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Helping my daughter, what is best?

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WFTisgoingoninmyhead · 26/02/2019 13:56

My DD is 30 weeks pregnant, she is very healthy. Her DH works away all week and sometimes for weeks at a time. I never had any help when I was pregnant or a new mum, so I am asking all of you younger people, what would be the most useful way I can help her for the next 10 weeks and as a new mum. I don't mind cleaning her house or shopping for her/with her anything really, but I am mindful of not making her think I don't think she can cope. She has ADHD so struggles with organisation anyway, but I like to take a backseat as much as I can as her DH is very capable. I just want to do something, so asking what would you lot prefer someone to come in and do for you.

HebeMumsnet · 26/02/2019 16:12

Oh you sound lovely, OP! I'd agree, getting yourself lunch can be really hard in the early days of having a baby, so maybe popping round with some nice sandwiches or something in the morning? Dinners also welcome. And maybe if she's had a bad night's sleep offering to take the baby out for a walk so she can have a nap for an hour or have a shower. I remember really longing to have a nice long shower rather than a quick flick with a flannel while the baby screamed in the bouncer on the bathroom floor!

Before the baby arrives maybe just help her enjoy her last few weeks of pregnancy? Take her for a day out or to have brunch and read the papers or go to the cinema. All those things you can't do with a newborn (or just aren't so much fun with a newborn!) Or is there anything practical like second hand stuff she wants cleaning or new clothes she would like laundered and folded all ready? Course, some people like to do all this themselves but you can always offer.

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