We are steadily approaching summer. In fact, here in Southern California, we have been in and out of Summer since around March (don't hate us, that's just the nature of things here, mostly due to global warming probably...)
This brings up the topic of whether my body is ready to be strutting around in a bikini. Before I had Gideon I was a definite two-piecer. I wore my bikini with pride, around pools and on beaches alike. And, if I'm being honest, I think I looked pretty dang good.
Let's talk about self-confidence, and what happens to a woman's sense of it before, during, and after having a child. If I'm talking about myself, my confidence in my appearance has been pretty good all around. I don't think I'm ugly. I don't think I'm God's gift to all men, but I don't think I'm hard to look at either. I have no illusions that every man I pass thinks, "Daaaang! She got it goin' on. I'd like to tap that!" But I'd like to think that maybe there are one or two that have thought that about me.
Now, I managed to loose all 45 pounds (thank you very much) of my pregnancy weight gain after having Gideon. But I found, that even though I fit into all my old clothes, again, at first they just didn't fit me the same way. Thus, my bathing suits, even those that were one piece, didn't fit the same. So my search for a new suit last summer, was strictly one piece. I did try on one two piece, and quickly regretted it.
However, I have noticed over the span of a year, my body has started to look and feel more familiar to me. Of course I still have saggy boobs from nursing, and the flabby tummy from the stretching of the skin, and some minimal stretch marks, but the clothes fit! Which brings me back to my bathing suit issue. While I am not 100% confident in wearing a bikini, I think a two piece with higher bottoms, and a slightly bigger top, would be a good segue into two-piece wearing.
Here are some really cute suits:
Black and White polka dot
Red and White polka dot
All Black Two Piece
Black And White Two Piece High Waisted
Red & White Polka Dot Two Piece
There is some part of me that thinks it's a little weird when moms wear tiny little bikinis, so I probably won't ever do that. But, never say never.
What do you do? Have you strayed completely from two-pieces? Do you wear your thong bikini with your children with pride?
