Share responsibilities. Involve your spouse in the care of the baby. If you are breastfeeding, your spouse can change the diaper, burp the baby, put the baby down to sleep. Ask for help when you need it. If it is possible, put the baby down to sleep at a regular time that is early enough for you and your significant other to spend a bit of time together to snuggle, talk, watch a TV show together, share a dessert. If you can hire a babysitter or if you are lucky enough to live near family to watch the baby, have a date night. On the date, try not to talk about the baby - reconnect on a personal level like when you were dating.
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