I’m not sure why, but I don’t feel the same about my partner. I’m not sure if it’s me being obsessed with my baby. I just feel like he’s rough with her. When I say something about it. He says she’ll be alright. We do bump heads when I point out how rough he is. I don’t want this to end because we can’t get parenting right. I just don’t feel the love for my baby. I feel like he does love her, but we love different and I’m not comfortable with that. We were supposed to start therapy, but it’s been put off.
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After my daughter was born I pushed my husband away for like 7 months.. I was very over protective of her, and it made him feel like he was doing something wrong. But any time he'd hold her I just felt like he was doing it wrong or not "my way". He was never rough with her but in my eyes it was more of a fear of hurting her (by dropping her ect). we went to therapy for about 5 months and it really helped me see both sides of our point of views. I think it's normal to feel differently about your partner when you're going through pp. Our daughter is almost 2 and we've learned to compromise when parenting bc it's different for everyone. Don't be too hard on yourself, see if therapy will help both of you see a different point of view, it helps when you have an outside perspective to see both sides and further give guidance. You both will change as your little one grows it doesn't stay the same for long ❤️ sending positive vibes your way love

It’s very much normal to be protective but be careful not to over do it especially when you’re producing prolactin it might just be your hormones I learnt it’s better to not look

What do you mean by rough with her?
Most likely you’re experiencing some form of post party anxiety due to hormones and imbalances. It’s normal and sucks. It can cause us to be what seems like overly protective to others. Best thing you can do is talk through what you’re feeling in a non accusatory way. But yes if you snap at him too much for small stuff it could start to drive a wedge between you guys.