Caroline Joseph
We did not work with a newborn care specialist for our first born child, but consider ourselves very lucky to have worked with Tara Schields for our second child. Tara was a wonderful caretaker for our son and an excellent resource for me. She was caring, communicative, and reliable and provided great resources to help our family navigate the first two months of our son's life. She listened to all questions with patience and understanding; she was very helpful in the navigation of our son's reflux issues and was very keen to share tips on navigating newborn care that made things go so much more smoothly. Tara was rife with helpful recommendations and worked to tailor a sleep schedule to our family's needs. We extended our contract with her, because her support was so valuable. Tara's care allowed our family to sleep more, which was worth its weight in gold! I certainly recommend Tara and would absolutley work with her again!!
Sasha & Troy Rosen
We called Tara in to help us when our son was just two weeks old! She has been so helpful during this big transition. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable but patient with me and all my new mom anxiety. She helped us identify a tongue tie in our two week old which explained why he had a poor latch, was extra gassy and uncomfortable. She genuinely cares for you and your baby. Tara created a routine that fit our families needs and it has stuck and been a game changer. I am so grateful for the time she spent caring for our family and helping us out in the first weeks of all the newness. Tara you will be greatly missed! Thank you again for all your help! We got this!
Jayme & Spencer
Michal and Jason Rouse
Tara was fantastic, and we feel so lucky to have had her with us! Our son absolutely loved her, and if he hadn’t started sleeping through the night we would have kept her on. From day one, Tara was hands on, showing us how to do everything from the basics, to more complicated things like storing and freezing breast milk, breastfeeding, etc. Tara was able to help us a few days during the daytime as well, which was an added bonus. I would highly recommend Tara to anyone looking for a postpartum doula/newborn care specialist. We plan to use her again when we have our second child.
Rachelle Crone
Tara has been an invaluable part of our family’s journey since our first daughter, Kennedy, was born. She first joined us as our overnight postpartum doula when Kennedy was just five days old, and her support was so incredible that we continued to have her weekly for months. From the very beginning, Tara helped me gain confidence as a new mom, ensuring I had the knowledge and reassurance to navigate those early days.
Tara handled nighttime care in the baby’s room, bringing her to me for feedings and assisting with latching, burping, diaper changes, and reswaddling—making those long nights much easier, especially as I recovered from an emergency c-section. She also helped us establish healthy sleep habits from the start. Because of our amazing experience with Tara, we didn’t hesitate to call her back when we welcomed our second, third, and fourth children. Her guidance and expertise became even more invaluable when our last two, mono-mono twins, arrived prematurely. Tara’s experience with newborns, particularly in high-risk and preterm situations, gave us immense peace of mind. She helped us navigate the unique challenges that came with their early arrival, from specialized feeding support to ensuring they had the care and attention they needed to thrive.
Tara is so knowledgeable that I jokingly call her “Google.” Even when she wasn’t actively working with us, I knew I could count on her to answer my questions and offer advice. She never tries to take over as the mom, but she truly loves and cares for each of my children as if they were her own.
If you’re considering hiring Tara for overnight support, I can confidently say you will not regret it. She has been an essential part of our growing family, and I cannot recommend her highly enough!
Beth Cohan
If anyone is looking for a newborn care specialist and/or postpartum doula, I highly recommend Tara Schields. We just finished up a 10-week contract with her (after extending our initial contract twice) and she will be greatly missed. Tara provides excellent support for mom and baby when we need it the most. We had Tara come to our house as a newborn care specialist every weeknight once my daughter was born and by the time she reached 10 weeks old Paige was sleeping comfortably in her crib for 9-11 hours at a time.
Lisa Benjamin
My experience hiring Tara as a postpartum doula and newborn care specialist far surpassed my expectations. As a first time mother and single parent I knew I would need some help transitioning from childbirth to motherhood. I wasn’t quite sure what that help was or who that person would be until I received a recommendation to call Tara. I spent my pregnancy beyond excited in anticipation of the birth of my baby girl but was nervous knowing I had little experience taking care of a newborn. Tara was there from the moment we left the hospital, spending days and nights helping me recover from a c-section and take care of my baby as if she was her own. She is amazing, wonderful, kind, caring and, most importantly, extremely knowledgeable about everything related to baby. She makes taking care of an infant look incredibly easy, but it’s certainly a challenging job. When our contract was up we were sad to see Tara leave, but within 24 hours we asked Tara to come back as soon as I realized I wasn’t recovered enough to be on my own and how desperately we needed her help. She came back and I am eternally grateful for every moment she spent caring for my baby, for me and helping out in the first weeks of our lives together. Tara is a now a part of our little family, she is the absolute best at what she does, she taught me many tools of the trade and gave me the confidence to start this journey through parenthood. I truly didn’t know how much I needed Tara until we had her in our home and it was the best investment emotionally, financially and in every way possible.
Lauren & Kevin
I wanted to let you know that hiring Tara was an incredible game changer in so many ways when bringing home my newborn triplet babies. I have gone through the process of bringing home two of my older children and doing all of the nights by myself. I was so incredibly tired during those endless sleepless nights that I really feel I lost myself for a while as a person, wife, and as a mother. Being sleep deprived is pure torture. During this time I was so sad and I felt that it affected every aspect of my life negatively.
When I found out I was having triplets, I knew I couldn’t do the sleepless nights again. Tara is a godsend; not only did she enable me to have proper sleep, she sleep conditioned my triplets from the very beginning and got them on a schedule for day and night, she advised me on day time schedules, feedings, what products to buy, and general advice for everything related to babies.
Tara also was more than willing to learn everything related to a baby having a gtube as well (one of my triplets had to be on continuous feeds with a gtube for the first year of her life). She was a quick learner and perfected everything very quickly.
Due to the fact I had triplets, twins, and other children, my household had a team of daytime nannies and multiple Night Care Specialists, with Tara being the lead NCS for the triplets. Tara was excellent at working with all of the day nannies and other NCS’s in a positive and professional way. Her ability to collaborate, communicate, and coordinate with the entire care team ensured that my babies had consistent, high-quality care around the clock.
I fully let Tara take the lead and with her expertise and me following her instructions she laid out, all of my babies were sleeping through the night by 4 months of age.
This time around I have been an incredibly happy person/wife/and mother and I really believe a big part of that is because I had sleep and had the babies on Tara’s schedule. It was well worth the cost and if I ever have more children in the future, I will 100% be calling Tara.