a lot. I wish I had that around when I had my baby in 2006. The help we got was quite theoretical and I found myself out in the rain with the dog while the "helper" watched my sleeping baby ... Is there a German translation yet? If not, I would love to make one (I am a German non-fiction author, worked in how-to books for a long while) and link back to this site and to you, of course, citing the source. Oh my gosh, me too! Only it was a bunch of snow and the dog wasn't even mine, it was my brother-in-law's (not-housebroken) puppy that he dropped off at my house 2 days after the birth so he could leave town. People would show up at my house offering to babysit the new baby while I did chores and took care of my 2 year old and the puppy Oh and no one brought meals until 3 weeks after the baby was born?! Not sure what the reasoning was behind that one. so sad that our communities have come to this, that we need to be provided with a list to show us how to support our friends, i already know to do this and i've never even had children ... perhaps it comes from growing up in a church where everyone rallied around and made casseroles for familes who were in crisis ... although i prefer to make salads (suggestion 3), everyone needs something crunchy and