I have worked with children and families for over 15 years and I have found one thing to be true; if parents are happy in their relationship, than kids feel more secure and happier overall.
On this show I wanted to talk to two experts about relationships after baby. Michele Weiner-Davis is a marriage therapist and maintains a therapy practice called "The Divorce Busting Center." She has also authored a book entitled The Sex Starved Marriage. While on a couple of previous shows I have talked about the importance of sex and intimacy in a couple's relationship, Michele confirms that emotional intimacy and the quality of ones marriage can be viewed as a barometer of what is happening behind closed doors.
Loving relationships are based on mutual care taking and if the sex is not happening as much as one of the partners would like, that person needs to ask the question 'what would make you feel closer to me to be more physical?' Again it comes down to open communication with your partner and how to work as a team to turn around the decline in your sex lives.
The importance of communication continues with my second guest, Harlan Cohen, author of the book Dad's Pregnant Too and founder of the website www.DadsPregnant.com. Harlan shares how playing an active partner role during moms pregnancy sets the foundation for continuing that role after baby arrives.
Through his book and website, dads are provided with information about what's going on with the pregnancy, how that is affecting their partner, and how to spoil their pregnant partner. With this knowledge dads are able to understand their role better and can acknowledge what makes them feel uncomfortable. This ultimately opens up more dialogue and hopefully continues after baby's arrival.
He also has a Pregnancy Tracker for expectant fathers on his website that is another informative tool just for dads!
To strengthen the relationship there are 4 factors that come into play:
1 -- Playing an active role
2 -- Having open communication about what is going on, or not going on in the relationship
3 -- The emotional and physical intimacy with your partner sets the stage for...
4 -- The deeper connection that is gained through sex with your partner
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