What can you do/food can you prepare & eat while holding new baby for hours?

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Bread 'dipped' in butter, can make tea one handed, but cant open coffee jar. Biscuits, chocolate, obviously. Most fruit, but juice drips on baby's head. Can load washing machine & even feel virtuous as squatting/standing feels a bit like exercise. Anyone else?

You need a sling!

Lovely comfy sling.

I think you might also need to put your baby down for the time it makes to get yourself something to eat and just ignore the crying. You are not a bad mother if you leave your baby on a playmat while you make a sandwich!

You can order and eat pizza.

Got that sling, Wigeon! Tried it yesterday & she started off high up & ended up in a heap at the bottom, so my sons laughed at me & said it looked like she was back in my tummy!

Pizza.. stinkyfeet - now you're talking - only need one finger to dial..mmmmm

I used to cook everything except stir fry and oil spitting meat dishes with DS in a baby carrier.

He would usually be asleep by the time I sat down to eat so I would just pop a soft napkin on his head and tuck in!

Zap, I used to iron with DS in the carrier too!

DD spent many a meal with rice/chilli/potato etc in her hair! Most meals can be eaten in a bowl with a spoon, or DH cuts it all up into little pieces for me

All manner of takeaways. Poor DS has had everything from pizza to curry dropped onto his babygros.

You need Cook

or pot noodles :)

Good to hear you are all Moby-ied up! Might need to tie it a bit tighter?

Hope some of the other tips are useful!

Wig - Buttered my toast with a knife this morning with a tighter Moby.. hurrah.
She still has crumbs on her head, but never mind.
That Cook website is interesting, Tonari, is the idea that you invite people over & pretend you made the food?? Clever.
Itwas.. yes, pasta good, but dont like draining it holding baby. Cold leftover pasta, yes!

Keep practising.

With my 3rd baby was born I managed to cook a complete Christmas dinner for 10 with a week-old baby clamped to a boob. And clear up and load and unload the dishwasher etc etc.

Though dh did get it in the neck on boxing day re the fact that all his family sat around on their backsides all day instead of, ooh, offering to help or summat.

baby won't mind food being dropped - both mine were permanently covered in toast crumbs/odd bits of curry spag bol etc

peanut butter sandwiches are good for making on ehanded, and cheese spread etc.

M&S do a good range of picnic eats -little filo pastry parcels etc, most can be eaten hot or cold. delicious.

get DH to make you sandwiches before he goes to work - that's what we do. I've got an 8 week old who loves to be held but hates the sling