While meal trains are often thought to be helpful to new parents, it can be inconvenient to be saddled with people dropping off unwanted food, especially when the parents have no control over what kind of food is delivered, how much, and when. This situation can be remedied by creating a calendar the parents can control, providing information about food preferences and allergies, and indicating whether the parents are willing to have company at all. These types of coordination can help meal trains be helpful, rather than inconvenient, for struggling new parents.

Key Takeaways:

• A meal train can have a problem if the person providing doesn’t ask good questions.
• There is always way too much pasta when a meal train comes rollin around.
• Offer to start a calendar for the mom-to-be to help her out, but stay scheduled.

“Undoubtedly, the person who set this up had the best of intentions, but they failed to ask the recipient anything. Food preferences, allergies — if she wanted a meal train at all!”

Read more: https://blogs.babycenter.com/parenting/meal-trains-can-be-a-blessing-and-a-nightmare-top-tips-to-make-them-work/