Balancing A Baby and A Husband

Parenthood – obviously it’s something that we all want for ourselves or we wouldn’t be here at Baby Talkers. We learn about our fertility, we read about and ask questions about every detail of pregnancy and motherhood, we share belly pictures and pictures of our precious new bundles of joy. We share our frustrations and joys. We talk about diaper changes, milestones reached and the latest things we are feeding our babies. It seems that new moms get so caught up in the overwhelming demand our babies place on us that we often times neglect our spouses.

For me personally, when my son was born, it was a struggle to balance my time and attention between my husband and my baby. I was not used to having two loves of my life. I always thought that love could not get any deeper than what I felt for the man I married and had spent my life with for the past 10 years. Then came baby and a whole new set of emotions that I did not even know existed were born along with him.

As time went on, the balance got much easier to handle and I was able to get to a new level of normalcy in my life as a mother and wife.

I recently came across a very interesting book, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows, that I think would have really helped me about a year and a half ago. Although, we’ve pretty much worked out all the kinks at this point, I’d still like to read it.