Terian Johnston
Terian Johnston is a Certified Newborn Care Specialist who resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. She mostly serves Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and the greater Phoenix areas. She typically works night hours as a Certified Newborn Care Specialist and day hours as a Consultant. She occasionally accepts 24/7 positions and is willing to travel.
Her Education Degree in Elementary & Middle School Education and her post graduate hours in Early Childhood Development gives her a comprehensive understanding of growth and development. Through her Certification as a Newborn Care Specialist she has added additional education that specializes in newborn care. She has over 20,000 hours of experience working with singletons, twins & triplets as a Newborn Care Specialist and over 20 years experience working with children. She enjoys teaching families, "Everything that their baby wants them to know". Her calm and gentle spirit is an asset to the many families that have utilized her services.
Having a Newborn Care Specialist is like having an ultimate newborn textbook, except the Newborn Care Specialist can give you advice and answer your numerous questions. They can walk you through some of the challenges of having a baby. Common issues such as reflux, colic, sleep issues, and scheduling a daily routine will all be addressed. Their advice is timely so that you can adjust to each situation without having the feeling of an "overload of information", that books tend to leave you with. The added bonus is that the parents have the ability to achieve a full night's rest since the Newborn Care Specialist will tend to the baby at night. Being rested they are mentally and physically prepared to take on the daily task of being parents.
Terian provides her clients with daily and weekly goals. These goals are based on developmentally appropriate expectations and guides parents through the milestones that their baby is achieving. Terian also works with the families to design a plan that best reflects their parenting goals. She believes that there is NOT just one "right way" to do things! She believes that the only "right way" is what the family has chosen. She has studied different sleep theories, brain development of infants and sleep cycles. Between her studies and her hands on experiences, she can offer families different options for sleep training and scheduling. This provides choices for the family to ensure that they find the methods that work within their family's goals.
Terian believes that most babies have the ability to sleep through the night (10-12 hours) by the age of 12 to 14 weeks. She believes that newborns instinctively have the ability to "self-soothe" and will gradually stretch the amount of time in between feedings at night, if their environment allows them this opportunity. The key to sleep training a baby without using the "crying it out" method is to help them develop their natural abilities. Parents often unknowingly counteract their baby's abilities by not recognizing some of their baby's signs, therefore interfering with the process. Terian has successfully completed sleep training using this technique for many babies. She can be contacted for her resume and reference letters at sleepingnewborns@yahoo.com or (480) 707-3291.
I have a group of excellant NCS that I work with. If I am not available, I will be happy to refer you to another NCS. Don't pay agency fees!
