Abstinence from Abstinence: 40 days of sex

On Fat Tuesday my husband and I, who are far from religious, were joking around about what we were going to give up for lent. I mentioned sugar, and my husband had a good laugh. He mentioned alcohol and I nearly wet my pants. Then as a total joke I said I would abstain from abstaining. After the words had left my mouth I immediately wanted to retract them. I had a baby 10 months ago so sex has not been a top priority on our list recently and the running joke has been that I have become abstinent to prevent the risk of brining another sleep terrorist into this world. Also try finding some peaceful alone time when the baby not only sleeps in our room but often times tricks us into co-sleeping half way through the night. We love our sleep so if we have quiet time with a sleeping child we choose sleep over sex, it's a sanity issue. 

Before you feel too bad for my husband I have had slip-ups every few weeks in my vow of abstinence, I would make a terrible nun, so his forced abstinence hasn't been total cruel and unusual punishment. Once in a while the kid will sleep in, and after I have checked that she is still breathing we will have a quick and quiet romp between the sheet. Other times we will put her to bed and have a dangerously slippery quickie in the shower. Once we even did it in the closet because we could close two doors and risk making a little noise. But sex with a baby monitor nearby is far from romantic. So the idea of 40 days of regular sex not only means we have to get creative to keep it interesting but we also have to strategize how to avoid waking the baby. We accept the challenge and you will get the read the comedy as it ensues and I hope to the powers that be that we don't accidentally make another little person.