{"id":2205,"date":"2024-06-21T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2024-06-21T19:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:44:06","slug":"i-fainted-during-a-family-gathering-because-my-husband-wont-help-with-our-newborn-to-let-me-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/i-fainted-during-a-family-gathering-because-my-husband-wont-help-with-our-newborn-to-let-me-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"I Fainted during a Family Gathering Because My Husband Won\u2019t Help with Our Newborn to Let Me Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My husband and I were meant to be a team when we welcomed our first child, but he turned on me. Recently, I experienced one of the most embarrassing and eye-opening moments of my life. Let me backtrack a bit. My husband, Jake, 29, and I welcomed our beautiful daughter, Tilly, three weeks ago.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Whenever I ask Tilly\u2019s father for help, he says, \u201cLet me relax; my paternity leave is so short.\u201d I\u2019ve struggled alone with sleepless nights, and things went too far last Saturday during a family gathering. As the party progressed, Jake was busy telling everyone, \u201cI needed this paternity leave because I couldn\u2019t imagine how much more exhausted I would have been working AND taking care of the baby.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Exhausted, I fainted right there in the middle of the party. I awoke to concerned family members and Jake\u2019s frown. He later exploded at home, annoyed that I embarrassed him, accusing me of making him \u201clook bad!\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Just as I was about to leave for my mom\u2019s place, my in-laws arrived with a professional nanny they had hired. \u201cShe\u2019s here to help with the baby and to teach Jake about caring for her,\u201d my MIL explained. They also insisted I go on a spa retreat for a week.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Overwhelmed by their kindness, I immediately agreed. The week was blissful and helped me recover. Back home, the changes were remarkable! The nanny had put Jake through a rigorous \u201cbaby boot camp.\u201d He learned to change diapers, cook baby meals, soothe a crying baby, and manage a sleep schedule. Jake greeted me with a heartfelt apology, having sold his vintage guitars to pay for the nanny and my retreat, showing his commitment to our family.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>My husband and I were meant to be a team when we welcomed our first child, but he turned on me. Recently, I experienced one <a class='\"mh-excerpt-more\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/sciencesandnatures.com%5C/i-fainted-during-a-family-gathering-because-my-husband-wont-help-with-our-newborn-to-let-me-sleep%5C/%5C%22" title='\"I' fainted during a family gathering because my husband won help with our newborn to let me sleep>[&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</a></p></div>