In anticipating your new-baby time, you will want to arrange basic help beforehand. Friends love to bring round food – perhaps you want to put one in charge of coordinating meals. Can you arrange now for cleaning help then? Are there teenagers on your block who would love some extra pocket money and can wash your dishes in the evenings?
Write a shopping list that you can hand on to a kind friend after the baby arrives. (I mean it. Go get a pen and paper right now!) Can you freeze some of your favourite dishes in advance? What foods can you eat with one hand that you like? Bananas, apples, grapes, cherry tomatoes, carrots, crackers, sandwiches… hey, you tell me!
In case you didn’t know: when you have a new baby, what you eat is Really Important. Focus on filling your body with the most delicious, complete and colourful foods possible. Whole grains, fresh vegetables and fruit, dairy, eggs, fish, chicken – yum! When a friend offers food, ask for home-made soup, or a container of brown rice, or a huge bowl of fruit salad. For your family and friends, bringing your food will be a labour of love. The food they bring will wind up nourishing your baby. It’s true, what they say: It takes a village.
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