What to make my friend?

My sweet friend has miscarried and will be getting a D&C on Monday. I’m going to make her and her family dinner for later that evening. Her children are 3 and 5, not very picky but they don’t “do spicy”.

Anyone have any ideas for what I could make a family of 4?

in our community

Do you have any weird or "picky" food behaviours from childhood that you still do to this day?

Mine is that I used to make my mother strain the green bits out of ichiban instant ramen soup. I hated the feel and texture and everything about them. I still do it to this day (though I don't mind the flavour, so I let them soak in the broth, I just don't like them in the soup). Ironically I don't mind the kind in lipton's chicken noodle.

We often think of childhood food habits as something to grow out of, but honestly, how many of them actually matter if you're an adult? If you cut the crusts off of sandwiches for a dinner party and slice them into triangles, they become "fancy," whereas cutting the crusts off of a kid's sandwich is considered juvenile. How many food behaviours do we judge young kids for that don't actually matter in the end?

Do you have any weird childhood food-related quirks that you still do today? If so, what are they?

Buying things for baby due in November

I need advice
Soo this is my second baby and my partners first
However with my first born I did it all alone as they have different dads and brought everything by myself and went shopping by myself
But this time around I want to do it with my partner however I feel like it don’t want to and says why go shopping and do it together when we can order everything online
Kinda upsets me that he don’t really have a motivation to go out and experience it together and is just like look online and we can get it
Feel like crying sometimes because of it but grantee if one of his friends said let’s go out for the day and do something like shopping or something he will go but feel like he never wants to do stuff with me
He Always just laying in bed saying he got no motivation and that but soon as his pals message he get up and goes out
I’m worrying as still need to get loads of stuff for baby and don’t have long left

Family drama/disagreements

I’m sure it’s more common than anyone would like to admit. For anyone who has gone through a pregnancy and had family issues/drama, how did you cope? What boundaries did you end up creating? I have a difficult mother who tends to be judgmental about my choices, and she’s recently made my partner uncomfortable with the idea of her being around our babygirl without him being around. I respect that as he is my partner and honestly it would save me some stress too. At the end of the day, she is my mom and our daughter’s grandma though and I don’t want to burn a bridge if I don’t have to. You know? Any advice on how to navigate this?

Opinions please

Hi all just looking for opinions, or maybe I’m just looking for reassurance….
We are due to go away next month for my partners birthday, my baby will be 7 months by then. My partner would love for us to go away for 2 nights but I just feel like 2 nights is too much while my little one is so young, I think a lot of it is guilt and due to the fact I haven’t left him with other people much yet. What are your views? Have you left your little one over night or maybe 2 nights, and at what sort of age?

Anyone have an advice please

I’m really struggling with a break up, I’m 34 weeks pregnant and being made homeless with my 6 year old also (not his) But I’m the one struggling as I have a C section booked and I’m petrified of doing it without him. Anyone got any advice please x

What activities / toys / anything is entertaining your no screen time babies (11 months +)

I’m Beginning to struggle to find things that keep her occupied at this age . She has Lost interest in her toys . In the Pushchair she gets bored quickly . I’m starting to feel I’m close to giving in to screens which I really don’t want to do yet . I think she’s too young for tonie box and she wouldn’t know the characters . If there’s something similar I’d give it a go . Any suggestions ?