Neither sleep nor intimacy will ever be the same. Everything changes.
They say that when the arrival of a baby approaches, everything changes. From what you eat, to your routines, to your sleeping hours and, above all, to how your body changes as the pregnancy progresses. Bringing a new life into the world is a challenge, like a journey in which you are faced with new tests, and things that will never be the same again.
Artist Yehuda Devir knows this all too well, especially since he became a father for the first time two years ago. Since then, he’s been illustrating what life as parents has been like for him and his wife, Maya.
Now that their little girl is two years old, the couple is expecting a baby brother, and everything they experienced once is about to happen again.
But now, multiplied by two.
He depicted all of this in his new illustrations, in which he shows the whole process, from pregnancy to his little girl’s first steps and the pregnancy of their second child.
1. Romanticism is no longer what it used to be
2. And neither is quality time
3. The woman’s body changes
4. Hunger reaches new levels
5. And you get sleepier… even when just looking for some comfort
6. The thing is, having a belly is tiring
7. And sometimes you need help just to get out of bed
8. After giving birth, it can be hard to feel comfortable again with your body
9. And some days you need a break
10. Especially when you haven’t been able to sleep
11. Now there’s no longer two people sharing a bed, but three
12. And another person is added to couples’ time
13. You can’t keep your eye off your baby
14. Especially when he or she does something new
15. Sometimes you can’t help but close your eyes
16. A vaccine? It’s an entire ordeal
17. Not to mention those little wounds they’ll get when learning how to walk
18. Or when you realize that nothing is safe
19. And you better get used to a new kind of intimacy
20. Mischief is an everyday thing
21. But family time is priceless
22. Especially when it comes to entering new chapters
23. And new challenges
24. Like a new baby, for example
Because again you’ll be living a chaotic, but truly beautiful life.