How My Baby Ruined My Relationship

Understand the problem. Accept the problem. Solve the problem.

T. I. Wolff
ILLUMINATION

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A child's birth is always good, and something that brings the couple even closer, and makes them happier. That’s what everybody is saying and usually, they’re not wrong. But what they never tell you is the brutal truth of how much it will affect you, your partner, and your life as individuals and as a couple.

When a woman becomes a mother it’s magical! She has a whole new person to make her feel full and happy. It is a wonderful time to bond with her baby and start feeling really needed for the first time in her life. But what no one really tells you is that you have many, many, many new responsibilities.

You have to wake up. A. Lot. You have to take care of that little innocent creature because no one else will! You have to stop caring so much (or at all) about yourself for a while and give every bit of your attention there. There will be days you will feel like you’re failing (but most likely you won’t be, I promise). There will be nights you will sleep only two hours. There will be times you won’t remember when was the last time you had a shower or you had the time to properly sit and eat a meal. There will be a lot of moments when you will cry and cry because the little precious angel has decided to not sleep, or eat, or stop…

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T. I. Wolff
ILLUMINATION

Published Writer | Professional Translator | Autism Mom