When do you...

[Moonprysm]

start to feed the freezer for after the birth? DS was born at 35 weeks and I was planning on doing it all in one day at like, 36 weeks or so, so we ended up having to go grocery shopping the day we got home from the hospital and then I had to cook. That's NOT happening again. lol

My local AP group is great and does I think 10 meals that they deliver (5 a week) for two weeks, but I'm gonna want more than that. lol I don't want to have to THINK about cooking with a newborn and a toddler for awhile.

So when is too early to start? I think at this point I'd rather be too early than get caught too late last time. But I was just trying to find out when most people start.

[AZgirl2207]

I'm going to try to get dinners made about 30 weeks. That way we will have something healthy to eat at the end of PG plus the babymoon. I'm considering going to one of the Dream Dinners/My Girlfriends Kitchen places so we have more variety. BTW, we have a chest freezer so stuff will keep longer than if you just have a side by side.

[veganf]

I started about 2 months before my third was due (and he ended up coming at 37 weeks).
I started with purchasing:
- Amy's frozen dinners, burritos, potpies
- frozen veggies
- canned beans
And making & freezing:
- homemade soups
- sauces for pasta
- fresh steamed local veggies
- fresh local berries (for smoothies especially)
During the last month I did things that freezerburn faster:
- homemade macaroni & nutritional yeast sauce
- spanish rice & beans
- lasagna
- muffins & mini loaves of bread
- pizza dough

[flapjack]

I'm due five and a bit weeks after Christmas, and my freezer is fairly well-fed already: but then we have a kitchen extension and Xmas between now and my EDD. I reckon anything I use, I might have time to replace in January. I'm also starting on things like fruit cakes that will keep, because I have older kids who eat me out of house and home on an almost daily basis.