Cuidando Angeles Course Curriculum
Here at Cuidando Angeles NCS LLC, we provide you with all of the tools and resources you need to begin your career as a Newborn Care Specialist.
Please see below for a list of some of the topics that we cover in our course.
Module 1
our industry
What is a newborn care specialist?
Difference between a Postpartum Doula and Night Nanny
How to hold a newborn
How to calm a newborn
Diaper rash
Circumcision care
Vaginal care
Nail care
Shaken baby syndrome
Appearance and Features
Head and facial features
Newborn care
Newborn sight and hearing
Skin, rashes, and lanugo
Breathing
Reflexes
Weekly newborn development
Module 3
newborn care
Module 2
the newborn
Hunger cues
Cluster feeding
Formula types
How to prepare the formula
Cronobacter
Breast milk bottle feeding
Breast milk storage
Burping
Module 4
FEEDING OF THE NEWBORN
Breast anatomy
Prolactin
Oxytocin
Congestion
Mastitis
Supply problem
Galactagogues
Contraindications
Pumping
Module 5
breastfeeding
Tongue and lip tie
Cleft lip and palate
Module 6
feeding problems
Safe sleep
SIDS (Sudden infant death syndrome)
Baby's room
White noise machines
Swaddle
Sleep development week by week until week 16
Overview of different sleep methods
Module 7
SLEEP
Essentials in the baby's room
Baby room temperature
Module 8
nursery
Daytime and nighttime schedules of the baby
Baby support activities
Module 9
SCHEDULES For THE NEWBORN
Stages of prematurity
Corrected age
Special care for premature babies
Feeding premature babies
Medical devices
Module 10
PREMATURE BABIES
Twins
Triples and more
Feeding multiples
Multiple sleeping
Module 11
MULTIPLes
Colds
Vomiting
Jaundice
Colic
Reflux
Silent reflux
Umbilical hernia
Pyloric stenosis
Torticollis
Module 12
COMMON ILLNESSES OF THE NEWBORN
Baby blues
Postpartum depression symptoms
Symptoms of postpartum psychosis
Module 13
ISSUES RELATED TO THE MOTHER
Action plan
Resume
References
Module 14
RUNNING YOUR NCS BUSINESS