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Bed-Wetting Regression and Mama Guilt

By Monica Cravotta | Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010

I’m just about to finish my third week of working almost full-time for the first time in seven years. Prior to having my first daughter in October, 2006, I had been working 20-25 hours/week running my consulting business that I started in 2003. So it’s a big change on multiple fronts.

I remain enormously grateful for the work and am enjoying writing for my new client. And the separation during the day from the girls has been hard for all three of us in different ways. In addition to the girls crying a lot more and clinging to me a lot more during the dinner hour, all of our emotions are manifesting physically:

My sadness and guilt and worry goes straight to my jaw. Over the last year, my unconscious teeth grinding at night has gotten pretty severe. Two years ago, my teeth were perfectly aligned and my bite was even. Now, just looking at my face you can see the awkward way my top and bottom teeth come together. Last week I managed to lose my sexy nighttime mouth guard – darn it all. (more…)