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Sleep is all you want by the time your baby finally nods off. But refueling your relationship with the other parent is important for your kids, experts say, in large part because it's important for you. It makes intuitive sense that a troubled marriage can negatively affect a child's emotional, cognitive and physical health. The time you spend with your partner or spouse won't necessarily make or break a marriage or a partnership, but it may help you manage the stresses that new parenthood places on a relationship, says Jay Belsky, a professor of human development at Pennsylvania State University. Among 250 new parents he tracked, half reported that they had grown farther apart by their child's third birthday.