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Trina called one afternoon after her four-week-old
daughter had been particularly cranky. She confided, “I’m
a very sensitive and intuitive person. Is it possible that
Tatiana is too? Is it possible she’s upset because of all the
stress I’m under?”
It seems that the joy Trina and Mirko had felt after
Tatiana’s birth was tempered by Trina’s painful recovery
from a cesarean section and then the destruction of their
possessions from a flood in the apartment above theirs,
days after they brought Tatiana home.
“The nest we created for our baby collapsed like a
house of cards and we had to move into our friend’s living
room. When Tatiana developed colic at three weeks of
age, I couldn’t help but think her screams stemmed from
all the anxiety she felt from me during this terribly
upsetting time.”
The birth of an infant brings with it such a wonderful but weighty
responsibility that it’s a rare parent who doesn’t feel some anxiety and
self-doubt. Many new mothers confide in me that they feel overwhelmed

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because:
Caring for their baby is unexpectedly stressful.
No matter how much you thought that you were prepared for
your new baby, it still may hit you like a ton of bricks.
They have little baby experience.
Most of us have had very few opportunities to care for small
babies. That’s why our generation may well be the least
experienced … in history!
They feel like everybody is criticizing them.
New parents are very vulnerable to everyone’s advice and
criticisms. “Pick her up!” “Don’t pick her up!” “Feed on
demand!” “Feed on a schedule!” Getting peppered by all
these comments can whittle down your confidence and
magnify your self-doubts.