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You don’t go out anymore and don’t really know why. Baby’s fault, who doesn’t want to be alone? To you, who dare not give it up for an evening? A lack of organization, even a suspicion of laziness?
Sacrificing your social life and the intimate moments of your couple for the “well-being” of your child is not a solution because you would end up suffocating him by dint of attention.
Come on, let’s get started!
Tonight, it’s decided, your darling and you have decided to go out to reconnect with your pre-Baby habits! This energetic decision required effort and a lot of discussion on the theme: does being parents necessarily mean leaving your social life and your life as a couple?
Many of your friends who have had babies have become voluntary slaves to their children. So, of course, a toddler is joy and happiness, but when you spend your evenings in front of the cable while eating pizzas or Chinese dishes delivered at home… Where is the life of a couple?
Are we taking baby with us?
No question of remaining cloistered at home, but no question of leaving your child during your leisure time? The only solution: take it everywhere with you! Necessary equipment: folding bed, modular stroller and a good dose of courage, good humor and physical fitness to transport all this stuff, by train, by car, by plane, everywhere … except at the cinema, at the restaurant, in the exhibitions and even at matches, where the stroller goes really badly.
To believe the fans of the “baby with us, everywhere ”, this technique has only advantages. Their arguments: it awakens them, they are ten times more resourceful than children raised in cotton, they discover the world, observe, are curious and this “vaccinates” them against the viruses that are lying around everywhere.
More pediatricians put a few caveats. Their strong argument: if there is one component of the health parameter that shouldn’t be joked with, it’s sleep! “Putting a baby to sleep with friends in the next room when Mum-Dad is at the table, dancing or playing cards, then roll him up in a blanket and bring him home, in a pinch, okay.” But keep him more or less awake until no time in noise, decibels or crowds, be careful! The latent stress born of such an environment, the hours of lost sleep are sources of imbalances that it would be dangerous, even guilty, to underestimate. Unless, of course, if this context is only occasional. ” A good ear …
Have baby looked after by someone you trust
Recipe : have it looked after by someone you and Baby you trust. Without forgetting, on the couple side, sometimes playing the “forcing” card. Yep, so few young parents admit it, many just go out … out of laziness. And there is something, when you know how exhausting the life of a parent is during the first three years of Baby.
If this is your case, a tip: establish a weekly contract with the one who will look after Baby so that she always comes home, for example every Friday evening … And there, tired or in good shape, no discussion: tonight , we leave !
With a baby sitter or with you
Never leave your child alone at home! Even if he is a heavy sleeper and you are only planning a short outing, never leave him unsupervised to sleep. Is your neighbor ready to “keep an eye on him”? Okay, but on condition that you get your baby to live in her home. If you absolutely have to be away and no one to watch over him, for once, take him with you instead!