Alexandra's Reviews > And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives

We received this book as a gift from a friend who is a Gottman fan. I wasn't previously familiar with the author's research and books, so I didn't run into an issue with the content feeling repetitive or like a rehash of previous works. Overall, for what it is I think they do a very nice job. Thankfully, my husband and I have a very strong relationship and if anything, I think having a child together has strengthened our relationship. While some of the tips in this book are very helpful and insightful, like doing small things for each other to help maintain and enhance intimacy, and a few of the tips for defusing arguments and improving intimacy were helpful, most of it to me felt like things I already knew. That being said, my husband and I have been together for 10 years and waited to have children, so we've had a lot of time to work on "fighting well" and we are very respectful of each other's feelings. If our relationship had been struggling, this might have been very helpful. They include exercises to try to improve communication and some checklists and tips that might be nice to do with a partner if your partner needs to improve their emotional range and sensitivity. It also might be more helpful to read prior to having a baby just to prepare yourself, rather than after you've navigated a lot of the newborn struggles that are definitely coming from a more heated emotionally unstable place. Overall, helpful and probably very much so if your relationship has been hurting since having a child.