Do you feel as if your life with your baby is not what you hoped or imagined, that you find yourself resenting, or feeling distant from your baby? Are you finding it hard to enjoy time with your baby and long for the naps?
For many people, caring for a baby can bring back difficult childhood memories. It might be that the birth itself was incredibly difficult and hard to think about.
Individual therapy can provide a space to explore these experiences, providing relief, allowing you more able to be present for your baby and enjoy time with them.
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Why do I worry so much about my baby dying
When baby is tiny, in the first few months of life, this is a very common thought amongst the vast majority of parents. As your baby grows and becomes more robust, for many parents, the anxiety about baby surviving begins to ease. However, you might find that you continue to worry, or even that these feelings become even more intensified…
Baby’s Sleep and You
I wanted to write about an experience that many parents can have in regard to their baby’s sleep. This is of how you might feel when your baby is struggling to settle. To hear your baby cry, particularly at night can evoke strong emotion...
Why do I feel I hate my baby
Hate is a strong word, it is not frustration, irritation, anger, or annoyance, it seems as if it is so much more. It can feel as if that is all there is and this is why this emotion can feel deeply unsettling...
Why do I have thoughts of hurting my baby?
If we think generally about why we feel as if we may want to harm another person, it is often connected to feeling threatened. To feel such from your baby may seem perplexing, as your baby poses no threat to your physical safety, which suggests that what you feel may be a threat in some ways to yourself emotionally...