How do you and your SO remind yourselves that you're a couple once kids come along?

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I'm pregnant with our first and I'm really scared that once Foetus shows up we'll forget how to be a couple. So, how do you do it?
One of my friends has her mum take the weans for one evening a week, and her and her SO go and be a couple - climbing, or dinner, or games nights with friends, etc.

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I’m only three weeks in but my husband and I have bonded SO much since our son was born in ways I never expected. I had so much anxiety leading up to my due date about the change in our relationship but it’s honestly been the best time in our marriage. you just have to find different ways to spend time together. my husband will sit and talk to me while I pump, even sometimes in the middle of the night.

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I think it’s important to remember that you are showing your child what a marriage/partnership looks like. You and the child’s father are the first relationship your child will ever see, and it kind of sets the foundation for what they will expect in a relationship the future.

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At first it is really hard. Because babe needs you so much, especially if you breastfeed. My youngest never took a bottle so I couldn’t be away longer than 3h max until he started food. With my oldest he had formula after the first couple months so it was a bit easier. But we just made time. We’d cuddle watch a show once the kids are sleeping. Every so often we have a date night. Through covid was hard because a lot of stuff was closed. Being intimate without even needing sex because the first 6 weeks you can’t anyways. You have to make a more conscious effort than you do without kids because they take up majority of your priorities, which they should lol.

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We have 3 kids, and fourth is on its way. Obviously it looks a little different with several kids, so here are a few things we did when we had only our first. It’s SO hard, but if you really want to make it work you can! 
- Go on a walk with your partner and the baby in the pram. We went on so many walks around a neighbourhood when we had our first 
- Late date nights at home once the baby is in bed. It doesn’t have to be extravagant, sometimes a cheap fast food dinner and a puzzle, board game, etc can be fun
- If you are the one who gets up with the baby, sometimes it nice if they can stay up with you and just talk while you feed the baby 
- Sounds lame but fold the laundry together 🤣 so much better when you don’t have to do it alone lol. Same as cooking, cleaning etc. 
If you are committed to your partner, you can always find ways!

How do you and your SO remind yourselves that you're a couple once kids come along?

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