by Ken B » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:08 am
My wife and kids when they were breast-fed infants did not have any issues with the herbs listed or any of that stuff that you are typically told to avoid (beans, cruciferous veggies, garlic, spicy stuff, etc.) and I think my kids are better eaters because of it. Keep in mind that all that stuff is guidelines and it is up to the individual parent to decide what is right for both them and their child.
I can only echo what has already been posted here, lasagna or other baked pastas, hearty soups and stews. Adjusting to parenting was not a stretch for us, even going from one child to two, we never stopped cooking from scratch, though any help you can offer is great. The new parent survival kit I have offered to my friends did not include any of the reheat-meal type stuff, rather I put in a bottle of stain remover for laundry, a big bag of coffee, a bottle of stout for mom (an old Irish tradition) and lots of healthy-ish snack type foods (wasabi peas, trail mix, shelled pistachios, etc. for mom or dad when they are inevitably awake in the middle of the night, and also for the tons of visitors they will have at their home in the first few weeks). When I've had time I make some seawood soup, which is a Korean tradition and is just loaded with tons of micro-nutrients that are great for post partum moms. Just google Korean Seaweed soup for a recipe.
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