BabyLove Off B'way- Rave review - only 8 shows left!

Okay, let me brag a little.....From OffOffOnline.com

"Clifford is nothing short of a revelation....hilarious, intimate, engaging....Clifford bucks conventions in a way that is entirely human and universal, never strictly sensational.....  I doubt there was a single audience member - female or male-  who didn't find a kernel of truth in something she had to share.  Chances are they found many....Not to be missed!"

BabyLove Off Broadway - Critic's Pick! "Hilarious!"- 4 stars! Time Out New York

Sexy Mama Take #4 - sexy mom self image

After I gave birth, I felt disfigured and damaged.  I was.  I had stitches and was injured there.   I shook.  Immediately I decided - this isn't happening.  No one must know.  I started doing Kegels obsessively. 

 I worked hard at trying to keep my sexual self image after my son was born....but it felt like a lie.  I was wearing black lace bras and ripped down the front wife beaters to show off my milk bar, but I was terrified of intercourse.  I did heal and we did eventually resume our sexual life, however my self image had changed.   I was trying to subvert the image of the sexless mother, but only on the surface.  It took me a few years to come to terms with myself- my changed body, my relationship with my husband and son, with myself.

I'm of two minds about the Angelina Jolie/yummy mummy phenom: on one hand, I want to be one, of course I do.  But on the other, I feel like I can never live up to that.  It just creates another thing for women to feel bad about themselves...it doesn't provide us with a real view of sexuality and motherhood.  The horniness of pregnancy, yes, but celebrities don't show us passing blood clots for weeks afterwards, stretch marks, nipples a mile long from breastfeeding, or the lovely but strange eroticism of loving a new human being that just came out of your body.

I'm pregnant now, and totally into my body: my breasts are full, I'm wearing tight clothes to show off the belly and boobs...and I'm aware this will be last time I'll feel like this.  Full, all that extra blood, walking anticipation.  

Bubble bath and Edgy Moms

As part of this sexy mamas blog, Babeland sent me some products (and I have some to give away!) including  Evening Rapture Bubble Bath.  Now I know they meant this as a way to get me in the mood with my partner, but I confess...I ran out of Johnson and Johnson's so I used the Babeland product for Felix.  I got in too, to make me feel less guilty about sharing something that was supposed to be just for grown ups.

He proclaimed it "excellent...lots of bubbles....we can make bubble sculptures mommy!"  And so we did.  We both smelled nice afterwards and our skin was not dried out.

I did the Edgy Moms reading at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn tonight.  The packed audience went from raucous laughter to teary silence; Amy Sohn and Louise Crawford organized a super event.  I read an awfully randy scene from BabyLove, Amy read a funny essay about a 2's programs application and competitive motherhood; and Louise told a story about watching her son perform at Bowery Poetry Club.  Also on the bill was Amy Benfer, who I loved.  She read a very moving account of her teen aged pregnancy, and her 18 year old daughter was there too.  Also: Michele Madigan Somerville, who has ensured that I will never look at Elmo the same way again; Lenore Skenazy, who controversially let her 9 year old son take the subway by himself (I'm planning on letting Felix start when he's 7); Sophia Romero the Shiksa from Manila; and Louise Sloan, who hilariously told a tale from her book Knock Yourself Up.  It was a wonderful evening and I was thrilled to be a part of it.  Claire Cavanagh was in attendance as well, getting ready to open a new Babeland store in Park Slope.  Hmmm...perhaps call it the Horny Mom store?

  

BabyLove opens Off Broadway

After many years of development and touring and one night stands, BabyLove is getting a run at 45 Bleecker, presented by 45 Bleecker and Hourglass Group. Yay! More here www.babylovetheplay.com

not me, the other Kristen

courtesy my fiend Doug.