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Bringing Home Baby

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By Drew Teer, MA and Margaret A. Martinez, PhD on behalf of the Atlanta Behavioral Health Advocates “This is not the world I want to bring her into,” my partner said to me, both of us bleary-eyed, watching our then three-day-old daughter, finally sleeping, at some ungodly hour in the morning on the first night we brought her home.

Almost one month, a few breakdowns, and lots of tears later, things have finally begun to stabilize: we have schedules, we are getting sleep, and baby is doing well.

But those interceding days entailed some of the biggest challenges I think I have had to face. We’ve felt alone and exhausted, worrying about how to care for this small child in the new, muffled world around us.

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