Redditors Back Mom For Insisting Husband Care For Their Baby Despite His Headache

One of the largest changes you may experience as a parent is going from being a couple to a family of three, or maybe more. When a first child is born, the lives of the two most significant individuals in the family expand to include a third (or more, if the child is twin or multiple).

Some parents struggle with this shift, finding it hard to accept that their partner isn't thinking about them all the time. While raising a child can be difficult, especially in the first year, some couples find that their shared experiences and growing respect for one another as parents help them become stronger.

It can be beneficial to address relationship difficulties as they arise if you are having trouble with them after having a child. The OP and her partner have been together for seven years and have a one-year-old child together.

They both work full-time—OP's partner is at home, and she is in a nonprofit. Their son goes to daycare, and the OP is in the final stages of applying for a job with the government.

OP's next assignment is a written essay that she had less than 48 hours of notice for. She went to let her partner know she'd be leaving their son home while she went to the library to do the essay, but he didn't take it well.