Malika Crosbie

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Birth & Postpartum Doula
Chicago, Illinois
12 years of experience
5.0
About me

I’m a Newborn Care Specialist (NCS) night and day and Newborn nanny, Birth Doula and Certified Postpartum Doula with over 10 years of experience taking care of newborns and toddlers, I also have experience with twins and triplets. I have experience with assisting moms with breast feeding, transitioning from breast to bottle, colic, fussing babies, reflux, sleep conditioning and sleep training. I’m a mom to my awesome 3 year and half year old son, in my spare time I enjoy taking my son to amusement parks and sporting activities. I also volunteer at HPNClub in Hyde Park.

Education

Birth Doula (2025)

Certification and training

Newborn Care Specialists (2010)

Newborn Care Specialists (2023)

Doula (2024)

Certified Postpartum Doula (2025)

Specialties
Infant Care Newborn Care Overnight Newborn Care Postpartum Doula Care Baby and Toddler Sleep Coach Multiples Postpartum Care Birth Doula
Languages

English

Accepted insurances
Carrot
Service introduction

I offer a wide variety of services tailored to the needs of each individual families needs. Please schedule a consultation to discuss your family's needs. Birth and Postpartum Doula, Newborn Care Specialist

Packages
Night newborn care Night Postpartum Doula
Minimum of four nights per week Hours 7pm-7am, 8pm-6am, 9pm-7am.
$55.00
USD Per hour
Ratings and reviews
Average
5.0
# of Reviews
11
5.0

We cannot recommend Malika highly enough. For the past six weeks, she cared for our newborn overnight and was truly incredible. She was always punctual and reliable, which gave us complete peace of mind during such a vulnerable time. She is kind, compassionate, and cared for our baby with so much patience and love, while also supporting us as new parents. She quickly became part of our family during the newborn bubble, and her care felt deeply personal. Thanks to her experience and consistency, our baby was down to just one wake-up during a 12-hour night by six weeks old — which felt life-changing. We are so grateful for her support and would recommend her without hesitation to any family.

- Ashley

5.0

Malika has been an absolute blessing. Her calm presence, gentle expertise, and genuine care have brought so much peace to our home. She supports our baby with such patience and skill, and we woke up each morning feeling rested and confident knowing our little one was in the best hands

- Deena A

5.0

Malika made my postpartum experience so much better with her knowledge, compassion, and experience. She is the baby whisperer! She is kind, gentle, and so good with babies. I felt at ease knowing Malika was there to help our family during this new chapter and I would recommend her to anyone.

- Mary McGinley

5.0

We are incredibly fortunate to have had Malika as our nanny during our child's first year. Her kindness, patience, and genuine love for our son gave us peace of mind every day. Her calming presence, professionalism, and dependability made our transition back to work seamless. We couldn’t have asked for a better caregiver and highly recommend Malika to anyone seeking a loving, thoughtful, and experienced professional.

- Leah K.

5.0

We feel incredibly fortunate to have had Malika as our nanny during the first year of our child's life. Her kindness, patience, and genuine love for our son were evident from the start. Malika brought a level of care and attentiveness that gave us peace of mind every day. She has a natural ability with children, creating a warm, nurturing environment while also supporting our son’s development in many ways. Whether it was practicing tummy time, singing to him, feeding him, playing with him, or reading books, Malika’s calming and reassuring presence was truly. Her professionalism and dependability made the transition from staying at home to going back to work so seamless, and her positive attitude was a joy to be around. We couldn't have asked for a better person to care for our little one, and we highly recommend Malika to anyone in need of a loving, thoughtful, and experienced nanny.

- Leah Kaltz

5.0

Malika was an invaluable support for us! She came for the first time the second night we were home from the hospital and we were able to get a full nights rest. Not only did she care for our newborn overnight, she washed bottles and folded laundry and always left our place looking cleaner than when she arrived. She was such a calm presence and a huge reason why i was able to recover smoothly!

- Lauren Prescott

5.0

Malika is an absolutely wonderful night nurse, we are so happy we had the chance to work with her. She is diligent, attentive, trustworthy, easy to talk to, and she has extremely helpful advice about any phase of newborn sleep or childcare in general. She made the first few months of postpartum much easier for me and our whole family has benefited from her help. Thank you, Malika!! We love you.

- Renu Roney

5.0

Malika is absolutely wonderful; she is everything you want in a postpartum doula or nightime nurse. She took care of our daughter starting around 4 weeks old until she was 3 months old. She helped us sleep train our baby who is sleeping 9+ hours a night now and is well on her way to a full 7 pm - 7 am baby (YAY)! Malika is a total professional, she is so good with children - including our older child who she was around each morning - she cleaned my pump parts multiple times each night and always had them ready-to-go before each night-time pump, she did moderate cleaning of our daughters items and even folded her clothes. She was ALWAYS on time, never called in sick, and occasionally stayed a little late. She took detailed notes of what happened during the night and I felt so comfortable and at peace knowing she was in the best of hands whenever we had Malika with us. She helped us catch up on sleep and regain our sanity back during the beginning newborn haze. I recommend Malika to any family that has a new baby! I don't know what we would have done without her!

- Megan Fealy

5.0

We would not have survived the first five months without Malika. She is extremely knowledgeable about sleep training and she takes the time to get to know you and your baby, and what works best for you both. She was always available by text whenever we had questions, and she would frequently stay late to talk to us about any questions we had. She is very reliable and flexible to work with your schedule. She is also a genuinely great person. We have recommended her to all of our family and friends who are expecting.

- Allyson Riemma

5.0

Malika at G&M Care Services has been amazing for our family and baby girl Gracie. She's loving, super knowledgeable about babies and children, and has a great warmth about her that our daughter was drawn to. Malika cared for our daughter for about a year before she went to daycare, and she still is an integral part of our family, as she continues to care for Gracie as a sitter and braiding her hair every month. Let Malika add value to your family through your little one(s) -- you will be thankful that you did!

- Yaa Stanley

5.0

Malika and her coworker, Samantha, are absolutely incredible. They are extremely knowledgable, empathic, supportive, and helpful - to both my 5-month-old daughter and me. Last week, I had a very distressing situation with a night nurse (who I let go) in the midst of attempting to sleep train my daughter, and Malika came that same night to help me. She was incredibly compassionate and more than willing to jump in and assist with sleep training, using the method we had already started. She was very thorough with documenting everything that she did so that I felt at ease, and I felt incredibly supported by her during the difficult process of sleep training (and this was the first night of knowing her). My daughter basically slept through the night/had no night feedings for the first time when Malika came! I was so grateful that I hugged her. Samantha continued this for the next several nights and was equally kind, empathic, knowledgable, and helpful. My daughter has been consistently sleeping through the night over the past week. Malika and Samantha reach out to check in on us, and they are more than willing to assist me however they can. I am 10000% confident in their expertise, genuine care for their clients, and ability to care for my daughter. I value them immensely as both childcare professionals and people. I will personally vouch for them!!!!!

- Kayla Devitt

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