Our Guiding Principles

We believe that all babies are born innately good. 

We believe that all parents are doing their best, and deserve compassionate, respectful care – always.

We believe all parents deserve comprehensive care in preconception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 

We believe in parenting on purpose.

We believe in responsiveness.

We believe in listening & responding to a baby’s cues.

We advocate for responsive feeding (a.k.a. feeding on cue or on demand).

We avoid separation-based parenting methods (sleep training, cry-it-out, time-outs, etc) and help parents identify alternatives to meet their needs and goals. 

We strive to find the root cause(s) of challenges and do our best to provide care that gets to the root of an issue whenever possible.

We believe every human deserves dignity, respect, and care. 

We unequivocally support and provide culturally competent care – and believe that effective care (and effective referrals) honors each client’s unique needs.

We are strong advocates and supporters of our LGBTQIA + clients and community, and are committed to gender-affirming care.

We practice trauma-informed care.

We serve people with all levels of differing abilities and disabilities with intention and care.

We openly acknowledge the harm of colonialism and capitalism on mothers, babies, parents, and caregivers – and the erasure of traditional & ancestral practices. 

We believe that traditional & ancestral practices hold a great deal of wisdom for modern parents, and strive to honor those who have fought to preserve them, while reclaiming the wisdom for our generation & generations to come.