This week on Monday Listicles, we are supposed to talk about music—holiday songs, songs we love, songs we hate, etc. Here in The Sisterhood we are of two minds about Christmas songs. All that rocking around the Christmas tree curls Ellen’s toes but warms Erin’s heart, so writing a post about Christmas music was going to be—how shall we say this diplomatically—tricky. And because it’s Christmas and we are both procrastinators and busy, we don’t really have time to duke it out properly—you know, with jingle bells and a peppermint stick.
But we are also girls who can’t back away from a challenge,and when not one, not two, but three lovely fellow bloggers are asking you to play, well, you do what you gotta do—you play. Because of our aforementioned issues, we cannot really talk about holiday music, so we are gonna sing, or rather, make a song just for you. We did mention that we are available for all your party needs here, so you should probably have seen this coming.
Anyway, there is a whole songbook of classic Christmas carols that we could have chosen, but none will burrow more furiously into your cerebral cortex than that original dirty dozen— The 12 Days of Christmas.
Like any good artists, we then mined our collective histories for some humor to inspire our writing. We put on our Adam Sandler hats and rocked this puppy, Sisterhood-style. Without further ado . . .
The 12 Days Post-Partum
On the first day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me a huge giant pain in the rear.
On the second day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me two nipples cracking.
On the third day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me three giant spit-ups.
On the fourth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me four nervous breakdowns.
On the fifth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me five explosive diapers.
On the sixth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me six nights with no sleeping.
On the seventh day postpartum my wee babe gave to me seven toddlers sneezing…at the first pediatrician check-up.
On the eighth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me 8 outfits changing.
On the ninth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me 9 hormonal zits a-poppin.’
On the tenth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me 10 pounds still in need a-goin.’
On the eleventh day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me 11 loads a-washing.
On the twelfth day postpartum, my wee babe gave to me 12 more reasons to love someone I didn’t think I could love much more.
In the end, we both survived and had more kids, but that first post-partum period did leave an impression. If you are in the trenches now, have a very merry first Christmas with your wee one and know that this too shall pass. Some day you might even write a song of your own about it.
Thanks again to Stasha at Monday Listicles for a place to show off our song-writing talent (people hardly ask us to perform any more. . .hmmmm), but also to Rachee and her sister Mrs.RKFJ for their idea to write about 10 Holiday songs. Stephanie at Mommy, For Real added to the Christmas party fun with her idea 10 Songs We Love, Hate, or Love to Hate. While you are here, you might as well check them all out. They might inspire you to write your own song. Or maybe we did. Have a rocking Christmas!—Erin and Ellen
I absolutely LOVE this take on the Listicle topic! And I cried with laughter. Something tells me if Adam Sandler comes across this blog, you will have a gold record on your hands! 😉
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Could you tweet him for us? Ellen
I have to laugh although my first left the most lasting impression with 32 stitches in the nether regions. You know because he really wanted to become my pain in the butt..
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Bless your heart! Ellen
What a great spin on the Listicle – and how very, very true! 🙂
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All I have to say is that if you only had 10 lbs. left to lose by 10 days post-partum, we are no longer friends! I LOVED the song!
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I rounded down. ; ) Erin
Well, you would have wanted to throat punch an elf if we had taken it all the way out to the 25 days of Christmas, right? 😉 Ellen
I can’t imagine having depression while having to deal with a newborn at the same time. I admire women who can do it. I have depression and don’t have kids, and I can barely take care of myself some days. I’m so glad you were able to find the humor in your experience in retrospect. You’re right — this too shall pass. And thanks for leaving that image of the creepy lord a-leaping in my head. 😉
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brilliant. just awesome.
and I even sang it in my head.
Merry Christmas to you both!
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Hold the heck up. Ellen doesn’t like Christmas music? None? Sure there’s some bad stuff out there, but wow. None?
As for your list, clever as always. Lansinoh saved my life that first go-round, and I wish it would have only been three spit-ups. He was more of a three per minute kind of kid.
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I can’t speak for Ellen. There MAY be some songs she likes, but she also had a rather stressful experience with them at a massage that kind of ruined them for her. Erin
I love Christmas music except for maybe “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.” I might have gotten a bad spin in the edit. 😉 Ellen
😀 This was great…you two are so clever! Ahhh yes, the nipple cream…memories of PPTSD indeed.
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SO funny! Your creativity always puts me to shame- love your lists every week!
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What an awesome song…especially the ending. Love it!
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Ten years after my one and only baby boy and my first thought was EXACTLY! when I saw the tube of Lanisnoh 🙂
It stays with you, right? Ellen
Thank you so much for the laughs, ladies.
Also, adorable ornament (from a fellow craft-challenged mom).
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HA! Very good girls! My favorite part really was the ornament and how you mock the poor girl’s craft skills!! Erin, you ROCK the craft ornament! I got your back… 😉
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LOL! Love your song what a fun take on this week’s listicles and I totally feel your postpartum pains!
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I LOVE it!!! Great song!
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Oh this is so so so good! Specially #12 xo merry Christmas my favorite Es!!
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