Does this shirt make my stomach look fat?
Posted at 6:21 am on January 25, 2010 by Catherine
The other day I was trying on clothes at the store, hoping to trade a gift card I received for Christmas into an outfit that didn’t make me look like Mommy or Career Girl (an empty niche in my wardrobe). I tried on a cute top which was my favorite so far and my three year old came and pointed to my tummy.
“What’s that?” he asked. Its not like he hasn’t seen it before, and it was well covered by this shirt. “Its my tummy” I explained. “Can I touch it?” he asked, hesitantly. Its not like him to ask before leaping, ever, so this was a surprise. He looked suspicious, but gave me a Pillsbury Dough Boy type poke.
“Your tummy is big” he announced, “Why is it big?”
Thank a lot, Buddy. Now I really am loving this potential cute shirt. But, being the modern woman that I am, I am proud of my Mommy-War-Wounds, refusing to believe my culture’s message that abs of steel are more valuable than the giving of one’s self to create life. So I said I said with pride “my stomach is big because you and your brother lived inside of it and it had to have room.”
“Well, we’re not there now” he pointed out critically, then was off to read some books in the dressing room next door.
So much for that new top.
Recently, within the month, my daughter did the SAME thing! I was laying down and she poked my stomach and said it was “big” and so big there must be a baby in there. For those of you who don’t know what I look like, I assure you, no one would ever mistake me for pregnant. No one would ever mistake the author of this post either for being heavy or pregnant so…I will chalk it up to normal toddler behavior!