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I'm curious too! I follow a local one on Facebook and I feel like a lot of what she posts about is helping parents figure out what to do with a newborn basically and I don't really need help with that element (I'm sure there are things to be learned still but this wouldn't be my priority.) I'd love someone to come take both kids or at least my toddler and do a load of laundry​ and catch up on dishes while I nap... I basically want a wife.

I think they run about $25 an hour here so maybe I'd be better off with a house keeper and a few hours of a sitter? I need daily basics help more than mopped floors though but I feel like housekeepers don't do dishes and pick up kids toys.

I looked into it but did not really need it with my first- I'd do it with subsequent children I think. My babysitter is really great though too- she will stuff diapers and pick up the house- which I have never asked her to do it she just does. She's 15 so I suspect it's what she does at home

I never have used one but my best friend recently had #2 and has used one twice for overnights. She brings the baby to my friend for feedings and takes care of everything else. She also made them dinner in the crock pot. My friend thinks the uninterrupted sleep helped her not have PPD this time around.

@Littlebit7: I think in many ways they are pretty similar although but my understand is a baby nurse usually doesn't do housework related stuff and wants a longer commitment, I think most pp doulas are open to very short term (like a few hours) positions. I think the price point is similar. It seems to me that most pp doulas have training whereas anyone can call themselves a baby nurse.

I had one and it was great. She was pricey but she wasn't meant to be with me all day every day. She came a few hours a few days a week. She was an excellent confidant/sounding board, she taught me a lot in terms of newborn care, she was also an LC, she did things like dishes while the baby slept or rubbed my feet while I fed the baby. She made me make a list of chores or baby things I needed help with since I'm not good at outwardly asking for help. That way she came in and could easily see what I needed help with and dove right in. What I liked is that she cared for me as much as or maybe even more than she cared for the baby. I really needed that.
I think we bought a 40 hour block of her time and every couple of days we'd discuss our schedules and plan the next couple of days and we just deducted the time from the block.
It's been 2.5 years and I still keep in touch. Would definitely use her again for another if it happens.

@SweetiePie: that sounds like a dream come true!