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January 2026 Babies
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Weekly Check-in w/o 09.29.2025
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GTKY: Are you planning ahead for postpartum meals, and if so, what does that look like for you? Any recipes or tips to share?
Re: Weekly Check-in w/o 09.29.2025
also, baby has suddenly gotten very low??? i feel her kicks and punches near *there* as if she’s trying to come out!! i usually feel that during the last weeks of pregnancy, not this early!! so idk if it’s something to be worried about?? i have a history of premature labor so i’m going in next week to mention it to my ob.
raves - weather in my city has significantly gotten nicer! not fall weather nice (it never reacher that crisp fall weather, we’re in tx) but we’re in the 80’s now!!! i’ll take it over being in the 100s everyday.
we live next door to my parents so my mom usually provides meals for us those early days. i’m super grateful for my mom 🫡 our homeschooling co-op also organizes a meal train for family’s who welcome new babies during the school year 🥹 for in between meals my husband just takes over while i’m recovering!
Hopefully by next month I'll be able to focus on the home and getting all the stuff we need which is very little truly. Mainly a carseat and bassinet and we are set.
The last month or so I double every recipe I make and freeze the extra one. I take a day to make a bunch of crockpot freezer meals as well. Especially with winter babies it's the bees knees. Throw that crap in and serve it later.
We also budget for a hefty door dash month. We never use door dash, but for during birth or hospital stay I only eat door dash whatever I want my husband orders it and it shows up and it's heaven! Then I save some of that for the first month or so for an oh crap I have 4 other kids who must eat nights so I don't have to load everyone up or take an unexpected hit to the wallet. Those nights are sure to come! 🤭 I just like being prepared and not feeling guilty about splurging if it's already budgeted then it's no big deal and we can enjoy the evening stressfree.
A month before we stock up the pantry really good. We also focus on my recovery milk supply boosting foods. I love those mama chia seed pouches. I drink bone broth right after birth as well. Oh and all the electrolyte drinks my heart desires. And coffee. The coffee is a necessity! 🙃
I'm definitely starting to plan for what we'll eat postpartum. I haven't done a lot of freezer meals in the past, but I've been trying out some recipes to see what might work for us. I plan to do a lot of freezer crockpot meals and also freeze a couple casseroles or meals that I can throw on a sheet pan in the oven. My husband has a smoker and tends to smoke big pieces of meat a couple times a year, so likely we'll smoke a pork butt and/or a brisket and portion those out for the freezer, too. Not going to lie, though, I also definitely put a couple DoorDash gift cards on our registry and I expect we'll use it quite a bit.