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[quote=Anonymous]First time mom/dad (I'm guessing -- second timers don't care as much about germs as toddler bro/sis is exposing the infant to everything anyway) so I can give them a pass on the holding the baby stuff. But as for requesting that people bring a dish -- WTF!? They had a baby and are not incapacitated -- at least the brother shouldn't be. They can still find ways to feed themselves, whether that means frozen pizzas in the microwave or takeout. If people want to bring a dish, that's nice of them -- but who requests it!? And as for needing time to bond with the baby -- I'd make it easy on them and reply "since you guys need to bond right now and are concerned about people holding the baby, I look forward to meeting my niece/nephew in a few months."

Would that start WW 3?

In any event I would NOT go over there with a dish, simply because they demanded it, and I'd make my visit short enough that I look at mom and baby but take off before chore time hits. And I say this as someone who has helped out people with food and chores before after they brought home a baby, but difference is those people never demanded it and were very gracious about whatever I did -- even if it wasn't perfect.[/quote]

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