I was reading in the homeschooling section about another mother (who was from Texas like Andrea Yates). I had read in a newspaper article that this new woman's husband woke up when he heard the youngest crying, then went back to bed when the wife said everything was okay. Yates also had a long history of mental illness and her husband also just turned over and fell back to sleep, so to speak. I can't express how angry and devestated I am that these women found themselves in this situation while those closest to them were oblivious or purposely looked the other way.
My unprofessional opinion is that these women suffered from severe sleep deprivation, which can cause hallucinations and other bizarre behavior. (I'm not ruling out any other more serious problems with them). I remember when my second child was born, I had been abandoned by my husband, was breastfeeding around the clock, with not more than 15 minutes of rest at a time. I became extremely depressed and even started to see and hear things that were not there. I finally got some help, took some medication for awhile, and weaned my daughter at 18 mos. I'm now okay, on no meds, but I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I think of how much I was suffering with no help. I wish the fathers of these poor babies would be brought to some kind of justice or at least realize there part in allowing their wives to fall off the deep end.
My unprofessional opinion is that these women suffered from severe sleep deprivation, which can cause hallucinations and other bizarre behavior. (I'm not ruling out any other more serious problems with them). I remember when my second child was born, I had been abandoned by my husband, was breastfeeding around the clock, with not more than 15 minutes of rest at a time. I became extremely depressed and even started to see and hear things that were not there. I finally got some help, took some medication for awhile, and weaned my daughter at 18 mos. I'm now okay, on no meds, but I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I think of how much I was suffering with no help. I wish the fathers of these poor babies would be brought to some kind of justice or at least realize there part in allowing their wives to fall off the deep end.
