Mommy Jealousy

I often find myself falling victim to what I am calling "Mommy Jealousy". I personally am jealous of the moms that look awesome; you know the ones... the moms with the babies that are two, three, four months old... that look like they definitely did not have a baby in recent months. We all know a mom like that, am I right? For me, there seems to be a lot of moms running around looking positively HOT.

For example, just now I was looking at photos of a mommy friend of mine, and her little guy, who is just a month and a half old. This friend looks GREAT. I don't know how she looks body-wise, but she looks like she is really taking care of herself. I don't know about all of you, but when Aden was a month and a half old, I couldn't even remember how to take care of myself -- I had scraggly hair, a terrible body, and, of course, horrible bags under my eyes, due to the inevitable lack of sleep a new mom gets. This adorable friend of mine looks like she has none of that. She looks as though she gets her full 8 hours every night, and like her little guy must cause her zero grief whatsoever. Ugh. JEALOUS.

And then there are the other moms at Aden's swimming lessons. The majority of them just make me feel like a slob. And really, I know I'm not that bad, but looking at most of them, I feel like I'm gross. Aden in the second oldest in his class, the oldest being a couple months older than him, and the youngest ones being around 4 or 5 months old. One of the moms of a 5 month old wears a BIKINI. Can you believe it? A freaking bikini. And she can pull it off too. Again, JEALOUS. I wear a bikini too... under shorts... and a tank top... and I still feel like a fat slob!

I hope there are moms out there who are not victims of this horrible... disease. It's bad enough comparing yourself to other moms for your mothering skills (something I can gladly say I rarely do), but comparing yourself to other moms for how good they look? That's just hell.