We recently posed a question to the HuffPost Parents Facebook page: What was the most helpful thing a friend did for you when your baby was born? The responses came pouring in. One reader, Tara Tramutoli Freschi, praised the “ring and run.” Her good friend left a Thanksgiving-inspired dinner on her doorstep, rang the bell and fled the scene so the new mom had an easy meal but wasn’t pressured to entertain her.