March 3, 2010
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Sleep. Who Needs It.
I’ve decided I’m just going to have to be tired for a few days.
Between Brad sneezing, hacking, taking showers in the middle of the night in an attempt to clear out head congestion, the baby eating, and phone calls from the ER because Brad’s on call, we’ve had a few consecutive nights of not enough sleep.
I realize “enough” is a relative term but whatever that is for us, we haven’t been getting it!I napped out of desperation one morning but felt so yucky because I got nothing done that day, I figured I’d rather be tired…..at least today that’s my mode of operation.
Besides, who needs sleep when you have coffee.I’ll need to have my teeth whitened after the fact, but oh well.
I’ve started my trek to get back in shape post baby.
Without fail, after every baby, I make two pivotal mistakes.
#1 “Surely I’m not THAT out of shape!”
Yes. I am…..and we’ll just leave it at that.
#2 Try on pre-baby clothes at about four weeks postpartum.
ATTENTION PREGNANT PEOPLE: Don’t do it. Huge mistake.
You feel sorta skinny because hey!… You don’t have a gigantic watermelon protruding from your body. But when your cute jeans refuse to go an inch beyond your hips, despite trying to convince yourself it’s just because your bones have shifted due to child birth, reality sets in and you decide you better hit the treadmill or sidewalk and get back to all the lunges, crunches, and derriere lifts you can do.
So here I am.
But boy is it worth it.
Stacey~
Comments (3)
Your baby is a doll! Have fun getting back in shape…didn’t you have a picture up of yourself since the baby? I thought when I saw it how thin you were already. My cousin just had her baby and after gaining 27#s 4 days after baby 5#s to go…I’m jealous never happens that way for me. I’ve just started a new hip hop abs dvd so we’ll see if that budges anything, that plus all the walking I do will maybe get me presentable
. Hope you get some good rest soon!
I agree with Izzysgal that you looked so thin in those last pics! But I do know that you will want to get into your clothes. Just want to encourage you to take it slow. They say that your body has not totally healed, and your uterus is still shrinking til at least 6 weeks post postpartum!
Ugg, tired is a hard place to be. Hope you all catch up soon.
meanwhile, your little love is adorable. Love the header. Her big sisters are cute too!
i lovelovelove your new header~ i’m in love with her too.
what a sweetheart…
i’m just getting to that stage where all the cute jeans are getting too tight and uncomfortable~ i put them away, knowing it’ll be more than a year b/fore i pull em out again. but so grateful to be growing – for once in my life!!
but you needn’t worry… you look amazing. thinner than most woman who HAVEN’T just had a baby like 4 weeks ago!
wishing you some long extended rest these next few days. which is where i should be now.