Do you think men don’t cry? They still cry. They practically sob. The first time is when (more precisely, if) they are present at childbirth. This is for joy. And then – at least six months, until the child grows up. They just whine without interruption!
Do you know what new daddies complain about? Fatigue. Yes Yes. Like, there is no strength, as the presence of a baby in the house is exhausting. We stumbled upon a treasure trove of such sobs in one forum on the Internet. It all started with a guy who complained about his three month old baby.
“My wife returned to work this week,” he writes. Yes, in the West it is not customary to sit on maternity leave. Six months is already an unaffordable luxury. “The house is a terrible mess, and she thinks I don’t care. As soon as I come home from work, they immediately handed me a child! How, tell me, can I relieve stress and just relax after work? “
The guy was supported by dozens of people. Dads with varying parentage backgrounds give advice on how to get through this difficult time.
“I’ve learned to take it for granted that 6 pm-8pm is the most stressful time of the day,” says one of the dads. – You will make each other’s life easier if you develop a certain algorithm and stick to it, helping each other. When I got home, I had 10 minutes to change and take a breath. Then I bathed the child, and my mother had a little “of her own” time. After the bath, the wife took the baby and fed him, and I cooked dinner. Then we put the child to bed and then we had dinner ourselves. It sounds simple now, but it was very tiresome back then. “
“It will be easier,” his paternal colleagues reassure the young man.
“Is it a mess everywhere? Love this mess, because it is inevitable, ”the daddy of his seven-month-old son says to the guy.
Many admitted that they were so tired that they did not have the strength to wash the dishes. You either have to eat from a dirty plate, or use paper ones.
Mommies also joined the discussion: “My two-year-old daughter is blowing up a house in a matter of seconds. When my husband and I are cleaning the room where she just played, we never cease to wonder how such a small creature can make such a mess. “
Another sympathizer gave a universal recipe for dealing with stress: “Put the baby in a stroller or crib, pour something tasty into a two-finger glass, turn on the music and dance, telling your child how your day was.” Cool, isn’t it? The woman admitted (woman!) That she still does this, although her child is almost four years old.