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About Joyous Chaos
Our Story
Joyous Chaos (formerly Lavender Lactation, LLC ) started as a dream back in the summer of 2020! Yes, in the midst of a global pandemic where everyone and everything was experiencing chaos while learning how to quickly transition everyday life into a virtual reality. I was working 3 days a week as an inpatient Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Newborn Nursery at UNC and 1 day a week in our pediatric clinic doing lactation consultations. I quickly learned how to help families navigate their “Happy Crisis” including breastfeeding struggles via Telemedicine. As much as my husband and I loved our jobs, God had other plans for our family and placed it on our hearts to move to Harrisonburg, VA in November of 2020. At that time our son was 9 (navigating virtual school) and our twins were 16 months old. Talk about a “Happy Crisis” for our family! This move would allow my husband to take an active role in the family farm and me to care for our 3 children while working from home with our Wellness Company Isagenix. Since November of 2020 I have served over 50 families with their own "Joyous Chaos” including breastfeeding support, in-home consultations, phone/FaceTime consults and newborn education classes. In the summer of 2023 I felt it was time to rebrand to Joyous Chaos, in hopes of providing a more inclusive approach to supporting families welcoming a newborn into their home! My goals are your goals! It is my job to help you reach them! Thank you for being part of my story and I am honored to be part of yours!
Our Mission
Our mission is to support, educate, & empower families in the Shenandoah Valley who are expecting or have recently welcomed a new baby or babies into their homes. With over 18 years of experience, our Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and IBCLC will individualize you and your baby's feeding support plan, identify barriers to achieving your unique goals, assess milk transfer, weight trends, maternal & infant concerns, and communicate to community OB and Pediatric providers to provide true interdisciplinary newborn care. Before your baby arrives we offer Newborn & Breastfeeding Education classes followed by
in-home lactation consultation.
Our services
- CLASSES: Joyous Chaos, LLC offers in person and virtual Newborn & Breastfeeding Education classes. In person classes are held at the White Oak Lavender Farm in Harrisonburg, VA. Our curriculum will prepare you for basic newborn care, breastfeeding 101 to help you make an informed decision as to your feeding plans and goals, & bottle feeding/pumping/returning to work in ONE three hour BOOTCAMP style group class held at the White Oak Lavender Farm each month. Not the group type?? No problem! Send us a message and we can schedule your own Personal Bootcamp in your home! Classes are held one Tuesday a month from 6:30-9pm and are designed for expectant couples between 30-40 weeks gestation. Our next class is Tuesday March 19th from 6:30-9pm. Register under the CLASSES tab :)
- Consultations: We offer in-home feeding consultations to support your unique needs. Receiving feeding support in your own home is not only unique but convenient! Practice where you feed :)
- Partnerships:
- Harrisonburg OBGYN and Joyous Chaos offer a Community Breastfeeding Café every other Wednesday! See our calendar for more details!
- Announcing a new Pediatric Partnership with Mountain Ridge Pediatrics offering in-office lactation or interdisciplinary feeding consultations Tuesday & Thursday mornings!
New Joyous Chaos Bootcamp April 24
Book your Bootcamp for April 24th today! Only 10 slots available each month!