Motherhood Mondays: A Brilliant Way to Help New Parents

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I haven’t! But I love it. My moms group does this for every new mommy. For two whole weeks I didn’t have to cook a meal when my daughter was born and it was so helpful. I loved the Dominos that was delivered just as much as the pasta bakes and pulled pork sandwiches. We use takethemameal.com I think these tooks are so great!

Sounds great to me – esp since we’re having our baby right before Christmas! I’m going to try to make and freeze a bunch of meals the week before, but this would be such a help!

In my neighborhood we called it MOW for MOMS, or Meals on Wheels for Moms. Everyone would sign up and deliver the meals. A lot of pasta was had. I like the idea of having an online resource for what the new parents likes/dislikes are. The Mow train has come around a few times and it is awesome!

When our wee one was born, our friend not only brought a variety of healthy foods, but would hold the baby while my husband and I ate, and once even bounced her till she fell asleep, and quietly snuck out the door after placing the baby in her crib. We also had friends who brought us an entire roasted chicken!

My mom group has been using meal train for our second babies. I’ll be on the receiving end in December. Yay! Would have been very helpful for the first!!

It’s funny what the first commenter said about Mormons doing this because it’s SO TRUE!!! I live in a neighborhood with many Mormons an the second that someone has a baby, has surgery, has a death or anything, they are lining up to deliver meals. They have even done it to me and I find it so sweet. This really is part of their culture!

Yes! We have used meal train for new babies many times as well as for other families in need of care. When our kids were born, they set it up for us to get a meal every three days, because most people make at least enough for two days’ worth of food. We didn’t have to think about dinner for two months that way!!! It was the best gift our friends could have given us.

I’ve used Meal Train for friends who have had babies and also for harder times, like the loss of a parent or illness. After having a baby last year, I now take two meals. Sometimes two of the same thing (easy stacked enchiladas) or sometimes two different things, but one meal is cooked and the other is ready to freeze. Even if you just take a convenience food for freezing, when friends did that for us, I thought it was absolutely amazing. The other thing that I loved was when someone would bring the entire meal, down to some fancy soda or a couple bottles of beer! Finally, the best meals are the ones that come about six weeks after the baby. When everyone has forgotten about you and you need some company!

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My mom does this for her friends too and I hope when I start a family my friends will as well!

I’m from the south, bringing food to new mamas is all I know:)

Amazing idea. My friends organized their own meal train after we had our son. It was exactly this – every night for two weeks someone showed up around 7-ish, cuddled our little one, fed us, and left enough leftovers for lunch the next day. It was the most wonderful gift they could give us and also took care of having to plan for people to visit and meet the baby.

I guess I’ve heard of it – but not online or called that. Our friends, family, church community have just always done that. And not only for new babies, but post-surgery, after the death of a loved one, and other difficult or high-stress times. It’s a bigger help than you realize until you’re on the receiving end.

I’ve done this a million times for new families and people going through cancer treatment etc (yes, i’m a part of a faith community).

My tips:
*disposable containers
*i always take my meal frozen flat in a ziploc bag with clear directions so it doesn’t take up too much space in their freezer(b/c sometimes there’s leftovers from the night before)

I realize that I’m single so I get to bless many parents and families with this-I’m pretty famous for my teriyaki chicken or turkey sloppy joes, salad in a bag and comfort food chocolate cake. (If my married friends want to know how to assist me @ some point: on the very rare occasion that I am sick and stuck at home, I would be equally blessed to have a married friend offer to pick up some gingerale and meds for me.)

Funny. I’m a Mormon and we have been doing this since forever. It really is great, and it’s a great way to give service and meet sweet new families.

my twin sister set this up for us when we had our first baby in may.
it was great.
even friends and family out of state could contribute by calling in a deliver order from local restaurants.

our friends just did this for us when our baby girl was born in july! yep, they used mealtrain.com and it was amazing. we ate so well for almost two weeks!!! our friends were thoughtful enough to even research healthy recipes for breastfeeding mamas and i was introduced to several new favorite meals (raw walnut tacos, for example, so delicious). we were treated like the king and queen of our community, my parents were blown away by the kindnesses of our friends.

That’s something that’s just always happened with any of the kids born in either our church or in my family. It’s amazing how a little thing can make life so much easier.

This is just a given in the South! I’ve never heard of Meal Train, but my friends and I have always used TakeThemAMeal.com, and it’s wonderful as well!

Another tip: don’t have people sign up for every night of the week – food often gets wasted. Try just Tuesdays and Thursdays, or Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays! Also, check ahead of time to see if the recipient would rather have the meal ready-to-eat or frozen to save!

Wow, such a great idea and helps them avoid the pizza trap you can fall into after having a baby ! Wish I could do something like this for my friend who has just had a baby but she is all the way in Ireland.

Love this! When my boys were born friends and family brought us meals for two months! Such a blessing. I love returning the favor too. One friend just had surgery so I dropped a meal off the other day. My neighbor gave birth to her twins at only 23 weeks gestation. Poor babies were in the NICU for months. I brought them a meal once a week for three months. Such a special and simple way to help people.

that’s what grandma’s are for!! :)

I can’t believe there are people whose friends/family/church/work DON’T do this for them! It’s such a life-saver when you have a new baby, an illness or death in the family, etc. We’ve even had friends organize meal schedules for families that are just going through a busy/stressful time.

Wow, what a cool and fantastic idea! I had never heard of this before. It sounds so lovely and convenient!

I don’t have a baby, but I think friends should do this for me regardless :D

We are doing a meal train for our friend whose 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. These have been such a great thing to help them during this stressful time and love the meal train website! It is quite easy to use.

We use a similar site all the time for new babes in our church and small group. foodtidings.com is another site. It is wonderful because it has listing of what the parents/kids are allergic to or do not like. Nursing mom could specify on the spice level and so forth. The site you mentioned may to the same. SO helpful. We didn
t really tell anyone about our first baby and were new to the church so we did not get many meals, but with my second we were well taken care of. Plus, my husband’s work was able to join in. It was SO helpful, especially with two little ones at home.

Very clever site. Now I have to figure out if it will work in Paris!

its very common for churches to do this. It’s so helpful and prevents the parents from having to answer the same questions over and over. great idea.

Our work friends did Meal Train for us after we had our baby and it was INVALUABLE, since we didn’t have family nearby.

I struggled so much after my daughter was born. I had friends bring meals the weekend we came home, but then it was like I dropped off the face of the planet. I was so depressed, and since I was nursing I was hungry and thirsty all the time. I think I ate nothing but s’mores poptarts for weeks straight. If I ever have another baby, I’m going to set this up AND stock my freezer full of food.

great idea! when one of my best friends had her baby, we all offered to bring meals, we did it via email so we knew who was bringing what and when, and since im in israel and she is in texas one of my other friends offered to make my “meal.” it was very nice. but this website seams to be very organized and a great way to show support and help out new parents. love it!

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We just had a baby 2 months ago & a friend did meal train for us. The only problem was that she set it up for the baby’s actual birth date & he then arrived two weeks late, so we then gave people the option of rescheduling, which everyone did since they wanted to meet the baby. We also invited them to eat with us since we wanted/needed socialization time.