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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep reaching out.  Tell her what you told us, that she is one of your favorite people, she was a rock for you when you needed someone, and you would love to help out if you can.  Don't necessarily ask to get together with her, ask if you can watch the older kid, or run errands, or make dinner for her, or something.

From the outside, one doesn't often know what is going on.[/quote]

This. She (they) are struggling.  Offer to take her oldest on an outing.  When you pick the kid up, take a meal or some healthy snacks.  On your way over, ask if there is anything she needs from the grocery store/Target.  Forget trying to get together right now. She has been a good friend to you, and you can still be her friend without you guys getting together.[/quote]

This, but/and keep in mind that struggles of a working mom are different. I’m a working mom of two and we did not reach out so much to friends to get help, sometimes turned down offers of help because it seemed like too much to coordinate. Things I appreciated — social invitations once baby got to be about a year, packages from friends with things for my older child to do/read, offers from friends to ship a used clothes wardrobe for the season so I wouldn’t have to shop. [/quote]

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