http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/ Adventures in post-partum recovery. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:15:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Babylune » Today’s Blog Entry Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:54:53 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-775 [...] Today’s blog entry has been suspended by teething. [...] [...] Today’s blog entry has been suspended by teething. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Babylune » More Silence on Sex and the New Mother Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:19:02 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-764 [...] So you know something Esther? The only thing that kept me up all night pre-parenthood was sex. And, the last thing I felt afterward was not stress. In fact, I could get through the work day feeling really feminine and crash into my soft pillow the moment I get home. The entire night was mine to sleep through. The night is not mine anymore. Sex was once a lovely distraction from work-stress which no longer even enters my stress radar. In fact, I now leave home to experience work-stress every day because it is so much more relaxing than housewife and stay at home mother stress. And, as for being tired! I had no idea what tiredness was before I became a parent. [...] [...] So you know something Esther? The only thing that kept me up all night pre-parenthood was sex. And, the last thing I felt afterward was not stress. In fact, I could get through the work day feeling really feminine and crash into my soft pillow the moment I get home. The entire night was mine to sleep through. The night is not mine anymore. Sex was once a lovely distraction from work-stress which no longer even enters my stress radar. In fact, I now leave home to experience work-stress every day because it is so much more relaxing than housewife and stay at home mother stress. And, as for being tired! I had no idea what tiredness was before I became a parent. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Sarah Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-690 Here is a like on how to use it from wikipedia, FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_of_cloves Here is a like on how to use it from wikipedia, FYI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_of_cloves

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Sarah Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:25:38 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-689 Something not quite so icy is cloves, the dried up little spice - oil of clove is a natural topical anesthetic and numbs the pain. The pediatrician thought it would be okay - but we are not there ...yet! Something not quite so icy is cloves, the dried up little spice – oil of clove is a natural topical anesthetic and numbs the pain. The pediatrician thought it would be okay – but we are not there …yet!

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-688 kbaggott Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:13:47 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-688 Yes, they pass, but take away a mother's sleep for a night and it feels like month! Yes, they pass, but take away a mother’s sleep for a night and it feels like month!

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/the-long-dark-night/comment-page-1/#comment-687 SP Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:00:03 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/the-long-dark-night/#comment-687 Oh, I definitely feel your pain lol... both of mine had major teething pain. I can remember keeping a supply of dampened face cloths in the freezer (much like your ice cube trick) and they would chew on the face cloth to sooth their gums. It worked, but there were times when I thought that I would never sleep through the night ever again. But those days do pass! ;) Oh, I definitely feel your pain lol… both of mine had major teething pain. I can remember keeping a supply of dampened face cloths in the freezer (much like your ice cube trick) and they would chew on the face cloth to sooth their gums. It worked, but there were times when I thought that I would never sleep through the night ever again. But those days do pass!

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