Father's love

 The mother has a dominant role in the baby's life during the first months of life, but the father figure is also necessary.

Today fathers are an active part in pregnancy, childbirth, and raising children. You can share unique moments with your child during the bath, the walk...

Pregnancy and the birth of a child cause a series of hormonal changes in women that favor the infinite love of mothers for their babies. However, until recently, no one had considered whether any changes also occurred in the parents' organism. Recent research has shown that yes.

Additionally, today's parents are culturally demanding a different role in raising their children. Since the pregnancy test is positive, a protective instinct arises in men. During the nine months of waiting, taking care of his son will be synonymous with protecting his partner. After giving birth, the father will have to double himself: his wife will continue to need him very much, but there will be a new little person who will also demand his attention and affection.

Does paternal instinct exist?

A theory proving the existence of paternal instinct is still in its infancy. However, it has been found that, when living with a pregnant woman and after the birth of a child, some men have a decrease in testosterone levels and an increase in estradiol, a female hormone.

What can Dad do?

Breastfeeding creates a bond between mother and child that is difficult to describe and impossible to match. But there are many other baby care that the dad can make his own:

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A baby doesn't need great material things: he needs time and affection. It is common that from pregnancy onwards, a man becomes obsessed with working more to earn money when what both his son and his wife need is his company.

Furthermore, some fathers are still a bit behind their wives' decisions regarding child-rearing. They are the ones who, during pregnancy, immerse themselves in reading books and magazines and visiting websites on the subject, and they limit themselves to abiding by their decisions. It is no longer valid to accept everything the mother decides as good. The duty to compare information and discuss it to jointly make the best decision for the children is the responsibility of both members of the couple.

Make a place in the baby's life

During pregnancy, the baby and its mother are one. And for some months this will continue to be the case. Babies are not aware that they are different from their mothers until the eighth or ninth month of life, a stage in which they experience a slight crisis called 'separation anxiety'. Discovering that the mom is another person and that the child will have to gradually gain independence from her is a hard moment in the life of the child and the mother.

But dad will be there, to support them both while recovering his place in his partner's life, and finding a new place in his son's.