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[quote=Anonymous]Could be any number of things:

1. Anxiety - for me, I had post-partum anxiety that made me irrationally afraid that no one else could take care of kid. Took a while to realize it because I had no history of anxiety, no depression symptoms. Had never heard of PPA, only PPD. One I got treatment, got so much better.

2. They're just exhausted and don't want to.

3. Husband may in fact be useless, or nervous about being alone with kids, or simply an unhelpful jerk.

4. Child may be extremely high-maintenance, such that deviating from routine not worth it for a dinner. For example, I had one kid who would sleep anywhere, super easy going, etc. Another that would only sleep in her crib, no matter what. Didn't take too long to learn that very few things were worth screwing with naptime or bedtime for that one - we would literally be paying for days.

And so on . . . The little kid stage is really hard and exhausting and draining. And it's not just the parents' personalities but the kids' personalities and how they mesh that matters. Some teams make it look easy, some can't get it together to save their lives, and most fall somewhere on a spectrum in between.[/quote]

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