Despite the numerous tangible reminders of being a real live MOM…the pushing a baby out of my girly bits (twice!), the resulting damage to my girly bits (twice!), having nursed two babies, two poopy butts in need of cleaning, toys that have left wounds on the bottom of my feet from stepping on them, uncountable sticky handprints, the crumb trails…
And of course…THEM. The children! Reminders everywhere!
I’ve NEVER felt more like a mom, though, than I did when I put on a skirted bathing suit.
(I should have warned you to shield your eyes from the pasty white glare of my dimply thighs.) (My apologies.)
Is it bad when you don’t know if you need the skirtsuit or not? Does that mean I should be wearing one? Most of the neighborhood moms wear them, but I’m stuffing into old suits ’cause I’m too cheap to buy something new. . .hmm. . now I’m wondering if I need the skirt. But there’s NO WAY I’d post a pic of myself of a suit on the blog. Brave, chica!
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I admit that I still wear a bikini, but I really, um, probably shouldn’t. But, then again, my pool is plastic and sitting in my backyard.
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I think it’s cute!
This is the first year I got a skirted suit! Bought it at TJ Maxx. When I’m feeling especially sassy I pair it with a different strapless top from another suit. I know…I am very DARING!
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Yeah… the suit is too big for you.
Might I mention that I wish I was as SKINNY as you after two kids.
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I entered the world of the swim dress/ swim mini two years ago after baby #4. I always swore I never would but lets face it, I’d rather someone look at me and say, “haha she has on a granny suit” than look at me and say “ewww, that’s nasty, she needs to cover up.” I got one from Lands End it looked super cute on their size 2 model, not so good on me, doesn’t do much for the girls, but at least my buttS are covered.
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I entered the world of the swim dress/ swim mini two years ago after baby #4. I always swore I never would but lets face it, I’d rather someone look at me and say, “haha she has on a granny suit” than look at me and say “ewww, that’s nasty, she needs to cover up.” I got one from Lands End it looked super cute on their size 2 model, not so good on me, doesn’t do much for the girls, but at least my buttS are covered. BTW, you look super Fab!
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Looks to me like you may need a smaller size suit. So there!
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I have resigned myself to the skirted swimsuit. I’ve been eyeballing the Lands End catalog, but I didn’t even THINK of Sears!
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I have no problem with the skirty suit. Come on, it means you don’t have to shave the forest quite as often. A little stubble is hidden by the skirt.
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Even skirted you look better than I do currently! *lol* I’ll have to save up a small fortune and buy one of those “slimming” suits with a skirt. Oy. I really need to diet…where’s my water?
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oh! i totally said that OUT LOUD to frannie about skirted suits at target last week. she agreed that they were totally mommy gear. we chose the cover-up “board shorts” option instead. WORSE. but does the trick until i finally schedule that dreaded bikini wax. because god knows i do not have the time i once did for regular personal maintenance. am stopping myself from going on about this topic.
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My sophomore year of college I went to the Bahamas (for a class! gawd college rocked) and I saw a 40 or 50 year old Greek woman with a body that has clearly borne children and lived a life rockin a bikini like there was no tomorrow. I thought to myself “Hell Yeah!” And so even though I’m at my highest lifetime weight, I still have a supasexy suit with a waaaaaaaaay plunging neckline.
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Okay the only thing worse than having to purchase and wear the skirted bathing suit would be to still look 4 months pregnant nearly 2 years after having babies.
Momma, from where I’m lookin’ you got it goin’ on.
You get the bravery of the day award.
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Yeah, I love my skirted swim suit. I’ve had one ever since I had my first child. My only regret is that I wish I could go back in time to when I had my glorious pre-baby body and shake myself so I would realize that I actually looked cute in swim suits.
Why is it that we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone?
I agree with AFF. It saves time with less shaving/embarrassment come swim time.
I think it’s adorable, that suit! You totally pull off that look! I love that you said where you got it, too. I’m so going there to look. I have a skirted one, too. (It’s so necessary), but I hate it. It’s not nearly as cute as yours.
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Eh.. flash some nip woman! It’ll make you feel young again! ha!
You look hawt in the granny .. er .. mommy suit.
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rocking the skirt in california, and I love it.
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I wear a similar suit how ever I wear a sarong around the my dimply arse! I just can’t do the skirt.
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I think you look great. I bought one of those two years ago and it was great for those days when i needed a touch up on the waxing but could cover it up with the skirt. Cause what better reminder that you are a mom when you don’t have time for wax!
I’m back to bikini bottoms and I am about to purchase a bikini top again for the first time in 9 years. I figure, hey, if SHE can come out of the house in a bikini, then I certainly can.
I’m over worrying about whether anyone else thinks I look good. Thankfully, it ain’t half bad if i say so myself.
You do look great, and very approachable. The moms in the bikinis? Scare me.
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Cute!! Perfect looking, model thin, muscle-toned Mamas are just not NORMAL. So, you parade around in your little skirted thing and HAVE FUN with the kids. You rock.
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Ah, yes. I am still wearing Ye Old Maternity Bathing Suit.
Which makes one feel so ultra unsexy when they are NOT PREGNANT.
Yayness.
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My mom skirt disintegrated last week, just in time for swim season. I dragged the boys out suit shopping and was told by one that I looked like a jelly bean!
Thought about breaking the pattern, but then thought about waxing, and I got as far as trading the skirt for boy shorts… with POCKETS!
I knew I’d made the right choice when in the midst of trying it on at home, my youngest started chasing a dog down a street, we ended up in an impromptu play date, and my neighbors husband arrived home to find me visiting, all in my new suit. If I could handle wearing it for 3 hours around my neighborhood, I knew I could handle wearing it to the beach!
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Last year I bought one skirt swim suit and one with shorts (actually 2 tops and 2 bottoms from Land’s End). Totally mom wear… but so much more comfortable to hang around at the pool in.
I can tell you that right now… I’m especially disappointed in swimwear. I couldn’t find one skirt or short swim suit for use while being pregnant (unless it cost a fortune).
Oh, and you look great. I wish I could remember a time when I was your size!
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You SO do not need a skirted suit! Personally, I wear a tankini w/ full coverage bottoms. I think you actually look slimmer if you show more leg.
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I have my own version of the mom-suit – it’s called not owning a bathing suit at all. I just can’t set foot in a public and do that to people’s retinas right now, you know. Mostly because, unlike you, I have no space between my thighs and my stomach is big enough to be its own country.
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