why your love language matters after baby arrives?
Do you know your love language? The five love languages are quality time, receiving or giving gifts, words of affirmation, physical touch, and acts of service. Knowing yours and your partner’s can help you to thrive postpartum.
When you know your love language, you can understand and communicate when your needs aren’t being met. For example, if your love language is words of affirmation, you can explain to your partner that you’re not feeling appreciated because they haven’t given you verbal confirmation.
Similarly, you can understand more when your partner’s needs aren’t being met. If your partner’s main love language is physical touch, you know that they need it and might be frustrated when they don’t get it.
When you know each of your love languages, you can also build-in times for this or plan your schedule around it. When you have a new baby, a great way for each partner to feel loved and appreciated is to take turns sleeping in, bringing each other coffee, or gifting (or giving) a massage. Later on, if you both need quality time, you can set a bedtime or wake time for your children to give you alone as a couple (aka time to eat snacks and watch t.v without children nearby.)
Want to find your love language or your partner's? You can take this quiz!
Want more ways to prepare your relationship? Check out my class: Planning for Baby. Or, book a Prenatal Meeting!
Hi! I'm Gigi; I'm a postpartum doula, mother to three toddlers, including twins, and a wife to my high school sweetheart. I’m a #swiftie who loves cheesy novels.
As a former teacher, I bring realistic, evidence-based, and actionable advice (and LOTS of handouts.) I help families get the tools they need to prepare, so once baby arrives, they can focus on resting and bonding instead of researching or stressing. I’m here to streamline the newborn learning curve and help birth parents, partners, and other family members. There isn’t ONE way to have and raise a little human. I’m here to guide parents to find THEIR way so that they can thrive in the fourth trimester and beyond.
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