I Heard Our Baby Crying While I Was in the Shower & My Wife Was Watching TV – When I Entered His Room, I Screamed in Shock

One evening, after a long shower, I found my 3-year-old son crying, covered in red paint. My wife sat nearby, engrossed in her iPad, oblivious to the chaos. Frustrated, I discovered he’d spilled leftover paint from the night before. “Mommy didn’t check on me,” he sobbed. It stung.

Later, I confronted my wife, but her detachment felt deeper than a bad night. Seeking clarity, I called her mother, who revealed my wife’s struggle with depression. Overwhelmed by motherhood and losing her sense of self, she had silently endured.