If you are a fan of Saturday Night Live, you’ve probably seen the skit of Mom Jeans that aired in April of 2003. This is a funny skit, but a true representation of some moms. When we become a mom we don’t realize that we slowly start forgetting about taking care of ourselves because we become so absorbed with taking care of our child. If we are a stay at home mom we have a higher tendency to wear the “mommy clothes†all day and dedicate our time to our children and the house, specially when you have small children. If you are a working mom, you have a better chance of not falling into this trap because you have to dress up for work and put on make up; but then when the weekend comes you might end up wearing the “mommy clothesâ€.
When I became a mom, I did get absorbed by the whole pressure of trying to be the perfect mother. I worked at the time, so my weekends were meant for me to spent 100% of my time getting to know my daughter and adopting this new role of motherhood. Without realizing it, I started to forget how to be a woman. I did dress up for work, but none of my regular clothes fit me because my body had changed too. I used to wear just dresses and some of my pregnancy clothes that to me didn’t scream pregnancy. I would still fix up my hair and put on make up, but I rarely fixed my nails. What happens to us when we see that cute baby face crying for our attention that we are even willing to skip taking a shower? Would we have done this for anyone else? Does our husbands have to give us the puppy eyes so we drop the mommy act and become the sexy wife?