My husband appeared on the baby monitor every night at 2 a.m. carrying a mysterious paper bag—when I finally watched him open it, I gasped

never imagined.

Coming home after giving birth is difficult.

Everyone says so. They offer advice like, “The first few weeks are a blur,” and, “Sleep when the baby sleeps,” and, “It gets better.”

What no one tells you is that sometimes you end up sitting on the bathroom floor at three in the afternoon because the baby has cried for twenty minutes, your continue reading …