Standard of Practice

Service 

A baby planner is a maternity consultant that meets with expecting or new families to provide support, education, and resources in a non-biased fashion.  They tailor their services to suit their client’s specific lifestyle needs and help them determine the types of services and products that are essential throughout their journey towards parenthood. A baby planner is also committed to empowering their client’s by showing them all their many options during pre-conception, pregnancy and beyond. This includes the various options for birthing, co-sleeping, health, fitness, nutrition, going-green, safety, budgeting, product navigation, baby shower preparation, baby registries, and much more.

 Additionally a baby planner can be seen as a matchmaker, an educator, and a coordinator. As a matchmaker, a baby planner matches their clients with the most suitable services and products to meet their needs. As an educator, a baby planner educates their clients on the functions and differences between various services and products in order to make the best decisions. As a coordinator, a baby planner may organize special events such as baby showers, baby moons, or retreats.

Boundaries to Practice

A baby planner does not diagnose, treat, examine or medically advise their clients. Unless a baby planner holds an additional license or certification in a specific area of practice, a baby planner does not prescribe or attempt to perform for a client additional services that require advanced training. Some examples include: exercise programs/plans, diets or nutritional programs, baby proofing, car seat inspection, therapy, pre/post natal massage, pre/post natal yoga/pilates, personal training, doula services, midwifery, cpr, etc.

The IABPP does not believe that baby planners should try to be experts at everything and encourages members and students to take the time to pursue the proper credentials, experience, and insurance required for each additional specialty they offer. As a result, the IABPP does not consider areas of specialty such as, baby gear consulting, nursery design, car seat installation, or baby proofing as roles that are required in order to be a baby planner. The IABPP recognizes that each of these areas involve extensive training, education, and experience. The IABPP considers these added services as specialties that some baby planners may already have in their background or may decide to offer in addition their main role as a maternity consultant, otherwise the IABBP strongly recommends that baby planners refer out such services to qualified professionals.

Code of Ethics

The IABPP code of ethics helps us to maintain high professional standards of personal integrity and professional competence and practice.

Students and members who do not adhere to the IABPP Code of Conduct may be suspended or have their approval revoked.

As a representative of the IABPP, the baby planner(s) agrees to uphold the following to the best of their ability, while continually expanding their ability to do so:

• The baby planner(s) agrees to uphold the IABPP’s professional standards as defined in our book, “The Baby Planner Professional: What You Need To Know! The Ultimate Guide and Resource For Baby Planner Professionals”
• The baby planner(s) participate and agree to uphold IABPP’s Mission, Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics to improve the care they provide new and expecting families.
• The baby planner(s) agree to be objective and promote informed decision-making. The baby planner(s) respects their clients in the way they discuss their needs and challenges.
• The baby planner(s) agrees to protect the privacy of their clients by demonstrating confidentiality through their business.
• The baby planner(s) agrees to be fair, respectful and courteous to fellow students, members, and employees of the IABPP.
• The baby planner(s)assumes full responsibility and accountability for their individual judgments and actions.
• The baby planner(s)agrees to act in accordance with the highest standards of professional integrity and to keep up to date with our industry’s current standards as well as continued education.