A home cooked meal - cooked by somebody else - after the arrival of a baby is like manna from heaven. If you're lucky enough to have a support system of friends, family and neighbors to bring you food, you won't complain if five meals arrive at once and they're all chicken casserole. But wouldn't it be ideal to have them spread out and cover more of the food pyramid? Our friends at The Kitchn let us know about a new free service, MealBaby, that makes organizing group meal planning easy and efficient by creating "meal registries."
I think this is really lame. Gifting is just that-- a gift. Micro-managing the process is just rude.
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Hi JudiAU - I disagree. Anything anyone wants to bring you is always appreciated, but if you have a group of friends or family who know each other this seems so much easier than 30 emails going back and forth.
Carrie
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First of all, no one says that it has to be the recipient that comes up with the idea. A well meaning friend or relative can spread the word about the idea.
Also, this is an easy way to keep people from giving pot roast to a vegetarian or cheese sandwiches to someone who's lactose intolerant, etc. If there's anything worse than micromanaging, it's throwing out someone's made with love meal b/c you can't eat it.
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