REVIEWS

I could not recommend Kadian more highly. She worked with us in the very early days after our premature baby returned home from a difficult stay in the NICU and was an absolute lifesaver, supporting us as a night doula for four nights at a stressful moment in our lives. She radiates that very rare combination of personal warmth and impeccable competence. Our then 1-month-old, highly sensitive baby seemed to instantly feel soothed by her presence, and she was able to impart incredibly helpful tips and tricks about care and problem solve some physical challenges our baby was going through at the time, specifically a bad bout of constipation and excessive nighttime waking. With the benefit of Kadian's experience and wisdom, after just a few days under her care, our baby was sleeping much longer stretches between feedings and had a much better routine established. Not only does Kadian obviously care very deeply for children, she knows just how to support and nurture parents too. She was such a comforting and calming presence and has a great sense of humor and an innate ability to build rapport, bringing a lot of light and lightness to our lives when we were desperately in need of both. She's one of those people you occasionally come across in life who makes you feel instantly at ease like you've known her all your life. It was hard to part ways with her when her time with us was over, but she's kept in touch and has left an indelible impression on us. Anyone lucky enough to work with her will be in excellent hands. -Katie & Marc

I cannot begin to express what a blessing it was to have Kadian supporting us in welcoming our son to the world while getting acclimated to becoming a family of three. As I shared with her when our time together came to a conclusion, she truly made the month she was with our family one of the best in my life. I highly recommend her to any family looking for postpartum support and to set their child up for a successful sleep schedule.

Before our son was born she provided thoughtful recommendations and resources to make our transition to bringing home a newborn a smooth one and even make accommodations for backup support in the event it would be needed due to COVID (thankfully it was not).

My husband and I went through an out-of-state surrogacy journey which entailed flying our 2-day-old home which was pretty stressful. There was a great sense of comfort in having Kadian there on our first night back home. During our time together she offered hands-on support and coaching for pace feeding, diapering, helped me to perfect my burping technique, bath time, and was beyond nurturing with our son as his overnight caretaker, which allowed us to get some much-needed rest. She also offered guidance on integrating breast milk + formula into his feeding schedule and even offered to coach our surrogate on pumping.

What's more, she helped us to set a nighttime routine for our little one and has a self-soothing system that sets him up for a successful overnight schedule. After the first month, he was sleeping in 5-hour windows and has been sleeping 12 hours straight overnight starting at two months, all due to her system. Since we were not physically recovering from birth, we also took the opportunity to have a few date nights out while Kadian was with us which was a treat. Throughout our time together, it felt like she was a member of our family and we still keep in touch. She is truly an angel. -Max & Bill

Our experience with Kadian was absolutely wonderful. My husband and I are first-time parents and had our daughter at a peak COVID-19 moment. We were supposed to have family staying with us to help in those first few weeks, but COVID-19 made that travel from Chicago impossible. In addition, my husband was barred from the hospital (it was the week before Cuomo's Executive Order requiring hospitals to not allow partners) and I had a C-Section with only 2 days in the hospital for recovery. At the last minute, my family found Kadian, who was a miracle. She practiced social distancing and was able to travel in her own car, making us feel comfortable having her given the circumstances. This is all preamble, of course, to set the stage for a very difficult and challenging time. More on Kadian...

Kadian first arrived the night that I came home from the hospital with my baby. She instantly put my husband and me at ease, gently instructing us in the best ways to care for our baby, but open to our wishes and preferences. She was always calm, competent, and kind and effortlessly cared for our baby and cared/helped me in my surgery recovery. Our baby instantly responded to her baby-whispering ways--Kadian could read her little mind, which felt like a puzzle to new parents. She also lent her intelligence and expertise to us in matters of feeding, nursing, sleeping (for parents and baby), diapering ... and many other key points of information when faced with the overwhelming responsibility of a newborn. I could not recommend Kadian highly enough. Beyond her incredible talent as a baby nurse/doula, she is a joy to have around. Kadian is smart, interesting, personable, and thoughtful, as well as reliable, punctual, and incredibly responsible. I am happy to provide more detailed information to anyone that requests it. Simply put, Kadian turned an impossibly stressful and scary situation into a manageable and joyful one. We will always be grateful to her. -Justine & Jonathan

We cannot say enough good things about Kadian. We worked with her over the course of two and a half months with our newborn. Kadian was loving, wise, thoughtful, calming, reassuring, easy-going, supportive, and the perfect partner for our family as we navigated life with a newborn. She taught us new things to pay attention to, clearly adored working with our daughter, made us feel instantly comfortable, and was incredibly reliable. Kadian was communicative, transparent, on time, and most importantly so clearly passionate about what she does and how she does it. She is respectful of your preferences and goals but also informed and an excellent resource or mentor when you're in need of one of this department. We can't recommend her highly enough. She was such a gift to us as a newly growing family and we feel absolutely certain she would be helpful to any family looking for support during a beautiful, special, challenging, and joyful time. -Danielle & Ben