How Your Relationships Change After a Baby with Sarah and Nick [episode 9]

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I’ve noticed that there is an overabundance of content targeted to and available for moms to consume online, but...not so much for dads. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to bring my husband, Nick, on to talk more about what he’s seeing on the dad side of things. We’ve been parents for 18 months now, and while we’re still early on with navigating this whole ‘parenting journey’, we’ve already learned so much about ourselves along the way.

In this episode, Nick and I talk about how your relationships change after a baby. Parenting is something you can never fully prepare for, and it’s difficult to understand until you’re actually in it. We’re discussing more about the positive and negative impacts on our marriage since becoming parents, changes we’ve seen in each other, understanding that even the ‘best’ influence on our kids doesn’t totally determine how they’re going to be, why our kids will pick up way more on what we’re doing (and not so much what we’re saying), and more.

Parenting can be really triggering, or it can be really healing - it’s truly a transformation. While we’ve already been working on ourselves over the last few years, and that internal motivation piece is there, our son has definitely been the external catalyst to push us to keep going. Finding real connection and community in parenthood is so, so necessary - we need to be able to genuinely connect with others, and not feel like we’re lost and isolated. 

Wherever you are on your journey, don’t be afraid to embrace this new, messy, exhausting, and incredible chapter that is parenthood - we’re all just doing our best anyway!

In this episode, How Your Relationships Change After a Baby with Sarah and Nick, we cover: 

• The most important shift that’s happened for Nick since becoming a dad

• The positive and negative impacts on our relationship since becoming parents

• How Nick’s relationships (outside of the nuclear family) have been impacted since becoming a dad

• Focusing on being fully present, instead of on screens and ‘checked out’ most of the time as a parent

• The biggest changes Nick has noticed within Sarah since becoming parents

• When you think you’re doing everything ‘right’ as a parent, but you realize you don’t have as much influence over your kid as you thought you would

• Understanding that your kids are going to pick up way more on what you’re doing, not what you’re saying

• The importance of connection and community for parents

• Why the change that comes with parenthood doesn’t have to be something we resist, or viewed as a negative thing

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Mothercraft - because becoming a mom today can feel crazy! It’s both uniquely challenging and exciting. The templates about how we should ‘mom’ are outdated and we have the opportunity to reconstruct them in a way that works for us. There are women, parents, and resources available who can support us. 

Let's write a new story, where we experience how to be connected, informed and empowered about our paths forward as moms, professionals, and women without overwhelm, judgment, or a one-size fits all mentality. 

Tune in each week for conversations with host Sarah Dunn, along with other moms and special guest experts, as they share their stories, encouragement, advice, and solidarity about this lifelong journey of motherhood.

We’ll cover topics such as pregnancy, postpartum, mental health, motherhood, being a high-achieving woman, mom guilt. We will touch on the good, the bad, the funny, the ugly – the multifaceted reality that is motherhood. 

This podcast will leave you feeling empowered, connected, and confident to hold space for your love of self, family, and ambitions. 

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