FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
A newborn care specialist is trained in the care of newborns and helps families navigate the first days and months with confidence. At Gimme Sleep, I provide professional newborn care, overnight support, feeding guidance, soothing techniques, safe sleep education, and help establishing healthy newborn routines.
A postpartum doula provides emotional, physical, and practical support during the transition into parenthood. At Gimme Sleep, I support families with newborn care education, feeding support, soothing techniques, postpartum recovery, nourishing meals, light household support, and reassurance during those early weeks.
Postpartum support is personalized to meet your family’s needs during the early weeks with a newborn.
Daytime postpartum support may include newborn care education, feeding support, soothing techniques, safe sleep guidance, infant care while parents rest or recover, light household support, and nourishing postpartum meals.
Overnight newborn care may include diaper changes, bottle preparation, feeding support, burping, soothing, settling, tracking feeds and sleep patterns, and helping parents get the rest they need while their baby receives professional care.
Gimme Sleep is ideal for families who want extra support, guidance, and reassurance during the transition into life with a newborn. Services are especially helpful for first-time parents, families recovering after birth, parents needing overnight rest, families welcoming twins or multiples, and anyone looking for experienced newborn care during the early weeks.
Gimme Sleep specializes in the newborn stage, providing support from birth through the first 12 weeks of your baby’s life. This important fourth trimester is a time of adjustment as families navigate feeding, sleep patterns, newborn routines, and postpartum recovery. Support can be customized based on your family’s needs, from a few nights of care to ongoing postpartum support.
Gimme Sleep offers flexible overnight newborn care schedules based on your family’s needs. The most common shifts are 9 PM–6 AM and 10 PM–6 AM, allowing parents to get restorative sleep while their newborn receives attentive, professional care. Other schedules may be available depending on availability.
Many families search for terms like night nanny or night nurse, but a newborn care specialist provides specialized newborn support, education, and guidance. Gimme Sleep combines professional newborn care with postpartum doula support to care for both baby and parents.
Many families reserve support during pregnancy before their baby arrives. Planning ahead helps secure availability and allows us to create a postpartum care plan that fits your family’s needs.
Every family is different. Some families choose a few nights of overnight newborn care, while others prefer ongoing support throughout the first weeks or months as they adjust to life with their baby.
Yes. I provide non-judgmental feeding support, assist with bottle preparation, help families understand newborn feeding patterns, and offer guidance as parents find what works best for their baby.
Yes. Nutrition is an important part of postpartum healing. Gimme Sleep incorporates nourishing, balanced meals and snacks to support recovery, energy, and overall family well-being.
Yes. I provide gentle guidance around newborn sleep rhythms, soothing techniques, safe sleep practices, and developmentally appropriate routines to help families feel more confident.
Gimme Sleep provides postpartum doula and newborn care specialist services throughout Rhode Island and surrounding areas, with travel support available for select families.
Gimme Sleep works with eligible insurance reimbursement programs and can provide documentation needed for qualified families. Coverage varies by individual plan.
Gimme Sleep combines newborn expertise with compassionate postpartum care. Families receive more than newborn care — they receive education, reassurance, nourishment, and confidence during one of life’s biggest transitions.
What families say about
gimme sleep
Working with Gimme Sleep was one of the best decisions we made during the early weeks with our daughter, Charlotte. As sleep-deprived first-time parents, Marianna’s postpartum doula support was truly life changing. She gave us confidence, reassurance, time for self-care, and much-needed rest during the fourth trimester.
- Mariana
Portsmouth, RI
Finding Marianna as our postpartum doula was a true blessing for our family! She took care of our twin girls several nights a week for the first 8 weeks of their life. She had such a positive and professional demeanor and made this unpredictable transition period feel so much more manageable and enjoyable. Being well rested and knowing our babies were well cared for overnight made all the difference in how we were able to adjust.
Swansea, MA
- Marie
Marianna was a godsend to our family. If you are looking for a postpartum doula in Rhode Island I highly recommend her. Before our twins arrived Marianna checked in on me and made me feel seen and supported ahead of her working in our home. After a NICU stint she helped us adjust to life at home with two newborns. She taught us so much and our boys loved her. We all felt so taken care of.
Barrington, RI
- Lauren
Marianna was the best with our baby and for our family! She is bubbly, friendly, and most of all loving for both the baby and the family. She is professional, organized and helpful in every way. She not only took care of our baby while we got rest, but she made us so many delicious meals and has a special touch to making you feel cozy. I would go to bed smelling the aromas of everything she was cooking, and wake up to fresh food.