PandaAnimations 1423

***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** This movie was hands down amazing. People don't understand that postpartum depression is real and effects every woman that goes through it differently, And I feel like that's what Eva went through. We can see that she did try to some degree to bond with her son on many occasions but because of the hard start she had with him (I'm guessing from the PPD) it became more and more difficult for her to connect with him. As for kevin, being a young boy who didn't understand why his mother didn't want to show him affection he begins to act out and look for ways to get her attention. Eva misunderstands this as her child just "out to get her" and doesn't know how she feels twords her son. She loves him of course but she doesn't have a bond with him. So she doesn't know how to communicate and spend quality time with her son even though she wants to. Kevin, who grew up thinking he wasn't loved and sees his baby sister loved starts to grow more and more cold to his mothers attempts to bond. Until he reaches what I called a "breaking point" of needing his mothers attention. Kevin's father seems very loving and kind twords his son, and kevin the same to his father. This seemed to bother Eva not because of jealousy but because she couldn't understand why her son hated her. Even though we can tell her doesn't by the lie he tells his father to keep her from getting into trouble ( out of anger she threw 5-7 years old kevin for being frustrated with him still in diapers and broke his arm). We then see in this same scene Kevin's father comfort the mother instead of kevin which im guessing leads him to feel even smaller to his parents as he was the one who needed comfort. Overall I think this movie made me think as a mother about the way I say and do things around my child. Do I say hurtful things out of anger? Do I yell too much over small things? Maybe I'm too quick to give up on my child when I'm frustrated? Am I bonding with my child the way THEY would like to? IF YOU THINK YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH POSTPARTUM JUST KNOW ITS OKAY TO.ASK FOR HELP!