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Judy got married before anyone else, and although we all envied her happiness and her handsome hubbie and their beautiful home, when she had her first baby, all envy stopped. She ballooned up and couldn’t wear her clothes: even her gorgeous shoe collection was rendered obsolete by hormonal horrors. She was sick every day for three solid months, she got moody and no one could get along with her, and once the baby came along, she had a terrible time getting back to her pre-baby weight.

Still, she went low-carb and worked out like a fiend. She stuck to her plan, and eventually the weight came off, and those cute tangerine suede loafers (from J. Crew) slipped smoothly back onto her perfect size seven feet.

Judy swears by several things that helped her regain her post-baby beauty. One was the support of her hubbie Mike, who changed his work schedule so she could have afternoons to herself four days each and every week. This helped her get to the gym and the salon, while Mike and Baby Emily bonded. The second thing was her mom-in-law Freddie, who baby-sits once or twice a week so that Mike and Judy can go out and pretend to be normal people again. (What a nice woman –is Judy the luckiest, or what?)

The third thing Judy swears by is called Rosebud Salve, a family-company retro-classic that comes in a groovy rose-labeled tin and smells like a little bit of heaven. Judy uses it for everything, from lip balm to burn ointment. She says it kept her nursing days smooth and pain-free by using it morning and night, you-know-where. And when little Emily developed a babyish but unattractive rash in a tender place, Judy hauled out the tin of Rosebud Salve and slathered it on.