Letting (Yourself) Go

It's a cliche, really, to talk about how easy it is to let yourself go when you're a stay at home parent, but man, am I just...gone.

My standards were not that high to begin with.  I mean, yes, before kids, I showered every morning, blew my hair dry, put on a touch of make up, and wore different, clean clothes everyday, but I wasn't a fashionista, didn't have a rigid exercise plan, and was not a regular at the nail salon.

But now?  Oh, it's scary.   I recently hit this bottom: after wearing a set of clothes all day Sunday, I realized that I hadn't taken any pajamas out of my bedroom (where The Girl sleeps) so I just slept in my  clothes.  I wore the same clothes to take The Boy to school the next morning, swearing I would shower and change when I got home (which of course I promptly forgot), and because I also forgot to get the pajamas before The Girl went down for the night, I slept in the same clothes again.

Ewwwww.

I've since showered, changed, and burned the offending clothes, but the shame lingers on.

Comments

[Carla Hinkle]

Seriously. Now that I have 2 kids and work part time from home, the days I can go between showers (from a combination of no time and sheer laziness, though when did cleanliness get to be a chore, I ask you??) is frightening. I recently showered and blew dry my hair on a Sunday ... no shower Monday (no time, with kids all day) ... no shower Tuesday (had sitter, but too many appts to waste sitter time on shower, though I did go to the hair cutter so my hair got washed and styled) ... no shower Wednesday (with kids all day). Then Thursday dawned and I realized it had been 5 DAYS since my body had seen water. Good lord.

[electriclady]

All I have to say is that it's a good thing I do WOH, or based on my weekend habits I would only need two pairs of underwear a week.

Ew, I just grossed myself out. Forget I said anything. :)

[pixi]

My dirty little secret is pulling things out of the hamper and spot cleaning. No one can tell, right?

[caro]

I think you should get an award for that with the clothes. Really. That is impressive!

[midlife mommy]

Eh. Not so bad at all. Completely logical, I think.

[Nors]

Baby wipes are Mommy's little secret.

[Dee]

Um (meekly raises hand), me too. Just without the sleeping in my clothes part...but Carla Hinkle and electriclady? I'm right there with them both.

Lucky that I'm a WAHM, uh, kinda, so at least there's no one keeping track but me (I hope).

[Sara]

I just posted about my award-winning wardrobe. My shirts still have spit-up stains on them from when Ainsley was an upchucker, but I can't start entirely over with a new wardrobe, right? The next baby will just puke all over them, too. (speaking rather optimistically, here)

But I wore my sweats to bed the other night and went to school and worked all day last Sunday. And I didn't shower until the next morning. And I wore my sweats all.weekend.long.

[Jenn (dish)]

Ok, good- I'm not the only stinky mommy. BG-been there, done that, especially on a weekend. During the week I have to dress nicely for work, but it's amazing what a curling iron and some perfume will hide. (I can't believe I just admitted that...)

[caramama]

Well, I have to go to work in an office, so I have to get relatively clean and change clothes.

But the other day when I had to facilitate a class all day long (in front of co-workers), the baby spit up on down my blazer and pants. I was running late, and luckily the clothes were black. I just wiped it off and ran out the door.

That wasn't the only time, either.

Shhhh. Tell no one.

[May]

I love going to work and giving lectures to a room full of students with spit-up stains on my shoulder. Spit-up stains are sexy, right? (Pretty please?)

[Kelli L.]

I recently visited work with the bebe while on maternity leave. The CEO of the company is a grizzled ex-army general who is a military analyst for CNN, was in the Special Forces, and has killed countless people, I'm sure. When he asked how I was doing, I replied with a maniacal "I'm wearing deodorant AND pants with a zipper!" I totally understand letting yourself go. I'm so glad it's not just me.