They are considered to be professional child care providers. While they can do light housekeeping, their focus is to be there for the children, playing with them, helping them with their homework, etc. While they do take on many duties of the parents, they are not substitute parents. Housekeeper Housekeepers clean entire homes, do grocery shopping, prepare meals, do laundry, and keep the home in order. They may do some occasional baby-sitting.
Doulas are professional postpartum care providers.
They help new mothers with basic baby care and may also do light housekeeping, run errands and baby-sit older children. Typically, doulas work two to four hours a day for two to three weeks after the child's birth. Doulas always live outside of the family's home. However, we recommend that the nanny pay her own air fare to the job. At the end of 60 days on the job, the employer should reimburse her.