Testimonial for Tamra Mabanag PCD(DONA), PMH-C
Being a first time mom is hard. The things you researched that you never pictured doing or getting all the unsolicited advice to help. In the end makes your question more like, wait my little one does do that or does this instead Is that okay? In a nutshell it's exhausting. But sorting through it with Tamra, my concerns, questions, and her development steps was a breathe of fresh air! We discussed what I really needed to know for both me and my daughter. Example, getting her to take the bottle at 2.5 months after only getting me and bottle maybe a handful in the very beginning was the HARDEST thing for me. Hearing her cry and not being able to console her. It tore me up inside but I knew she was starting daycare soon and I couldn't go with her. She had to take the bottle. She worked with me on different feeding positions, bottles, temperament and dreamfeeding. (Which I had no idea what dream feeding was!). Having her there and her understanding how much it hurt me she always found a way to make me feel I wasn't a bad mom. It's okay if she crlies when trying something new (which isn't harming her) like the bottle. Since then life had been so much easier! She takes the bottle from me, now daycare, and sleeps in her own crib all by 3.5 months! I know I couldn't have gotten there without Tamra!
-Mandi Halverson
August 23, 2017
Tamra Mabanag PCD(DONA), PMH-C
Postpartum Doula Services by Tamra
Postpartum Rate: $80 to $85
