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Genre: Entertainment
Date of upload: Mar 24, 2023 ^^
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RYD date created : 2024-05-13T07:02:23.841398Z
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The more horrifying version of this story (and what I thought was happening at first) was that the dad was just projecting the trauma of the childbirth onto his completely innocent baby, resenting it for what he perceives it put his wife through, causing him to jump to these wild conclusions and recklessly endanger his child
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I feel like hidden twist of the story is that the father is actually a fae and that's why the grandmother would always look at him quizzically. Also the reason why his mother passed away early because he drained the life from her. The reason he hates the baby is because the baby is human and he actually exchanged his human baby for a fae baby because he is a fae. the grandmother just likes fairies and thats why she exchanged her own baby with a fae baby and thats why the father believes that fairies are good and painted them on his wall in the beginning of the story.
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I think what makes the story scary is that this father is displaying symptoms of paternal postpartum psychosis or depression. Parents that don’t get help for the condition can be a danger to themselves and their children, especially if they reach psychosis. PPP is almost always experienced by the mother, and gets worse because they feel like they’re crazy/callous/worthless and don’t want to risk sharing how they feel with others. Ironically, even if the changelings had zero to do with the story, the grandma saved the husband and baby because it offered him some sort of safe and tangible “fix” even if it was all in his head. And like you said at the end, he can just do the same thing for the next kid if he feels the same way.
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I read a story on tumblr once about a parent who had their baby swapped with a changeling, so he went to the Fay and they told him that if they wanted their real baby back, they’d have to identify which one was their real child. The parent looked at the two identical kids for a second, shrugged, and took both home.
Parent of the Year right there!
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Oh man... the struggle of postpartum sleep deprivation and depression is real. I remember breaking down in tears when my son was 3wks old, & telling his father (my ex) that it's obvious the baby hated me because every time someone handed him to me, he cried. He looked at me like I grew another head & was like, "Uhhhh... you know, people are handing him to you, BECAUSE he started crying. You know that... right? RIGHT?!?". Truthfully, I hadn't really considered that possibility, until he said it. (Probably because I was running on sleeping in 20min increments, for the prior 3 weeks. 🤦♀️)
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@katalinaki
1 year ago
Not so fun fact: Changeling folk stories often originated from sick or disabled babies. Parents couldn't accept they would have such babies and would blame it to the fae changing their healthy babies. They would often leave them in forests to be exchanged back, but we can all imagine what happened.
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