My baby and I connected despite my strained marriage.
My marriage started to unravel before it began. In fact, My ex-husband and I married in a misguided attempt to save our already broken relationship. That’s never a good idea. We separated when our daughter was two. It was the right thing to do.
My baby was a bad sleeper. She was cranky, colicky, and would only sleep when I was holding her, if she slept at all. Sleep is still a struggle for her, at five. It may always be an issue.
Now comes a study published in the journal Child Development from Oregon State University that finds a link between marital instability and infant sleep difficulties: [Read more...]
