Is Your Newborn Baby Tearing Your Relationship Apart?

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I have to agree with Shannon. My husband and I have a one month old and ever since she was born, we argue almost every day. I have felt like my husband doesn't love me anymore, he loves our daughter more than me and that he's done with me. It's been hard to transition and we're still transitioning. It is very hard to give our daughter the attention that she needs and deserves and to give our relationship the attention it needs. We're tired all the time and on edge because of it. I completely understand and relate. However, things are getting better for us. We're slowly learning how to make this transition work and we are becoming close again. We just had to understand that yeah, our daughter needs attention but so do we. So when she's taking a nap, we rekindle our flame. So far, it's working.

I just had my 4th (and final) child, and my husband and I never had problems before after the other children. All of a sudden with this one, my husband lives in his own world. He helps out more than ever, but he seems so diconnected from me, even mean. I don't understand what his issue is, and I'm not sure he does. Why does this happen? Does it get better, because I'm so loney. Anyone?

when I experienced this breakdown of my marriage I was really scared too. I believe most parents of newborns go thru the same trouble with their marriages/relationships: the bond does rebuild itself & is even stronger but you have to make it thru this hard part. Don't give up, keep the faith in your partner & yourself; it's not the end- its a new beginning!

We have been married 7 months and have a 3 month old baby together. It seems like since he was born my husband has been more hostile towards me and we seem to argue more than ever. I love my son but is he put a bind on our relationship

I am recently married and we have a four month old son. My husband and I use to spend as much time as we could together and now we are trying to spend as much time apart. We have a hard time being in the same room with out one of us starting a fight. All of our energy is being put into our son, so when we do have time to our self we end up going to bed or having some space from one another. how can you balance your marriage and children so that every ones happy?

My husband and I have 10-month-old triplets. It can definitely put a strain on your personal life, finances, and your romance life. We struggle each month and don't pay all the bills plus we have no romance in our life. Maybe there could be a show on how to handle finances with multiple children. We have to live in a 3-bedroom house with his parents.

Well, no wonder. Just feeding and diapering a newborn takes all day...and into the night until they're a little older. The energy that once went into maintaining your relationship now gets channeled into meeting the needs of the baby.

Maybe another show topic could be how couples disagree on the number of children to have. There's quite some disagreement in my relationship as my partner wants more than one child, and I only want the one right now. He feels like I'm doing this to hold control over him, and he resents me because of it. This of course, isn't the reason that I'm not ready to have another child yet.

Just a show idea.

Kess

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