Your Devoted Doula

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Recent research shows that ๐›๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐คโ€”also known as infant-directed speechโ€”๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ...
07/22/2025

Recent research shows that ๐›๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐คโ€”also known as infant-directed speechโ€”๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž. A new study finds that human babies get up to 400ร— more direct vocal input than bonobos and nearly 70ร— more than chimpanzees ๏ฟผ.โฃ
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๐—ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ? That flood of expressive, sing-song speech with exaggerated tones and vowel sounds grabs infantsโ€™ attention, helps them decode words, and boosts their language development. In short, baby talk doesnโ€™t just bond usโ€”it literally builds our brains in a way that sets us apart from our closest relatives.โฃ
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๐Ÿง  ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: The human infantโ€“caregiver vocal interaction dwarfs that of other apes.โฃ
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๐ŸŽต๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.โฃ
This pattern holds across culturesโ€”parentese is one of those rare universal โ€œhacksโ€ for teaching language.โฃ
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๐๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐จ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌโ€™ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ: ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก.โฃ
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Happy birthday to my main squeeze!Weโ€™ve grown up together in so many ways. Weโ€™ve navigated different seasons (some that ...
07/18/2025

Happy birthday to my main squeeze!

Weโ€™ve grown up together in so many ways. Weโ€™ve navigated different seasons (some that stretched us, some that grounded us) and through it all, youโ€™ve stayed constant. Always showing up for your people.

Look at everything youโ€™ve done. The life youโ€™ve built. The family who loves you. The community that adores you. You are steady, kind, selfless, and so deeply loved.

39 years of lessons, memories, and experiences that made you who you are.

Hereโ€™s to your last year in your thirties!! And countless memories to come in this lifetime. Letโ€™s make it count.

Love you always.

I grew my new doula business to 6 figures in less than 2 years. Starting from scratch! If youโ€™re just starting out as a ...
07/17/2025

I grew my new doula business to 6 figures in less than 2 years. Starting from scratch! If youโ€™re just starting out as a doula and trying to figure out how to actually make this a business, youโ€™re not alone. After training, I kept asking myself โ€œNow what? How do I actually get clientsโ€.

Thatโ€™s exactly why I created this 6-week mentorship. Itโ€™s for doulas who are passionate about the work but also want to build something real โ€” something sustainable and profitable. We cover everything they donโ€™t teach in training: how to find clients, set your pricing, protect yourself legally, and actually grow in a way that feels aligned.

You donโ€™t need a huge following or fancy branding โ€” you just need a clear path and someone whoโ€™s already walked it. If that sounds like what youโ€™ve been looking for, Iโ€™d love to support you. No pressure, just results.

I hear it all the timeโ€ฆโฃโฃโ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค...
07/14/2025

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โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€โฃโฃ
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โ€œ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ตโ€โฃโฃ
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โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ตโ€โฃโฃ
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People assume new parents want cute onesies and baby gadgets.โฃ
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But what weโ€™re hearingโ€”what we knowโ€”is that parents want something deeper:โฃ
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โœจThey want to feel seen.โฃ
โœจThey want someone to say, โ€œThis is hard, and youโ€™re not alone.โ€โฃ
โœจThey want helpโ€”without having to ask or explain.โฃ
โœจThey want someone to guide them, nourish them, hold the baby so they can shower or cry or sleep.โฃ
โœจThey want reassurance and to know that theyโ€™re not failing.โฃ
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Parents donโ€™t want more ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ง.โฃ
They want more ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.โฃ
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Parenthood is hard. Whether itโ€™s the first or 5th time. Having support is one of the most important things you can set up for yourself before the new addition arrives. โฃโฃ
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I walked into my shift this morning and this is the first thing I noticed. Itโ€™s such a small detailโ€”easy to missโ€”but to ...
07/10/2025

I walked into my shift this morning and this is the first thing I noticed. Itโ€™s such a small detailโ€”easy to missโ€”but to me, it says so much. This chair pulled up RIGHT next to the crib and a tired dad who spent the whole night watching over his little one ๐Ÿฅน

A tiny detail, but such a sweet reminder of a new parentโ€™s loveโ€ฆ and the anxiousness that comes with it.

These dads have waited a long, long time for their babies. It is such a beautiful thing to witness as they take on parenthood with so much love and excitement.

โœจ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ? โœจโฃโฃโœจ ๐—ช๐ก๐š...
07/07/2025

โœจ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ? โœจโฃ
โฃโœจ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ? โœจโฃ
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Karina and Kaley came together to support this sweet family with the kind of flexible, comprehensive care that meets you exactly where you are. Whether you need one doula, two, or a whole team, we can tag-team to match any schedule, any need, and any season of your journey. Thatโ€™s what Your Devoted Doula is all about โ€” showing up for you, every step of the way. ๐Ÿ’›โฃ
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Kaley and Karina came together to support this sweet family with the kind of flexible, comprehensive care that meets you exactly where you are. Whether you need one doula, two, or a whole team, we can tag-team to match any schedule, any need, and any season of your journey. Thatโ€™s what Your Devoted Doula is all about โ€” showing up for you, every step of the way. ๐Ÿ’›โฃ
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๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โฃโฃLately, Iโ€™ve had multiple parents tell me they asked ...
07/02/2025

๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โฃ
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Lately, Iโ€™ve had multiple parents tell me they asked ChatGPT about their baby โ€” and the answer was flat-out WRONG!โฃ
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Itโ€™s scary how much incorrect or misleading information is floating around, not just with AI but all over TikTok and Instagram too โ€” especially when your babyโ€™s health is at stake.โฃ
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Iโ€™m all for using technology (you know I love smart tools!), but nothing will ever replace your gut instincts or the guidance of a qualified professional.โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ. ๐Ÿซถโฃ
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06/25/2025

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๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.โฃโฃEven with the windows cracked, even on a mild day, the temp...
06/17/2025

๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.โฃ
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Even with the windows cracked, even on a mild day, the temperature inside a car can rise dangerously in just minutes.โฃ
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โ€ผ๏ธA childโ€™s body heats up 3โ€“5x faster than an adultโ€™sโฃ
โ€ผ๏ธ It only takes 10 minutes for a car to become deadlyโฃ
โ€ผ๏ธ Every year, dozens of children lose their lives to vehicular heatstrokeโฃ
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Create habits that help you remember.โฃ
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โœ… Check the back seat before locking your car.โฃ
โœ… Keep your car locked when not in use to prevent children from entering.โฃ
โœ… Place a personal item (like a purse or phone) in the back seat as a reminder. โฃ
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๐Ÿงธ Consider placing a stuffed animal in your childโ€™s car seat when itโ€™s empty, and move it to the front seat when your child is in the car as a visual cue. โฃ
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๐Ÿ“ž If you see a child alone in a car, call 911 immediately.โฃ
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