Jesse, this is a very nice thing to do. I'd include a salad (even just in a bag), a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine (even if she's nursing). I didn't have much concern about onions or spicy things, but some people do, and it's hard to know without asking. Rather than making them pick, you could say something like, "Is there anything I should avoid?" Un-spicy things include chicken salad, cold roasted chicken...
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jul 04, 2006 1:39:08 pm PDT #5376 of 10002
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Jesse - Jul 04, 2006 1:42:09 pm PDT #5377 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I really like the idea of offering a roast chicken, salad, bread, wine -- easy for me AND them! I will keep that in mind. I figure if I name a couple of things, she can say if one of them sounds appealing. With winter babies, I've generally been able to offer soup or chili I already had in my freezer, but this is no time to be eating hot soup!
Jesse - Jul 04, 2006 1:43:59 pm PDT #5378 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, flea, also -- I figure I'll bring it up in a couple of weeks, on the assumption that they'll be figuring stuff out and dealing with family members until then. Sound right?
JZ - Jul 04, 2006 1:59:23 pm PDT #5379 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Jesse, IIRC from the beginning reading I've done, some babies are less than keen on mom's breast milk after an onion- or garlic-heavy meal, but many more babies don't care. And most of what the mom eats gets processed heavily in the making of breast milk, with the potentially problematic stuff making it through in only trace amounts, so the crazy pregnancy dietary restrictions are lifted. Plus, yay!, the horrible maternal heartburn thing is a pregnancy-only problem -- once the baby is no longer inside the woman, crushing her stomach into halfway up her esophagus, she can usually go right back to eating whatever she ate before.
So, in short, unless you were planning on bringing your friend a carton of Kools, some gin and a bag of crack, you're probably fine (also maybe avoid the garlic-onion-stinky-cheese pie until the baby is weaned).
However, and I cannot stress this enough, I've read like one and a half books and experienced no actual childbearing or -feeding as yet, so this entire post is really oh so very ex cloaca.
flea - Jul 04, 2006 1:59:35 pm PDT #5380 of 10002
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Yeah, if they've got family in town, it's best to wait; it makes it complicated (unless it's a freezable casserole, i.e. winter).
On the other hand, if somebody brought me dinner TODAY I'd be happy. It's never too late...
Jesse - Jul 04, 2006 2:03:44 pm PDT #5381 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
On the other hand, if somebody brought me dinner TODAY I'd be happy. It's never too late...
Hey, for you it could be not-too-early!
Thanks for the info, you guys.
msbelle - Jul 04, 2006 2:51:44 pm PDT #5382 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sleeping happened. I am the worst napper ever. CRANKY.
§ ita § - Jul 04, 2006 2:54:24 pm PDT #5383 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee - Jul 04, 2006 2:56:31 pm PDT #5384 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
msbelle - Jul 04, 2006 3:05:03 pm PDT #5385 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
aw, cute baby animales.
ugh, tomorrow is supposed to be rainy again and in the 80s, which means muggy. grr. what to wear what to wear.