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[quote=Anonymous]Well, it kinda sucks that you brought her to help and she is not helping as much as you hoped. A couple of things need to happen. You need to lower your standards because your standards are not the same as hers. Second, you need to accept that this is all she is going to offer, and try to do a little more yourself.

My DH was recently on crutches and while I had to do all of the heavy lifting with our toddler, he made himself quite useful. He sat at the table and did dinner prep. He was able to stand on his crutches and cook, as long as it didn't involve lifting things with 2 hands. Eventually he was able to put a chair next to the counter, bend his knee, and rest the lower half of his leg on the chair that way in order to support himself. His issue was ankle-related though, that might not work if your issue is knee-related.

A friend brought over one of those knee scooters, which would have been useful if my toddler didn't think it was just a toy.

Anyway, regarding dinner, I would do it the night before along with your DH. That way it's easy for someone to throw it together at crunch time.[/quote]

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