Friends
Balanced Expat provides consultations in The Netherlands with a psychologist for French and English speakers.
As a father, making sure kids get off to the best start in life is very important to him. Using a safe, natural and gentle approach, he is dedicated to work with pregnant mums to allow a smooth pregnancy and childbirth and also working with newborn babies and children to ensure they can be their very best.
A practical prenatal course in English for couples to better understand the Dutch system and to prepare themselves how to cope with labour and how the partner can best support.
Chiropractors remove interferences in the spine, allowing the brain and nervous system to regulate the body in the most natural and optimal way. Lizette is specialised in caring for infants of all ages and uses gentle and effective techniques. For more information regarding sleep, please read this blog-piece.
Discount: complementary intake consultation
Kasia Pokrop is a funder of Seventh Series and Mamamoon Retreats. She is offering HypnoBirthing courses, Yoga classes (Prenatal and Ashtanga) and Birth Preparation workshops in Amsterdam. Recently also kicked off Pregnancy retreats for parents-to-be under Mamamoon Retreats.
Discount: HypnoBirthing course – a free 1 hour refresher session closer to due date
Nannies at Night is an agency specialising in overnight babysitting. As a parent, you can hand over the care of your child to one of our experienced night nannies while you enjoy a good night’s rest. The night nanny is responsible for all duties involved in caring for your baby, from feeding and changing to comforting and settling back to sleep. What do you do? Simply wake up the next morning fresh and rested, ready to start your day. Interested? Please book your intake for free and we come over to talk about your wishes and needs.
Discount: no registration fee when booking at least one night of service
Alena is a photographer specialized in maternity, newborns, babies, and children-based photography. Her home studio is in Leiderdorp. She has undertaken professional training in how to safely pose newborns and she is a Qualified Newborn Photographer from Accredited Professional Newborn Photographers International.
Discount: 10% discount on any session (excl. special offers)
She is a doula and mother of two girls. She is a warm, kind, calm person. As a doula she takes care of the needs of the pregnant women by using massage, acupressure, herbal medicine, homeopathy, aromatherapy, water and breathing techniques. She uses techniques that are close to my heart such as Hawaii Lomi Lomi massage, Malaysian belly binding, Mexican rebozo ritual to close the postpartum period and always with respect to the nature and with help of all elements. Her role is that which you intend for her to achieve a smooth transition to a new phase in life.
Hana Ilg of Hana Wellness offers three different services to support women and their beautiful bodies: birth & postpartum doula services. Women’s fertility and natural birth control education. Natural & non-toxic living workshops with essential oils.
Aileen is mother of two and passionate about birth & motherhood. She is a certified psychologist, coach for pregnant women and mothers, mindfulness teacher, mindful birthing & parenting teacher.
Gentle Beginnings provides pre- and postnatal support through massage, traditional ancient wisdom as bengkung belly binding, moxa, rebozo closing rituals, placenta and herbal alchemy. Gentle Beginnings specialises in wisdom of the womb massage for all women!
Discount: free 50 ml of oil for self massage
Marieke van Luin from Mamma Minds is a Lactation Consultant IBCLC. She offers breastfeeding support and informational sessions. For breastfeeding support she comes to your home to observe a feeding. To make a plan together according your specific situation, she listens to your (birth and breastfeeding) story, shares practical knowledge and support ayou in making practical changes.
Doulentina has a PhD in Neuroscience and a broad academic background. Still, she argues that “science is not enough for true human connections.” For this reason she became a Doula and Childbirth Educator in 2015 with the goal of helping the world in becoming a bit better, one family at the time. Babybrains® trainer, she holds workshops of a unique programme that supports perinatal well-being through parental education on infant cognitive development. It gives parents the support they need all the way from conception to the fourth year of their child.
Zyanya is a babywearing educator based in Amsterdam. She helps families use babywearing as a tool to get two free hands. During the private in-home consultations she helps families to feel comfortable and confident wearing their baby. Babywearing is a universal adaptation seen in every culture around the world. We use babywearing as an adaptation to support our lifestyle and independence as parents, as well as our mental health. And we use babywearing as an adaption to provide love and security to our babies when they need it most.
Kasia Pokrop is a founder of Seventh Series and Mamamoon Retreat. She is offering HypnoBirthing courses, yoga classes (Prenatal and Ashtanga) and birth preparation workshops in Amsterdam. Recently also kicked off pregnancy retreats for parents-to-be under Mamamoon Retreats.
Discount: pregnancy & birth preparation events – please contact Kasia directly for a Tiny Sleepyhead’s friends discount offer