Do you wear skirts n stuff if you're a sahm?

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Not wispy types, I wanna wear pencil skirts and heels, but I have a 13 week old and a whirlwind nearly 4 yr old. People would look at me like I was nuts wouldn't they?

Pencil skirts and heels? They'd probably think you were dropping off/picking up on way to or from office.

Or nuts.

Nah, they'd think you were fab and be jealous in awe. Well I would anyway. Go for it, it'll make you feel great

i wear skirts sometimes, but not with heels, i'm more of a woolly tights and knee length boots kind of girl!

Last time I tried a dress and heels I ended up lying and saying I had a meeting (wtf I would be having meetings about, I have no clue) because people kept asking where I was going

My DCs have same age gap as yours and, when they were those ages, I would often wear skirts & heels (altho mostly a-line rather than pencil). By the time youngest DC was toddling I wore them less (because of the constant running and crawling around you do at that stage) but whilst they are babes in arms, I see no reason why you shouldn't glam up if you want to.

I loved doing it because it made me feel more like me rather than slobbing around in jeans everyday. Also meant that when I did wear my jeans, I felt nice in them rather than stuck in an SAHM uniform

I wear skirts at least 50% of the time, and am SAHM. But not the pencil skirt type! Knee-high cord or long, floppy and deeply untrendy.

Am trying to wear dresses more, because I like them and if I say 'but I never go anywhere other than toddler groups' then I might as well just stay in jeans or my PJs ...

On my (home days (2 days a week + weekends) with DS (16 months) I tend to wear jeans/cords about half, and denim/cord a line knee length skirts, wooly tights and chunky flat knee length boots the rest of the time. Depends what we are doing.

I rarely wear jeans - I was amazed on a recent thread to learn that some people own 10+ pairs - and nearly always wear skirts. When dd was tiny, I found it less restrictive for crawling around on the floor to be wearing a skirt and thick tights than jeans. But I do think you may need to rethink the heels!

I'm a WAHM rather than a SAHM and I wear skirts - but of the knee-length wispy/A-line type plus boots. But if you can find a skirt that looks pencil-like but isn't too restrictive I say go for it.

No I don't - am one of those saddos almost permanently in jeans. Had the cheek to suggest cords as an alternative on another thread but that's mainly because it's so cold. I just associate skirts with, well, tights and heels and office - and it seems like too much bother. Occasionally I shove on a denim skirt and woolly tights and then wonder what to put on my feet. And of course in summer skirt/dress = botched application of self tan to legs. And then I feel a bit overdressed. Plus I hate most boden prints so I can't find a dress in the first place..... (stuck in jeans rut...)

I'm a SAHM and the only skirt I ever wear during the day is a just above the knee denim skirt which I wear with flat boots. I love it.

Jeans are my uniform .
I wear thru the knees quite a lot (all 3 of my main pairs have colourful patches).
I just can't imagine anything else being durable enough.
I like to wear leggings under skirts in mild weather, though.

I wear a black wool dress with black thick tights and red patent croc DM's, does that count?

Do it! They'll just be jealous that you look smart and they don't.

If they persistenly ask you where you're going say you have a meeting with a client and they won't ask again.

I will put my hand up to say that I'm a SAHM to a 2.10 y/o and I wear pencil skirts, heels, even office shorts/hotpants with tights and high boots. Don't know if people look askance at me - don't much care!

Often wears dresses, though never skirts, but nearly always with flats-boots in winter/flip-flops in summer, but then I always have, except in the evening.

I wouldn't think you were odd, I would be in AWE of you.

There's one mum at DD's school who always says "And where are you going?" to me if I put even a smidge more than my usual basic make-up on in the morning.

Am sorely tempted to say, "Back to bed..with your husband." .

I used to work in a lab where the accepted way to dress was to frump down (opposite of glam-up, no?). ANy kind fo skirt got a 'going out later?' until they got used to it.

I am a Works Away From Home Mum and I have a lot more to think about than to be judgy about what someone is wearing.

I am a bit older than most mums at nursery though - so I am more concerned about "passing" for a mum rather than a gran myself!

Aargh - I tend to assume everyone is the mum unless I am told otherwise.

Ok, one women at playgroup may have had her child very late in life, but still not risking talking to her as anything other than a mum.

I may be brave in the week.

Wear anything that looks nice and is washable. The only thing that's a bad idea is s'th that needs dry-cleaning.

I usually wear skirts and boots with heels, but have gone to jeans and cords recently as have a puppy who jumps up and bites everything and makes holes in my clothes/legs. I need wrapping up in something tough that doesn't swish and attract his attention.

I've never understood why looking after children should be easier in jeans than it is with a skirt on. Prob not a micro mini because of the sitting on the floor part, but that's only equivalent to the bum-crack-flash jeans risk isn't it?

I wear skirts and dresses a lot, for toddler groups and everything like that. Much more comfortable than jeans I find.

I wear them with boots though that are essentially flat, I personally couldn't cope with heels all the time but if it's what you want to wear then go for it.

I don't wear trousers and mostly wear dresses. I like heels and wear them most days, but after school run in the morning. I wear boots walking to school as we are in a hurry.

No one seems to care. I getthe occasional " are you going somewhere" but usually just say " no, but I thought I might see you .."

People honestly don't care what I wear , the same as I don't care what they wear.
People excercised about what others are wearing (in real life - not mags etc) are often insecure or bitchy

Could anyone who wears skirts/dresses with small children link to any examples of what they wear?

I hate jeans with a passion but haven't yet quite figured out what to wear otherwise (have 2 toddlers under 3 so lots of crawling/sitting/playing on floor)

I agree that you shouldn't worry what others think, but that's easier said than done isn't it? Like Trillian, I dress much smarter at work than the "norm" and now people are used to it (they don't comment to me but maybe they say something behind my back, who cares?).

In this season I'd wear knitted dresses just above knee with opaques or leggings and boots. I have this one for example which is quite short on me in regular. Knee length or longer I'd wear heels.

I don't think a pencil skirt would be very comfy for all the bending down that you have to do with kids, and for the getting in and out of the car bit. You do need a bit of mobility that going to work on the tube just doesn't require.