Love in the time of colic : the new parents' guide to getting it on again

Sex. After. Baby. These Three Words Are Spoken In Hushed Voices Over Playdates And At Playgrounds. But While We May Whisper Them To Our Closest Girlfriends, Or Joke About Them After One Too Many Beers With The Guys, When It Comes To Talking With Our Partners About What's Really Going On (or Not Going On, As The Case May Be) In Our Child-proofed Bedrooms, More And More Of Us Find Ourselves Tongue-tied And Tiptoeing. Are You Part Of The Sleepless, Sexless Club? you Just Might Be, If you'd Rather Just Go To Bed Than Go To Bed With Your Partner. the Mind-blowing Sex You Once Had Now Just Blows. the Tv Is Turned On More Than You Are. a Playdate Sounds Better To You Than Yet Another Bad Date Night. the Baby Gets More Kisses And Cuddles Than You Do. you're Beaten Down From Always Having To Initiate Sex. foreplay Has Become Chore-play. let's Get It On Are Now Fighting Words. But It Doesn't Have To Be This Way. According To Bestselling Author Ian Kerner, Ph.d., And Naughty Mommy Heidi Raykeil, It Really Is Possible To Do The Hokey Pokey And Keep Up The Hanky Panky. Ian And Heidi Often Bring Very Different Perspectives, But They Agree That Sex Matters . . . A Lot. It's The Glue That Holds Couples Together And Keeps Lovers From Becoming Simply Roommates Or Co-parents. Funny And Frank, love In The Time Of Colic Will Help Parents Take The Charge Out Of This Once-taboo Subject, And Put It Back Where It Belongs—in The Bedroom. chicago Tribune “both A Confessional And Playbook For Parents Who’ve Put Their Sex Lives On Hold.” Sex. After. Baby.These three words are spoken in hushed voices over playdates and at playgrounds. But while we may whisper them to our closest girlfriends, or joke about them after one too many beers with the guys, when it comes to talking with our partners about what's really going on (or not going on, as the case may be) in our child-proofed bedrooms, more and more of us find ourselves tongue-tied and tiptoeing. Are you part of the "sleepless, sexless" club?You just might be, ifYou'd rather just go to bed than go to bed with your partner.The mind-blowing sex you once had now just blows.The TV is turned on more than you are.A playdate sounds better to you than yet another bad date night.The baby gets more kisses and cuddles than you do.You're beaten down from always having to initiate sex.Foreplay has become chore-play."Let's get it on" are now fighting words. But it doesn't have to be this way. According to bestselling author Ian Kerner, Ph.D., and "naughty mommy" Heidi Raykeil, it really is possible to do the hokey pokey and keep up the hanky panky. Ian and Heidi often bring very different perspectives, but they agree that sex matters . . . a lot. It's the glue that holds couples together and keeps lovers from becoming simply roommates or co-parents. Funny and frank, Love in the Time of Colic will help parents take the charge out of this once-taboo subject, and put it back where it belongs — in the bedroom. Introduction : welcome to the jungle Back in the saddle again : why it's so darn hard to start having sex again after having a baby Shades of blue : from third-wheel blues to baby blues, new parenthood is a crash course in psych 911 Charity sex, choreplay, and other acts of love : when sex hits the bottom of the to-do list When the TV is turned on more than you : or why your libido is a function of your lifestyle When date night attacks : why long-term love is so dang hard, and how the heck to keep it fun Naughtiness is not just for kids : how to spice up sex so you actually want it Torn by porn : flirty friendships, unfair fighting and other things your relationship is vulnerable to when you're not having sex Conclusion : a beautiful compromise Appendix : since you asked. Tired and distracted new parents will stay engaged with plenty of fresh, hip, frank, and funny banter that gives equal attention to the female and male points of view. This book discusses about change: the changes that parenthood wreaks on your sex life, and how to adapt to those changes without letting them master you. A guide to sharing a satisfying post-pregnancy sex life cites the impact of parenthood on intimacy and is presented as a series of he-said, she-said dialogues that advise couples on everything from sleep deprivation and low sex drive to the baby blues and stress Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 19, 2009).