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Maintaining
your relationship with your partner
Article
brought to you by InfantsBabiesToddlers.com
Often, life with
a baby will leave you feeling
exhausted. It takes a significant amount of mental and
physical
energy to manage and entertain young babies.
As a direct result of this, many couples put less effort and energy
into the relationship with their partner. One partner may come home
after a hard day at work, and the other has had a tough day at home,
leaving both a little on edge and both needing to vent frustrations and
talk about the day's issues. Social lives often become non-existent
because of the extra complexity of fitting things in with babies
sleeping and eating schedule.
The solution is to make specific times to take "time out", whether that
be a weekly or monthly dinner, a Saturday morning walk, individual or
combined regular social events. If you do not plan or timetable these
events, they just never happen.
It's amazing how invigorating and refreshing just a few hours of time
with friends , some physical excercise or shopping therapy (within
budgets) can be. And it is scientifically proven that
exercise
reduces stress levels and depression!
Try squeezing some time for romance into your now hectic schedule. This
can be a contentious issue, but a mutually acceptable solution must be
found otherwise tensions will build to breaking point.
Remember that most relationship problems are caused because of
arguements about just 3 issues: Money, Sex and Child raising issues.
Dont let your relationship become a statistic. Listen to and talk to
your partner.
The solution is to discuss issues as they arise and keep talking. It is
difficult for a new parent to predict everything that might need to be
dealt with, so take one step at a time and support each other.
Agree on how baby crying will be handled because it is confusing for
your baby if you handle things one way and your partner treats the same
situation differently.
Agree on feeding times, nap times to ensure that your partner does not
come home from work and takes baby out of bed to play (or exciting them
just before bedtime), making baby unsettled and difficult to put to bed.
Agree on a regular romantic evening together. Organise a babysitter or
responsible extended family member to care for your Baby (or Babies)
while you have some time to keep your relationship strong. If
you
can't afford to have a night out, how about arranging a "date night" at
home once a week where you curl up on the sofa together, with a nice
glass of wine and watch a video or DVD movie? Just make sure
your
baby is in bed and the phone is off the hook...minimize distractions
and interruptions!
Yes, the days of spontaneous romantic interludes are probably over
until Baby is a little older, but a little planning will keep everyone
happy.
Best Wishes and Happy Parenting
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