Top 3 parenting worries everyone has and how to deal with them

Once you give birth and start raising your child, your world becomes centered around your child, and you will be plagued for a long time by the worry that you will not be able to do what you want as a mother and father.

Many people may feel that "having worries about child-rearing makes me a bad parent," and blame themselves, but moms and dads are human too, so it's natural for them to have worries about child-rearing.

So, what kind of worries do people have while raising children?
This time, we will introduce three child-rearing concerns ranked by advice sites and other sources.

Parenting is full of worries

When you're pregnant, you're excited to meet your baby and look forward to the day you give birth, but once you give birth, many of you may feel like you're increasingly being dominated by a baby-centered world.

Especially after giving birth and being discharged from the hospital, or after giving birth at home, both mother and father have to work together to care for the baby, and many mothers and fathers are overwhelmed by the difficulties of childcare.

Also, while you might think that parenting will get easier as your child grows and reaches the ages of 1, 2, and 3, raising a child who is beginning to develop a sense of self, such as through the "terrible twos," is difficult in a way that is different from caring for a newborn baby.

Raising young children, especially, is always fraught with worries, with nicknames being given to them as they get older, such as the "terrible twos," "devilish threes," and "diabolical fours."

Top 3 parenting concerns that everyone has

What kind of parenting worries do you have?

We will introduce problems collected from problem posting sites and other sources in a ranking format.

#1 I can't sleep

Although this varies from person to person, it is said that newborn babies begin to establish a regular routine around the age of three months.

Until then, we often hear stories of people being unable to sleep due to their baby's crying at night, or having to breastfeed or change diapers at night.

Also, around 6 months of age, when babies begin to become able to move around on their own, they begin to cry at night due to the many stimuli they are exposed to during the day, and it is said that about 7% of parents will experience their baby crying at night.

For some children, this night crying stops after a few months, but for others it continues for as long as one or two years of age, so it is difficult to say for sure when it will stop.

If you are struggling to sleep at night because of your baby's crying, you can get through the childcare process by taking naps with your child during the day, having mom and dad take turns looking after your child at night, or using temporary childcare services so you can take a nap.

No. 2: Single parenting is hard

According to the Gender Equality Bureau's "Gender Equality White Paper (Summary) 30 Edition," the number of dual-income households has been increasing year by year since 8, and a survey has revealed that in 29, there were 1,188 million dual-income households.
More and more moms and dads are working and spending their days juggling housework and childcare.

In addition, the number of "stay-at-home" households in which the man takes on the role of housewife has been increasing recently, and many families have one of the parents working and taking on the majority of the housework and childcare, leading to many moms and dads expressing their worries about raising children alone.

If single parenting is difficult, you can reduce the stress of single parenting by making meals easier to prepare and using machines such as dishwashers and robot vacuum cleaners to do housework, thereby reducing the burden of housework and childcare.

3. I don’t have time for myself

Since childcare and housework take up most of the day, many moms and dads seem to worry about not having any time for themselves.

I want to go to the hair salon but I don't have time.
I want to read a magazine by myself, but I fall asleep with my child.
Many people get so tired that they end up falling asleep when they try to find some time for themselves after their children go to bed, and we also hear many complaints about couples having difficulty finding time to coordinate their schedules when they want to go to a hair salon or something on the weekend.

To make it easier, you can use the kids' room or a smartphone app that lets you share schedules, so you can check mom and dad's schedules and decide what to do on your days off.

Summary

Moms and dads raising children have many concerns about childcare.

Many people feel that "worrying about something like this makes us unfit to be parents!", but moms and dads are human too, so it's natural to feel stressed when you can't do what you want.

Please use the concerns and solutions we have introduced here to try and alleviate some of your child-rearing worries.