October 2011
5 posts
Literally
I shit my pants the first time I was left alone with my infant.
The first week home from the hospital was rough. I was recovering from major abdominal surgery, my nipples were cracked, sore and bleeding, my mother-in-law was staying with us in our cramped, one-bedroom apartment, and my baby had decided she was nocturnal, leaving us sleep-deprived. By the end of that first week, I had run out of...
I’ve resorted to putting a vibrator (an unused freebie) in the bassinet with my baby to get her to stop screaming. It’s working like a charm. A Sex and the City episode has actually proven to be educational and useful.