No one feels like laughing every day, and that’s OK. But chronic depression can keep you from interacting with your children.
In fact, child development research in infant brain development shows that children whose mothers suffer from depression show reduced activity in the area of the brain that serves as a center for joy and other light-hearted emotions.
If you're not feeling like yourself, see if you have the signs of depression. Many mothers (not just new mothers) suffer from postpartum depression.
If chronic depression causes you to disengage from your child and stay irritable and impatient for days at a time, seek help from a mental health professional. It may be hard, but it's important that you do. Healthy Place can help point you in the right direction.
Scientists say that your child’s brain is very forgiving, especially during the first years of life. Activity in those regions will pick up as soon as you begin to lavish him with attention and indulge in fun family activities.