Seattle Family Chef

History

Mama Doula studied Social Work and Psychology at the Evergreen State College. She completed Culinary Training from 3 institutions, the last being Seattle Culinary Academy. She received training from the Simkin Center at Bastyr University to be a Postpartum Doula and certified with NAPS Doulas in 2011. In 2017, she became a CNA, a Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of WA. Mama Doula's services are a culmination of her education, work history & personal experience understanding the needs of parents who have a baby/ies in a city with the country's highest rate of nuclear families. She's worked with nearly 100 families since 2010 in a Home Care Assistant-like capacity. Seattle Family Chef is an in home Personal Chef Service for health-minded, busy individuals or families, who value eating food made from scratch. She has experience cooking a variety special diets and cuisines. Please see her testimonials to learn more about all the palates she pleases.

Specialties

Mama Doula LLC and Seattle Family Chef is a dual service or can be hired separately as a Postpartum Doula or Personal Chef. As a Postpartum Doula, she specializes in care for families and newborns through a baby's first year. Mama Doula gives practical, physical & emotional support in the postpartum period for all family members, especially to the birth parent. She assists with household tasks until the birthing parent has made a physical recovery. She helps with the adjustment & transition parents make by teaching baby cues, feeding and sleep cycles as well as sinking into new routines with a first born or new addition to the family. Parents can catch a break from 24/7 infant care while Mama Doula is on watch, to tend to other children or do self-care. After 6 weeks when OB and Midwifery care phases out, friends get busy and family visits have ended Mama Doula's postpartum care is a an excellent resource to have lined up. Hourly packages are available and make great gifts for newborn parents. With her postpartum hat on, Mama Doula will cook for an entire or partial shift to fill the fridge with readymade meals or she can be hired separately as a Personal Chef for populations young or old. Seattle Family Chef prepares meals in the homes of busy families or individuals who value eating healthy meals from scratch. She cooks' a wide array of diets and cuisines. For nursing mothers, she prepares lactogenic foods that aid lactation, healing & recovery from birth.