A Newborn Care Specialist is an individual trained and skilled in newborn care. They provide unique expertise in all aspects of newborn care, parental education and support. Their job is to help nurture and care for newborns while providing guidance and education for the parents.

The primary role of a Newborn Care Specialist is to provide assistance and education after birth. Many times this help will include scheduling, feeding, sleep training, and help with breast feeding.

Newborn Care Specialists can work overnight to care for the baby while the parents sleep restfully. When the baby wakes up, the Newborn Care Specialist feeds the baby by bottle or brings the baby to the Mother for nursing. After feeding, the baby is burped, changed and put back in bed.

During the daytime a Newborn Care Specialist will provide similar care and also strive to create a nurturing and stimulating environment for the baby during waking hours.

Both day and night Newborn Care Specialists document the baby's patterns and keep a log of sleeping, feeding and changing times to assist in transitioning the baby to a regular schedule.

In order to maximze their effectiveness and also due to insurance coverage, Smooth Transitions Newborn Care Specialists do not provide care of other children (other than 6 months) in the household.