After my second child was born and I'd lost a good amount of the pregnancy weight, I remember trying on all my old pre-pregnancy clothes (from the two seconds I could fit into regular clothes between baby #1 and #2) and I realized my shirts were all too short! I was certain this was some freak thing of nature--either I shrunk ALL my clothes in the wash, I grew two inches or my torso was actually longer?
Since Cara's second child is 17 hours younger than mine, I called her distressed about none of my shirts fitting anymore even though I seemed to "look normal" again. She confirmed I was indeed not imagining things. Apparently she too was having trouble keeping her shirts from riding up her midriff. I suppose this is why places like Land's End advertise the "longer shirts."
After checking around with other moms, I found out about this dirty little secret of the second baby (since no one seems to have experienced this after the first): elongated torso without actually adding on actual body height. What is that?
I'm not sure how this is medically possible so I'm just going to chalk it up as one of the many great mommy mysteries.
How to clothe this new body shape? You got me. I found that the H&M L.O.G.G. T-shirts have worked best for my new body type. They are long enough to cover, stretchy enough for hide a bit and still flatter. I welcome other clothing suggestions for this problem.
After my second child was born and I'd lost a good amount of the pregnancy weight, I remember trying on all my old pre-pregnancy clothes (from the two seconds I could fit into regular clothes between baby #1 and #2) and I realized my shirts were all too short! I was certain this was some freak thing of nature--either I shrunk ALL my clothes in the wash, I grew two inches or my torso was actually longer?
Since Cara's second child is 17 hours younger than mine, I called her distressed about none of my shirts fitting anymore even though I seemed to "look normal" again. She confirmed I was indeed not imagining things. Apparently she too was having trouble keeping her shirts from riding up her midriff. I suppose this is why places like Land's End advertise the "longer shirts."
After checking around with other moms, I found out about this dirty little secret of the second baby (since no one seems to have experienced this after the first): elongated torso without actually adding on actual body height. What is that?
I'm not sure how this is medically possible so I'm just going to chalk it up as one of the many great mommy mysteries.
How to clothe this new body shape? You got me. I found that the H&M L.O.G.G. T-shirts have worked best for my new body type. They are long enough to cover, stretchy enough for hide a bit and still flatter. I welcome other clothing suggestions for this problem.