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.)
You ARE a brave woman!
Amen sistah!
I think you look pretty cute hon. I wear a top (like yours) and running shorts.
My triple M (major mom moment) came when I held Princess down at 20.5 months screaming in an ER so that someone could sew her tendons in her wrist back together without anesthesia, that’s when I really felt like a mom.
you are truly brave, but still adorable. I see white, but no dimples
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yes, you DO get the award for bravery today!!!
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If you do not tell me RIGHT THIS SECOND where you got that bathing suit we are no longer friends! You could argue the point that you have no idea who I am, but my point, and I do have one, is I’m going to San Diego a month from today, and no lie, I HAVE to find a suit like that. PUH-LEASE SPILL!!
don’t feel bad…my thighs are whiter AND wider! My bathing suit brings back memories of those dancing hippos in fantasia…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/freemeg4/elephants.jpg
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What dimply thighs? Them thar legs are gams of glory.
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Thats a pretty cool bathing suit though.
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I think they make maternity suits the way they do so that when you graduate into the Mom suit you actually feel cool. This is a serious upgrade from the suit I’m sporting at 35 weeks preggo.
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I refuse to wear that skirted bathing suit.
I wear shorts instead. Ha.
Yup. Mommyhood reminders love to taunt in the summer.
I’m saying this in a nice way, but most women don’t look as bad as they think they do in a swim suit. And I think you are looking ok. You could go skimpier if you wanted.
~Jef
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The suit is from Sears AND!!! it was 50% off. After being in the water, the bra pads got all funky and out of shape and made my boobs look deformed.
I really looked hawt after the pool yesterday with my deformed boobs and sunburn.
Pssshh….I *love* skirted swimsuits! I especially love the retro 40s and 50s inspired ones.
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Big bawls. You have them.
I went with the skirted suit this year, too. And a little part of me died inside.
i to have a suit and a little skirt i wear. i went to the beach and 2 other moms were in bikinis…and they weren’t perfect bodies. they weren’t bad, but the belly was like mine and i couldn’t believe they were brave enough to do the bikini
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There were LOTS of moms at the pool yesterday in bikinis…THEY were the brave ones.
Unless I somehow get the body I used to have back, this body will never be in a bikini again.
Sigh.
now you are official. I have not yet to dive into the skirt suite, I much prefer to wear an ill fitting bottom with a pair of stretchy old maternity shorts over. To each his own….
I think you look smashing!
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I can’t believe at the number of bikinis I see at the pool…. I think I have a new goal for NEXT year. No. Not to wear a bikini. But to loose MY skirted bottom coverup.
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Rock that skirted suit sister! I actually like the suit and have been wearing suits with skirts for two seasons now. I’ve made my peace with it. I feel like anything is better than exposing my thighs.
Ha ha – you are too funny!
Cute suit, skirt and all!
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I too wore my first skirted suit this year. It’s ok. We’ll all be fine.
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Somehow the body never is the same again … to think that I used to go topless on the beach in the Greek islands. Oh woe me … that will never, ever happen again!! My tits are so southward bound I can hardly find the nipples ….
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Forgot to say … nice suit though!
LOL I have a skirted suit too! I bought it not long after my son was born because he stretched out my stomach sooo bad!
I am glad to know I am not alone..
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Oh the reminders of children and what they do to our bodies. I work out and am usually pretty carefull about what I eat but still my body has never been the same since having children…and this body will NOT be in a bikini this summer or any summer for that matter. Now I am going through menapause and let me tell you that does NOTHING for my body either….oh well.
I do think that my legs are much whiter than yours though! I actually think the suit is kinda cute!
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I luuuuuurve me some skirted bathing suit. I think it’s totally cute.
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My mom is Brazilian. I spent part of my childhood growing up there and the other part visiting. People from Latin America and Europe have a different view of the body than many Americans. Women’s bodies are beautiful even if they are not a size 4 or even a size 10. So despite the fact that my tummy is still not flat after a year + (although, I admit that I haven’t tried to flatten it … too busy!), I will be debuting my post twins body in a cute black with tortoise rings, halter bikini from the Gap. I just can’t wear anything other than a bikini.
Ha! I posted a suit picture yesterday too. Must have been in the air! I look like a killer whale.
You look great!
Your brave rating just went up 5 points.
Maybe more.
I’m not actually sure what this rating is that I just invented, but yours? just went up.
Yay you!!!
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join the club. skirted moms sitting around pools. i am a member.
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Im echoing the it’s CUTE masses
cant believe the number of bikini’d women at my pool…they must NOT have toddlers like mine.
she’d yank that sh*t off accidentally in a millisecond.
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I am envious of how good you look in that suit!
I agree with whoever said you could go skimpier. I was thinking you could go a little tighter. You look better than you are giving yourself credit for!
I wear a one piece with shorts over it. Sometimes I even throw on a tshirt. I cover as much up as possible.
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Okay I am one of the moms in a bikini at the pool. I made sure I would loook decent in one before I placed it on.
Still sucks when teeny boppers walk by in THEIR bikini witht eh flat tummy I used to have.
Sigh.
I am sure you’ll be fine! They say one piece suits are in this year!
Girl, that suit is too big for you! You are swimming in it, hee.
You look fantastic.
My personal goal is to reach a point where I rid myself of MOM JEANS. Skirted bathing suit I will do, but mom jeans are killin me! I walked into forever 21 yesterday with my teenager and felt like spitting venom at all those little twirps who were perfectly tanned, highlighted and small enough to fit into their stupid trendy clothes. The suit is fine, just don’t do mom jeans like me. I felt like a loser all day long.
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whatever woman…you can totally wear a bikini!
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Oh so true about toddlers yanking off the suit…I almost flashed a little nip too many times yesterday!
I think it’s cute.
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Skirted swimsuits are just one thing we moms need. They are necessary, and they cover so much! Yours is way cute! I wish mine had longer skirt. Mine doesn’t cover too much more than briefs. Fortunately, I won’t be wearing it this year. It won’t fit around my pregnant belly.
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You do have nice gams. And white gams are cancer free gams, so embrace the pasty.
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Oh you are braver than I Jennifer!
But you’re also totally cute in the skirted suit.
Do I have to have kids to want to sport one?
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Did I see that suit at Costco the other day? I think I did. I have the same type of suit. Believe me, people would much rather see me in a skirted bathing suit than to see my thighs in all their almighty glory!
Very cute and I hear you on the girly-parts-gone-bad (three times!).
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I have two suits. The bikini for when no one is around to actually see me ( I want a little color for my husband) and the one piece for when I might be seen. I prefer shorts when I know I will be seen! You are bravier than I, I wouldn’t even attempt to put my body on my site!
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Oh yes! This year is also my first wearing a skirt. It’s cruel when they bring these to the stores (the non-porn stores) as fashionable: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HSBGKujbL._AA262_.jpg
and I’m wearing a paisley tankini with a skirted bottom. But hey, at least it’s a two-piece, right?
I know, I know. I have one of those too.
Cute suit! I’ll be sporting the same look, girlie. Got my Lands End suit (with skirt bottom) all packed and ready to reveal in Myrtle Beach on Saturday!
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You are amazing to take a photo of yourself… I won’t let anyone NEAR me with a camera in a bathing suit.
Love the skirt suit – I feel like a grown up wearing one…
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I too have a skirted suit now – but you know – I actually don’t have anxiety anymore about putting on a bathing suit. And it has a bit of a plunging neckline to make me feel an eensy weensy bit sexy.
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If they make that in a knee-length version, I’m willing to consider a bathing suit this year.
Scuba suit might be the way to go for me.
You look great! I’m an Irishman, pigmentally-challenged – pasty is all the rage!
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I am right there with you! At least with a mom skirt you don’t have to worry about a bikini wax.
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