Let Mommy Sleep Founder to Present on Gaps in Newborn Care Oversight

Denise Iacona Stern, founder and CEO of Let Mommy Sleep, has been selected to present her policy paper on the state of in-home newborn care in the United States at the Cribs for Kids National Safe Sleep Conference this September. The paper, titled "The State of Newborn Care in the United States: Gaps in Oversight and the Need for Standardization," calls for national standardization of the largely unregulated profession.

Stern's research is the first systematic analysis of the U.S. in-home newborn care sector, highlighting regulatory gaps that leave families without clear standards for caregivers. In many states, individuals can offer services as night nannies or newborn care specialists without formal training, certification, or background checks, leaving families with no reliable way to verify qualifications.

"The in-home newborn care profession has been operating in a regulatory vacuum for decades," Iacona Stern stated. "Families are hiring caregivers without a way to verify credentials, and too many caregivers work without standards for basic safety, including safe sleep." Her selection to present at the Cribs for Kids conference serves as an independent recognition of the paper's relevance and policy implications.

Let Mommy Sleep has provided support to families nationwide since 2010 through a network of registered nurses and certified night nannies. The company emphasizes the importance of its NAPS certification, which requires standards such as CPR training, safe sleep certification, and vaccination verification, measures not universally applied in the broader industry. The paper is available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).