal Project Report

MODULE 6

• Safe Sleep Guidelines 
• SUID (Sudden Unexpected Infant Death)
• Sleep Stats-Newborn
• Different Sleep Methods
• Sleep Issues
• Definition of a Preterm Baby by the World Health Organization
• Nursery Setup
• Diaper Essentials
• Baby Feeding Essentials
• Baby Monitors

MODULE 7

• Newborn Ailments
• What is RSV?
• Newborn -Cause of Vomiting
• Jaundice 
• Failure to Thrive
• Colic
• Umbilical Hernia
• Torticollis
• Newborn and Covid

MODULE 8

• Different Cultures
• North America
• South America
• Oceania
• Africa
• Europe
• Asia
• Different Cultures-Stats

MODULE 9

• Premature Babies
• What Health Problems Can a Premature Baby Have?
• How to Calculate the Preemie-Adjusted Age?
• Difference Between NICU & PICU
• Human Milk Fortifier

MODULE 10

• How to Take Care of Multiples
• Getting Setup for Multiples
• Bathing Multiples
• Parent Coaching 101
• Bottle-Feeding Multiples
• How to Feed and Work Overnight with Multiples

MODULE 11

• Maternal Issues 
• Baby Blues
• Postpartum Depression 
• Postpartum Psychosis
• C-Section Complications

MODULE 12

• Reflux Course -` Aine Homer Basic Course

MODULE 13

• Five Newborn Care Specialist Interviews

MODULE 14

• Interviews and Contracts
• Retainer Vs. Deposit
• What happens when you're FIRED?
• How to talk to clients SCRIPTS

The course below is HOW TO WORK AS A NCS... It's not your typical training.

Second Training

 MODULE 1

• How do you talk to parents?
• Instructing parents on the job.
• Leave detailed instructions/notes each night.
• What does coaching teach parents about YOU?
• Discussing with parents how they would like us to interact with the family
• Why is it important to ask permission?
• Don't get too close to family members.

MODULE 2

• What is YOUR Focus?
• How to Coach Staff
• Making adjustments on the job
• Write detailed instructions for staff.
• Stress or not to stress & when should you QUIT
• How to coach clients virtually 

MODULE 3

• How to work with Multiples
• How to feed twins together (bottle)
• Triplets-feeding at the same time.
• Gaining weight
• Swaddling
• Detailed Nursery setup.
• Daily Routine
• Multiples and sleep

MODULE 4

• Liability 
• ABC of Sleep
• How to talk to your clients about safe sleep
• Lactation and sleep
• How to coach clients who want to pump
• Be encouraging
• How to successfully support clients with nursing
• When lactation problems arise
• Nursing-best nutrition suggestions

MODULE 5

• Wake windows & sleep pressure
• Definition of Cry's 
• Birth and beyond weekly expectations
• Establishing playtime/tummy time
• How to establish a daily routine, AKA naps, and feedings
• Why adjust the baby's head position?

MODULE 6

• Growth signs
• Summer's Sleep Secrets NEWBORN method
• Sleep expectation week 1
• Sleep 2-4 weeks old
• Sleep 5-6 weeks old
• Sleep 7-8 weeks old
• Sleep disruptions
• Reflux and colic symptoms 

MODULE 7

• Sleep expectations
• Sleep 9-10 weeks
• Sleep 11-12 weeks
• Sleep 13-14 weeks
• Sleep 15-16 weeks
• No more swaddle
• Parents holding the NCS back

MODULE 8

• How to plan for 24/7 jobs
• Parents' expectations vs. NCS expectations
• What do you need to travel?
• Working with AGENCIES
• Marketing yourself for success
• Pay- What is reasonable for everyone
• Mental Preparation
• Example of what a 24-hour day looks like

MODULE 9

• Networking
• The KEY to Success- 35 skills successful people follow
• Building a good reputation
• Fulfilling contracts and not FLAKING OUT
• Find the clients that best FIT you
• Newborn Care Specialist ETHICS

MODULE 10 

• Covering issues that may come up on a job
• Troubleshooting support
• Clients Not Happy
• Self-Care - Exhaustion
• Client changes their minds

Includes Certificate of completion. If you want to be certified and become a holistic health practitioner, complete all assignments and courses. 

Email us when you are finished and learn what is needed to become certified: [email protected]