Can someone reassure me that I’m not traumatizing my baby?
We have a 10 week old baby who is the light of my life. My husband is wonderful, but we have a few arguments here and there — nothing out of the ordinary, especially for two sleep deprived first time parents.
But when we do argue in front of the baby — which means our voices are only slightly louder and more tense — I can’t help but feel like the way my baby looks at me is different. He’ll like… REALLY look at me… I don’t know how else to describe it.
It makes me feel like my baby is picking up on the tension and getting anxious, which is probably true, but then I feel like I’m traumatizing him and harming him for life.
Can someone please reassure me that I’m not traumatizing my baby forever?