Our Newborn Care Services

Night Nurse Infant Care

At Snugglebuds, we believe that every mom should have the support that she needs when taking care of her newborn. Our licensed night nurses and our newborn care specialists are trained to provide the excellent care that you can trust.

Our Founder, Sakina Darab

Hi, New Mom,

I’ve been in the baby care business for as long as I can remember. Although I am a Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Lactation Counselor, this is not where my journey began.

My special training in infant care started as a young girl. For 20 years, my mother had an at-home daycare business where she was the sole care provider for five children at a time, newborns included. I developed a love for caring for children by watching how my mother took care of each child with the utmost nurturing and compassion.

At the age of 8 or 9 years old, I was confidently taking care of infants—feeding, changing, diapering, soothing, and putting babies to sleep. By age 13, my mother’s daycare clients entrusted me to, (on my own!), start taking care of their children, one at a time in their home. Caring for babies is natural for me and enjoyable. Having the opportunity to see a child grow before my eyes is something truly miraculous and heart-touching every time.

You see, taking care of newborns and children is not something new to me nor something I was actively taught. Caring for children was a skill instilled in me at an early age by a wonderful teacher, my mother, who had such a great impact on the children she cared for that 20 years later she still keeps in touch with them. For me, opening Snugglebuds was inevitable. It’s truly a labor of love.

I recently graduated with my Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner from The George Washington University School of Nursing. My education as a Family Nurse Practitioner has not only deepened my understanding of maternal and neonatal health but has also empowered me to play a crucial role in supporting and promoting the health and well-being of both mothers and newborns during this critical period in their lives. I love what I do and continually search for ways to grow in my field so that we can provide our clients with superior service.

Our Mission

At Snugglebuds, we understand that the addition of a newborn into the home is a precious and joyous time that can also be accompanied by huge changes including sleep deprivation. We believe that quality sleep is crucial to the mental, physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of the mother and everyone else in the household including the newborn and other family members. That’s why we have developed an overnight infant care service that we believe will help alleviate many of the challenges that new moms and their families face during this time.

Our company’s mission includes:

Delivering trusted, high-quality, and client-centered care within the scope of evidence-based practice.

Blending traditional and more modern approaches to include culturally sensitive newborn care.

Providing a "Snugglebud" experience that is best suited for the unique needs of you and your family.

At Snugglebuds, our philosophy is your philosophy. In other words, we take the time to get to know your family’s needs and how you want to integrate our services into your infant’s overnight care.

We understand that parents have their personal methods, ideas, and preferences on how to raise and take care of their newborn. Our professionals will make recommendations but will never enforce any approaches without your request or permission.

Our ultimate mission is to help your family establish a peaceful and tranquil environment by empowering you through support, education and quality service.

Our Service Standards

Night Nurse Infant Care

Providing our clients with an amazing service experience that you come to expect is our top priority at Snugglebuds. Below you’ll find the company standards that reflect the essence of who we are as a company and how we treat our clients. Our certified, qualified, and nurturing professionals provide superior overnight care services for your newborn that will give you the peace of mind that your little one is in good hands.

Our Snugglebud Standards

Our Snugglebud Standards are what sets us apart from other service providers. Read below to learn more about our core beliefs.

  • Client-Centered Care

    Your values guide our care. We respect the preferences and individual needs of our clients, so our service plan begins with you. We understand that every family is unique, so we are sensitive to your parenting styles and respectful of whichever methods you choose. If you are a new parent or open to different styles, we have the tools to support you as well.

  • Education

    We train all our providers with newborn-care-specific education. Snugglebuds Newborn Care is not a “babysitting” service—it is nursing, so education is at the core of what we do. In addition to providing nurturing care, promoting health, and preventing illness to our clients, we also educate and teach parents the most up-to-date, evidence-based best practices.

  • Safety

    We understand that safety is a major concern when dealing with delicate newborns, so your baby’s safety and well being is our top concern. All of our providers are fully trained in current safety standards including, but not limited to, safe sleep habits, safe feeding habits, infection prevention, hand washing habits, safe swaddling, and much more.

  • Integrity

    When selecting team members, we look for those with a strong demonstration of honesty, morality, and trustworthiness. Ethics is an immense part of nursing; therefore, we commit to principles such as veracity, non-maleficence, beneficence, fidelity, justice, and autonomy.

  • Judgment Free

    To ensure that all of our clients feel comfortable, we uphold a non-judgment policy unless we feel it interferes with the safety of a newborn. We believe that every parent needs the space to adapt to the transition of bringing a newborn into the home. We are there to help facilitate that transition by offering compassion, understanding, and support during the process.

  • Mental Health Prevention

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Learn More About Our
Nursing Services

We are here to service you and your newborn’s needs. If you have any questions about our services or our providers, please contact us today for more information.

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Make Us Your Partner in Infant Care

The first few months of your babies life are foundational ones. When you are considering a support system, finding a service provider with the knowledge and expertise in the areas of infant care and development are paramount. At Snugglebuds, our qualified experts have the training to provide the best overnight care for your newborn so that you can have peace of mind and the breathing room to heal and adjust to this special season of life. Begin your newborn’s journey today with the partners you can trust to provide the special care your little one deserves. Click below to begin the process.

Service Areas

  • DC

  • Asburn

  • Montgomery

  • Falls Church

  • Sterling

  • Arlington

  • Loudoun

  • Chevy Chase

  • Gainsville

  • Fairfax

  • Bethesda

  • Prince William

  • Leesburg

If you don’t see your area on this list, please give us a call at (703) 269-7363, and we will accommodate!

Overnight at-home newborn care services are available from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM.