Tired and stressed
I don't recall who claimed that new parents might find it possible not to be tired and stressed, but that is just wrong. Especially if George is being breast-fed. Babies nowadays are fed on demand, not on schedule, and that means frequent waking during the night for quite a few weeks. Additionally, according to many baby experts (and to me, too), there is an occasional day during the first few weeks when the baby nurses very very frequently, and even if you have another pair of hands to change him, wash his clothes, pick him up and bring him to you, that is exhausting. If you've never given birth or nursed an infant, you really can't imagine how tired the mother, in particular, gets.
And stressed- you've just been handed a tiny human for whom you are responsible, and even if he is perfectly healthy and mild-mannered, you are intellectually overwhelmed by the responsibility.
I would imagine that the whole Middleton household enjoyed a few hours when William was out enjoying himself. It takes many years before an in-law becomes so much a part of the family that his/her presence is not slightly discombobulating, even if that person is not a future monarch.
Give the guy a break! I was thrilled when my hubby had to go into the office for a few hours so that my mother and I could have a good old nattering, and he was/is the best husband, father and son-in-law that anyone can imagine.
Yes, who knows what the future may bring? This couple-who have been a couple for the better part of a dozen years-may become estranged, or casually uninterested in their child(ren) or each other, but they've made a seemingly great start under conditions none of us can imagine.
I don't recall who claimed that new parents might find it possible not to be tired and stressed, but that is just wrong. Especially if George is being breast-fed. Babies nowadays are fed on demand, not on schedule, and that means frequent waking during the night for quite a few weeks. Additionally, according to many baby experts (and to me, too), there is an occasional day during the first few weeks when the baby nurses very very frequently, and even if you have another pair of hands to change him, wash his clothes, pick him up and bring him to you, that is exhausting. If you've never given birth or nursed an infant, you really can't imagine how tired the mother, in particular, gets.
And stressed- you've just been handed a tiny human for whom you are responsible, and even if he is perfectly healthy and mild-mannered, you are intellectually overwhelmed by the responsibility.
I would imagine that the whole Middleton household enjoyed a few hours when William was out enjoying himself. It takes many years before an in-law becomes so much a part of the family that his/her presence is not slightly discombobulating, even if that person is not a future monarch.
Give the guy a break! I was thrilled when my hubby had to go into the office for a few hours so that my mother and I could have a good old nattering, and he was/is the best husband, father and son-in-law that anyone can imagine.
Yes, who knows what the future may bring? This couple-who have been a couple for the better part of a dozen years-may become estranged, or casually uninterested in their child(ren) or each other, but they've made a seemingly great start under conditions none of us can imagine.
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