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A meal train for the family after the new baby is born? Could have gifts delivered to the house for virtual baby shower
Came here to say this! And I’m addition to a meal train maybe pay someone to clean their house once a week?
He was out of state visiting his wife's family when he was hospitalized, so his wife and 2 young daughters have been staying with her family this whole time. They will be moving back “home” next week, but will be moving in with his parents for the next phase of recovery. His wife is expecting another baby in 4 weeks, and so we were thinking of something like a virtual baby shower. Has anyone done something like this? Our entire team would love to do something to help/celebrate because they’ve been limited in being able to do things up to this point. We would love to hear of things that you’ve seen that have been meaningful in similar situations!
I received great ideas on how to help them while he was in the hospital from this group a few months back – thank you all for being willing to share – I love this community!
I have nothing to add except what a fucking year for that family. I wish them well.
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Meal train and a huge gift card for the baby or family to help with expenses is what I’d explore. I’m sure financially they must be stressed so that may go a long way.
BIG Amazon gift card for the baby
Definitely do something that has the biggest impact for their family, not what makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. It’s not about you.
If the relationship is right, not much is more meaningful than an intimate home cooked meal and dinner with the individual and a few of his closes friends/ co-workers.
Buy them a Snoo for the baby. Hopefully will help the baby sleep through the night quicker which could help him continue to recover.
My baby hates the Snoo
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I think you posted about him back in the day, if so, I’m glad he is finally home. If not, I’m still glad to see whomever is finally home.
Meal train is the best idea. It gives everyone a chance to share the love.
Also, it gives people chances to do delivery options to if they don’t cook.
Or, just a nice big gift card, because they might be cash spent.
Yes - I did post a few months ago when we were trying to support his wife while he was in the hospital. We are all so thrilled he is finally coming home! Thanks for the suggestions!
We did a virtual baby shower with our team for someone who was going on maternity leave. Some team members put together a trivia in kahoot for baby facts (on average how many diapers does a baby go through in the first year) as well as about our team member (her other kids names, her favorite sports team) and everyone on the team played. Then there was a PowerPoint with jokes/messages of support/and pictures of some of the gifts we purchased after the team chipped in that were being gifted (EY baby onesie, matching shirts for mom dad and baby, another bigger item that our coworker mentioned wanting or had on their baby shower registry)
Between him probably not being 100% and a new baby coming, could people chip in towards having someone come clean for them periodically? I have contributed to this sort of thing before and it is a huge help.
It is their 3rd - but with money being a concern I think we would focus on diapers, wipes, etc. Plus it is their first boy. I love the cleaning idea - I'll check into that!
Maybe a puppy?
You are so thoughtful, no matter what you end up doing.
I threw a virtual baby shower with a team of newbies who didn’t really all know each other and we’re spread across the board in terms of age/life stages. To help break the ice we played a game where everyone sent in a baby picture to me and we had to guess who was who. The pictures were really cute and everyone enjoyed sharing and guessing, and it lead to some good stories and team bonding. We have a team of 30 and it took about 40 minutes to play. That was really all we did aside from present a group gift, which was an Amazon gift card we collected money for. Anything more than that I think would have been too much, plus this team member was kind of shy so we didn’t think she would want all the attention. We did surprise her though and just call it a normal meeting unbeknownst to her until she got on the call that it was really a baby shower for her!
This sounds super fun! Thank you for the suggestions.