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Q: Stress after baby
asked by: bennysav on October 8th, 2008
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well how do i begin. My gf of 3 years have had our ups and dwns. She begged to have a baby and i kept my foot down cause i wanted to get married since i have another child and this being her 1st wanted to do it right. make a long story short i gave in. and now the baby is here. I read symptoms of post pardum and dont believe she has that, but i do believe she is over whelmed by becoming a new mother. her very good friend has went through the same thing. So my question to the forum is how should i take ehr saying she needs time apart from us , cause she has so much on her plate. The baby, work and us. She has said to me that she couldnt take a break from the baby or work. So our relationship was the only thing that she could have put to the side. So basically i believe what i am getting is not fair from her. She wants me to put my life on hold to wait for her. there was a time i said I couldnt do it anymore and wanted to move on. her exact words to me was "what about me, what am i suppose to do". oh how can i forget that she through me out a few months ago casue we had an agrument and not even a 24hrs later she is begging for me to move back in cause she noticed what she did was wrong and jumped the gun, so of course i come back and then 2 months later she sends a text asking me to leave andn i responded to her "whatever u are going through, i am not the enemy". and her relpy maybe i am. now we talked about what she said when we both were calm and not speaking on emotion and states that I am not the enemy. she just need time to get her life together. please please someone help me I dont know what the hell is going on Shocked
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Torwadeo
replied on October 8th, 2008
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Do you give her time to herself, meaning you take care of your baby and let her do some stuff on her own?
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bennysav
replied on October 8th, 2008
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thnaks for responsing. I do give her space in reagrds to going out. Since we dont live together anymore. I usually take the baby the night before my day off which is during the week so she can have some time to hersel. Meaning she goes out to the bar to get away which to me is runnign away from her issues but i dont express my feelings about that. Last weekend the baby stayed with her oder sister and she went out all weekend. We talked for some time on sunday night and said she felt so guilty about going out cause she " felt that that i am pawning my daughter to someone else to watch her while i am out having fun". I responded to her well it is natural to fell that way and there is nothign wrong with it
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Torwadeo
replied on October 8th, 2008
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How old are you two? If you want my advice it is your going to both have to act alot older than you are right now because your baby needs you. When your older your going to look back and you will remember the quiet moments you spent at home as a family watching your child learn to crawl, walk or just laughing at the crazy cute things they do everday. You will not look back and remember wow all those Friday nights out at the bar were a lot of fun.

You three should be doing things as a family. Take your child to a playgroup, or the playground, or the zoo. I used to take my son to the pet store when he was real young. Its free and they love to look at the animals.

This is just my opinion. I do not know your whole situation. I have a 2 1/2 year old son and my wife works nights, so we do not have the easiest life right now. But we make the best of it.
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bennysav
replied on October 8th, 2008
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well I am 31 she will be 29 in december. I believe i am acting my age but for her she needs to understand that being overwhelmed is common and needs to look at reality. As far as the family thing I try to stay away from that cause she wants the time and by having her time i dont her too see me unless need be. or i guess based on ur suggestion that would be the thing to do, and if so why would it be good to do that
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