What is acceptable fashion for a mummy?

[ShanaMitchell]

I'm a young mum who has managed to get my body back to a state that I'm pretty happy with (but nowhere near as much as before, but who is right? It was all worth it for what I have now!). I haven't got a huge mum-tum or many stretch marks and I'm content with my size but many ladies my age are still rocking disco pants, high waisted shorts and other very-not-mummyish clothing that I just couldn't imagine wearing now I have a little one, as much as I'd really like to. I'm not saying crop tops and bum shorts... (I mean, I'm not 15) but the things I would style casually before bubba. So my question is: can a young mummy pull off clothes meant for her age without it being weird because she has a baby, or is that a red-zone, no-go area?

Ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer.

Have I stumbled on to Facebook???

I generally can be found draped in the American flag.

I am helping Make America Great again with my fashion choices.

OP. There will come a point when you realise You have worn the same knickers for 2 days

WTF? Don't worry OP, it's certainly never come to that for me and ignore those who tell you that once you have a child, all grooming goes out the window!

I have largely the same clothes I had before having a baby - I can't really afford many new clothes these days. There is no expectation of how you should dress as a mum imo
However saying that I do revolve towards more comfy and practical clothes - jeans, tshirts, loose fitting dresses, leggings, trainers, flats etc. When you're chasing around a toddler and having snot and dribble wiped on you everyday you do stop being as precious about nice clothes!

I wear nicer smarter clothes at work or when I go out.
Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable and happy.

Just wear the practical end of what you want.
With babies and toddlers, anything you don't mind getting covered with sick, mushed up half eaten food or covered with mud and grass stains.
Then you move on to stuff you can run after them in.
And when they get older, make sure you're not that mum who's showing too much boob, because it embarrasses them.

If it fits
It you like it
If you can afford it
If you think it suits you

... then wear it.

Stop worrying about your age!

Ah come on. No one is being a bitch. The OP wrote a slightly peculiar post for MN, what with the ladies and mummies and whatnot. Wide open for a bit of gentle piss-taking.

I would suggest, though, that those people who only posted here to insult other posters could do with a good look at the mirror.

Old bitches is right!

OP may have not ventured onto MN before. This isn't going to make her comfortable or want to return. She's hardly inferior just because she used the word mummies .

But... Wear whatever you'd have worn before. I'm about to hit 40, ive lost a tonne of weight after having dc3 recently and possibly for the first time in my life have found my style. Simple flattering cuts: hush gap h&m. dont go conforming to what you think you should wear, go for what makes you feel good.

I've yet to meet someone who didn't do something stupid to their hair in the motherhood journey ....either doing pregnancy or in the afterbirth hair falling out panic stage.

I stupidly decided to a kind of short Natalia Imbruglia short do. My hair was too thick? I was too knackered to style it so ended up looking like a knocked up Pob.

Seriously, this is MN. Not Facebook. It's all about the real. And I don't anyone has insulted. Just taken the piss.

MN is transforming a bit, eh? With all the ladies, mummies, bubbas etc. And the PC stuff.

I tried the earth mother thing too when Ds was born, nice long skirts and sandals. But I'm 5:1" and kept tripping on the stairs and nearly launching my babe in arms into the nether.

Dd I had wised up. Leggings, vest, loose top over vest, cute scarf. Breast access easy, all dubious flappy bits covered by skinny stuff.

I still dropped her though.

I have noticed much the same, shedragon.

Just a reminder that MN's raison d'être is to make lives easier, and that if there's one thing we can all do with (even in S&B) it's some moral support
Peace and love, please.
Thanks

I wore a ring that said mum too. I wasn't being ironic.

Olivia, you've like a battalion of children, did you have an ill advised, "fuck. I'm a mother now" haircut?

I so so bet you did

I like Bubba, makes me think of teeny baby Elvises.

Come on guys, don't be mean.

OP, I'm 31. I wear crop tops and disco pants and anything else I fancy. I'm in pretty good shape (better than I ever was before kids). I went through the wilderness years from age 25-27 when I thought being a mum meant shopping at White Stuff and Boden. I soon saw sense and returned to Topshop. You're a long time dead.

The only way I'd fit Topshop clothes is if someone stretched me on s rack considerably