{"id":8512,"date":"2017-03-30T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:34:43","slug":"how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Your Husband to Want a Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s so normal for you to want a baby. And then another, and even another.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe your heart yearns for enough babies to form your own basketball team&#8211;or even a baseball team.<\/p>\n<p>But what if your husband isn\u2019t on board? What if he thinks you already have enough kids?<\/p>\n<p>What if he doesn\u2019t even want one child?<\/p>\n<p>One husband told his wife they needed to work on their marriage before they\u2019d be ready to conceive.<\/p>\n<p>To his wife that sounded the same as \u201cWe\u2019re never having a baby,\u201d which made her wonder about the benefit of being married at all, since she had always wanted a family.<\/p>\n<p>But just because he\u2019s shaking his head now doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t get behind the idea of growing your family.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few simple things you can do to make him much more open to the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can inspire your man to say yes to a bundle of joy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby\/#1_Get_Happy\" title=\"Get Happy\">Get Happy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby\/#2_Appreciate_Him\" title=\"Appreciate Him\">Appreciate Him<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby\/#3_Express_Your_Desires_in_a_Way_that_Inspires\" title=\"Express Your Desires in a Way that Inspires\">Express Your Desires in a Way that Inspires<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-get-your-husband-to-want-a-baby\/#4_Affirm_His_Fathering\" title=\"Affirm His Fathering\">Affirm His Fathering<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Get_Happy\"><\/span>1. Get Happy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re often exhausted, overwhelmed, depressed or otherwise unhappy, your husband may see the prospect of a new, tiny family member as too burdensome because he\u2019s already having a hard time keeping you happy.<\/p>\n<p>To paraphrase George Michaels, if his best isn\u2019t good enough then how can it be good enough for two?<\/p>\n<p>He gets a lot of his own sense of success from knowing you\u2019re thriving and delighted. In my experience, all husbands do.<\/p>\n<p>If he sees you laughing and smiling, he feels proud. When you\u2019re stressed and complaining, he feels stressed and tired too.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-2642090799\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17020\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And he may think (because you may have said it) that you have too much to do already.<\/p>\n<p>If the problem seems to be that you\u2019re overburdened, a baby is not going to make sense to him. That\u2019s more burden&#8211;not less.<\/p>\n<p>He wants you to be happy again. He thinks it\u2019s his job. When that goes missing, he feels overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>But of course the only person who can make you happy is you.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re laughing at the slapstick comedy that is your home life instead of yelling or nagging, he\u2019s going to have an easier time understanding the draw of extending the family.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re singing and smiling most of the time, he\u2019s going to feel relieved and see more possibility for a bright future. Including a near future with a bundle of joy.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s a baby you want, figure out how to delight yourself every day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-182244992\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Appreciate_Him\"><\/span>2. Appreciate Him<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Alicia got the heartbreaking news that she and her husband could not conceive.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, she quickly hatched a new plan.<\/p>\n<p>She told her husband, \u201cI think we should adopt!\u201d But he didn\u2019t seem to think it was such a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated, she tried to persuade him of all the positives: They would be able to skip pregnancy and delivery and just bring home their child, giving an unwanted baby a good home.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband changed the subject.<\/p>\n<p>When she told me about her challenge getting the baby she wanted, she was feeling hopeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just seems to shut down whenever I say the word \u2018baby,\u2019\u201d she told me.<\/p>\n<p>From what Alicia shared, I had a feeling her husband was not feeling very appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>In singlemindedly seeking maternity, she had stopped appreciating him and all that they had together.<\/p>\n<p>She was constantly talking about the baby he couldn\u2019t give her.<\/p>\n<p>When Alicia realized that, she decided to express her gratitude for her husband.<\/p>\n<p>She told him, \u201cAs much as I want a baby, if I never get one, I\u2019m just so grateful to have you as my husband. Having a baby would be icing on the cake of getting to spend all of my days with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a moving moment for them both.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, her husband brought home adoption paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>True story.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Express_Your_Desires_in_a_Way_that_Inspires\"><\/span>3. Express Your Desires in a Way that Inspires<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Alicia\u2019s husband might have also been more receptive to her being so family minded if she had said what she wanted in an inspiring way.<\/p>\n<p>At first, she was telling her husband what to think, and that never works, in my experience.<\/p>\n<p>My husband doesn\u2019t like when I argue with his thinking or try to persuade him with logic.<\/p>\n<p>So even though it\u2019s as tempting as devouring a freshly baked cookie to indulge in the Great Baby Debate, consider sticking to your desires instead of arguing with his thinking.<\/p>\n<p>He may be right that it isn\u2019t the best time to conceive while you\u2019re still nursing or he\u2019s changing jobs, for example.<\/p>\n<p>But if that doesn\u2019t change your desire, then you can simply honor yourself without contradicting him by saying, \u201cI hear you. And I would love another baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After acknowledging how much she valued her husband, all Alicia needed to say was, \u201cI would love to adopt a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t have been a demand, even though she wanted that child with all her heart.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband couldn\u2019t wait to grant her heart\u2019s desire once she said it that way.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how inspired he was.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Affirm_His_Fathering\"><\/span>4. Affirm His Fathering<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What if your husband is too harsh with the kids or loses his temper with them or lets them eat cereal out of the box in their pajamas when you\u2019re gone?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s something I hear a lot from moms&#8211;that their husbands don\u2019t parent the same way as them. At all!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to start thinking you\u2019re the better, more conscientious parent. You might think he needs some help knowing how to be a good dad.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only logical to want to give him some helpful suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>What I discovered the hard way is that \u201chelpful\u201d in wife language equals \u201ccritical\u201d in husband language.<\/p>\n<p>My husband got defensive when I tried to help him improve and started to avoid me so he wouldn\u2019t have to hear about all the ways I knew better than him.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I was subtle. He thought I was insufferable.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, now I can see why.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve done the same thing with your husband in the area of his fathering.<\/p>\n<p>You didn\u2019t mean to be critical, but that\u2019s how he heard it when you told him to be careful when he was throwing the kids in the air.<\/p>\n<p>The less he feels successful as a dad, the less appealing it is for him to want to take on another kid.<\/p>\n<p>If you have kids, finding the things you admire about your husband\u2019s parenting and acknowledging them does wonders for turning that around.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have kids yet, admiring how he interacts with tiny relatives or friends\u2019 kids or letting him know how much you appreciate how patient and tender he is with you will go a long way toward opening up a possibility that wasn\u2019t there before.<\/p>\n<p>If he knows that you think he\u2019s an amazing dad (or will be), he\u2019s going to feel more inclined to take on another child.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if he knows that saying yes to a baby will make his wife ridiculously happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s so normal for you to want a baby. And then another, and even another. Maybe your heart yearns for enough babies to form your own basketball team&#8211;or even a baseball team. But what if your husband isn\u2019t on board? What if he thinks you already have enough kids? 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