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Marriage and Parenting
By: Catherine G
Making time for your relationship after the new baby arrives, it will be difficult, but it is so important. It is amazing, how much time, and energy that tiny person will need. How can a being so small cause such big changes? Quite easily actually. (Feeding, diapering, crying, colic, teething, etc. etc.)
As much as you both love your new baby, and agree that every adorable thing he or she does is a wonder to behold, you have to remember how much you adored each other before the arrival of the cutest baby in all the history of babies. Keeping the spark in your relationship as a couple will make you better parents. Happy, healthy, loving parents raise happy, healthy, loving children.
Conversations that center always on the baby and outings that always include the baby; they can cause your relationship to fade into the background of your family life. Not to say that the marriage should come ahead of the family, only that both are equally important. Both will be stronger if you devote some time just for each other. |
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Find someone that you trust to care for the baby while you get to dress up in clothes that have not been spit up on, and go out to dinner in a restaurant that does not have a changing table in the restroom. Talk to each other about things that matter to you as people, not just as parents. Even going for a walk together, or to a movie will give you a chance to be together as a couple. Taking a break from the most beautiful baby in the world (who just cannot stop crying some days) is crucial not just to your relationship, but to your sanity.
You will find that working to keep the love strong between you, as a couple will make it easier to handle the stresses and effort of caring for your family.
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