Can Dads Get the Baby Blues?
I think it important to remember that mothers aren’t the only ones who have to deal with a new child. Dads often keep their feelings covered up. It’s hard to lose control of your house and life without suffering some emotional issues.
Sometimes men feel that the new baby is taking too much of their partners time. Or they may feel that once the baby is off to sleep that their partner shows little interest in them. What is worse is when you partner blames you for the struggles shes having with the baby.
What really takes the cake, is when your partner is suffering from Post-Natal Depression, and you bottle up your feelings so no to upset her. Who cares about whether you are coping?
Many factors can contribute to these feelings. The most common are: fear of fatherhood or worries related to new responsibilities and loss of freedom, financial concerns or stress over added expenses and worries about whether his current salary will be sufficient, and role anxieties such as asking, “Will I be a good father? Will I father like my father did?”
Over at Babycenter, they’ve got some great advice on this topic. The web has always been a great place to discover there are lots of people dealing with the same struggles as you, and that you’re not alone….
fatherhood, new dad, post natal depression, emotion
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