The Post-baby CONVERSATION: What New Parents Need to Say to Each Other

AUTHOR: ALISON OSBORNE

TITLE: The Post-baby CONVERSATION: What New Parents Need to Say to Each Other The Post-baby Conversation is a first: a relationship book for new parents. It is not a book about babies and it's not about how to be a parent, it's about how to be a happy couple with children. Has your relationship changed since you had a baby? Do you ever get to talk or spend time as a couple? Do you feel your partner understands your life now? Do you have less sex? Most couples experience relationship issues after the arrival of a baby. The chaos and exhaustion, the changes to both partners' lives, often mean that many couples find it impossible to communicate effectively. Sa conversations about how responsibilities and the workload of a new baby will be shared, what will happen on weekends, and whose job it is to cook and clean often don't even happen. When they do, they produce tension rather than solutions Many couples fall back on expectations of what their partner should do and provide that are based on outdated stereotypes; and many live unhappily with those expectations for years Find out how other couples feel post-baby. Learn how to create equality, understanding, and fulfillment in your post-baby relationship. The book's 'What we can do' sections will help you design your own kind of family, one that suits you and your partner and provides a happy, nurturing environment for your children. Building a strong and sustainable partnership is the biggest challenge facing new parents this book helps you face that challenge and find the best way forward. Alison Osborne has a first-class honors degree in Rural Science, a background in facilitation and mediation, and has worked extensively with families undergoing change. She and her husband run a sheep and cattle grazing property near Cowra in rural New South Wales. They have two children