Oh, Baby!

7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First Year - Bettie B. Youngs, Susan M. Heim, Jennifer L. Youngs

7 key areas of life—may surprise you:

• Love: A new baby will introduce you to the deepest, purest love you’ll ever know, but how can this also be a painful love?
• Self: Having a child “completes you” and makes you a better person, but in what ways will it also challenge your sense of “self”?
• Marriage: Baby’s first year of life exerts many pressures on a marriage. How can you and your partner work toward moving the pendulum from confinement, confusion and chaos back to fun, reward and growth?
• Career: There are so many decisions to be made. Will you be able to balance all of the responsibilities that go along with making a living and raising a child—and do them both successfully?
• Spiritual Life: The miracle of new life can be spiritually awakening, but in what ways can it also test your faith?
• Friends: Friendships come and go throughout your life—but especially when a new baby arrives. How does having a baby attract—but also alienate!—friends?
• Extended Family: Having a baby is a “family affair” that impacts—both positively and negatively—your relationships with parents, in-laws and siblings. Is family harmony possible?

This book gives you new perspective of being a new parent. There are lots of discussion questions and "Take Action" items to help new parents to think of parenting issues. It is a quick read so it's easy to finish with a new baby!