Once I had Luke I knew then why we strategically planned to live 5 minutes away from my parents! To this day we still call them in a jam (like the extra tall ladder we needed to fix the broken smoke alarm at 11pm last Friday after the storm!). One thing Julian’s mom is great at doing is making sure I always had something to eat and drink every time I was nursing! She’ll be here again for a while in October and I plan to have plenty of things for her and Luke to do! The hubs is also planning to be off work for those three weeks so they’ll be able to take Luke on some fun trips out of the house.
Wouldn’t it be nice for us to really have someone come and do all these things for you when you have a new baby?!!
1. Buy us toilet paper, milk and beautiful whole grain bread.
2. Buy us a new garbage can with a swing top lid and 6 pairs of black cotton underpants (women’s size____).
3. Make us a big supper salad with feta cheese, black Kalamata olives, toasted almonds, organic green crispy things and a nice homemade dressing on the side. Drop it off and leave right away. Or, buy us frozen lasagna, garlic bread, a bag of salad, a big jug of juice, and maybe some cookies to have for dessert. Drop it off and leave right away.
4. Come over about 2 in the afternoon, hold the baby while I have a hot shower, put me to bed with the baby and then fold all the piles of laundry that have been dumped on the couch, beds or in the room corners. If there’s no laundry to fold yet, do some.
5. Come over at l0 a.m., make me eggs, toast and a 1/2 grapefruit. Clean my fridge and throw out everything you are in doubt about. Don’t ask me about anything; just use your best judgment.
6. Put a sign on my door saying “Dear Friends and Family, Mom and baby need extra rest right now. Please come back in 7 days but phone first. All donations of casserole dinners would be most welcome. Thank you for caring about this family.”
7. Come over in your work clothes and vacuum and dust my house and then leave quietly. It’s tiring for me to chat and have tea with visitors but it will renew my soul to get some rest knowing I will wake up to clean, organized space.
8. Take my older kids for a really fun-filled afternoon to a park, zoo or Science World and feed them healthy food.
9. Come over and give my husband a two hour break so he can go to a coffee shop, pub, hockey rink or some other r & r that will delight him. Fold more laundry.
10. Make me a giant pot of vegetable soup and clean the kitchen completely afterwards. Take a big garbage bag and empty every trash basket in the house and reline with fresh bags.
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Yes any of those gestures would be nice! My mom did all of that for me… I am so lucky to have her… I wouldn't have let anyone else come in my house the way it looked… Just my mom! Although Jennie did come over after Ava and I went to bed! You can only do that with your really good friends though… and ppl you would trust enough with the baby to actually be able to fall asleep!
Yes!! Aren't moms just great?! My mom goes out of her way for me so often that I am planning a special mothers day for her this year! :) There's no secret that she is my 'Mom Role Model'!You know you have a great friend who will do those things for you – Jen would never drive all the way out to my house for that! Ha! :)-Kimberly