The Importance of Asking for Help
Becoming parents is one of the most significant and empowering experiences that a man and a woman can have in their lifetime; with the baby born, parents, who have probably never had to deal with diapers and scented nappy, with sleepless nights and colics in the first months… They have, therefore a marked change in their lives. Mother’s body has just endured one of the greatest challenges known to human kind. It’s been drained of nutritional reserves, destroyed of strength, deprived of rest, pushed to limits. As if that’s not enough, the baby’s exhausting rhythms make mums feel inadequate. The baby has his own identity, personal characteristics and his way of working, which will not be easy to read.
Many parents cannot avoid a feeling of strong anxiety in front of inconsolable crying, sleeping problems or various difficulties about child feeding sphere. Together with anxiety could be some fears: it could be endless, related to own parenting skills or the partner’s ones, or related to the newborn’s health. There could be questions like…
“Will I be able to raise him?”…
“Am I going to be too strict/compliant?”…
“Is my partner going to co-operate in the right way?”.
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