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Can your nurse while babywearing at all? We didn't do this until DS was bigger but with any future children I would nurse while wearing more!

I was on a limited diet and ate the same thing EVERYDAY all day, but I would make a HUGE batch and just eat that until it was all. Made getting food/snack much easier with one hand and I didn't have to cook all the time (usually lasted like 1.5-2 days but this was all I was eating). I was eating quinoa with whatever veggies my LO was able to tolerate mixed in...in the beginning it was 2 cups quinoa cooked with carrots and broccoli. Towards the end it was 2 cups quinoa with carrots, broccoli, red beets, kale, onion, asparagus, okra, fennel, raisins, sunflower seeds, brussel sprouts or cabbage, and red peppers. Maybe you could make a big batch of something and keep on hand?

Anything you can eat one handed and that you don't have to prepare. And that if you drop on the baby, it won't hurt him. Cereal, yogurt with granola and almonds, apples, baby carrots with stuff you can dip them into, sliced cheese and turkey that you can roll up and pop into your mouth as needed...

Hang in there! It does get easier, and soon you'll be able to put him down for a little bit to eat an actual meal

I just posted about this yesterday I am having the same problems!!!! The consensus seemed to be to sit food and snacks out around the house

can your DH cut up some fruit for you before he leaves in the morning? I used to cut up a few apples and put it in a container and put the container next to where I would nurse him. Along with almonds and granola bars and lots of chocolate. I know you nurse two handed, but once he's done, do you get a free hand to eat? I remember it being so hard to get a meal in during the day. It will get easier.

I filled 4 24oz water bottles every morning before DH would leave so that I wouldn't have to worry about it. I always had a sandwich in the fridge - either DH or I would make it the night before. Odwalla bars & smoothies are really great for quick, calorie dense, nutritous snacks. Pick up a pre-made fruit and a premade veggie platter at the store - that way everything is cut up and ready to go.

I'm with @highwire figuring out the moby may be daunting at first but once you've done it a few times it is so easy! The newborn hug carry is easy to master and 'pop-able' so you can easiliy get the babe in and out. Nice thing about the moby is that you can put the babe in, then sit on an exercise ball at the table and bounce while you eat. Baby gets the movement he loves and you get to eat your lunch!

I still have a hard time nuring my 8mo old in the carrier though - I am an avid babywearer and we just have not been able to make it work for us.

I had the same dilemma early on and struggled to eat enough, mostly just because of logistics. I found that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches worked well, as did cheese and crackers for a quick but sustaining snack.

I'll be honest, I just did what you do. I totally ordered pizza for lunch a couple of times and my husband cheered me for it. I would keep cheese crackers and granola bars, as well as water next to the couch where I planted myself for three months.