..and it's me.
Ok. Confession time folks: I reek.
This is new for me since becoming pregnant. I actually need (really, really need) deodorant. My whole life, including puberty, I wasn't a stinky person. I never really wore deodorant and didn't need to. I rarely had anyone give me a heads up that I smelled like garbage and if they did it was probably because they got too close after a day of me wearing a poly-blend shirt.
And..maybe another confession..I hate showering. Maybe not the shower part so much as the doing my hair after. Ugh. It just seems so time consuming and a pain. Yes, I've invested in a shower cap, which is used a lot, but still, I only shower about 2-4 times a week. My longest stint without? Probably about 5 days and yes, I went into public.
Sorry public.
But then again, I'm not sorry, because I'm telling you--I didn't stink! I've always owned a stick of deodorant, you know, just in case. I went through a Whole Foods phase (think Hemp lotion and Tom's Natural Deodorant)for a while. I'm convinced that Tom's actually makes you stink. I don't think they mean the ingredients are natural, I think they mean the deodorant is going to make you smell natural (read: like a hippie). I had a roommate once that used Tom's. B and I called her The Onion. The house smelled like onions constantly from her pits. She showered every day too. Tom's sounds like a good idea, but trust me, it isn't (unless, of course, you want to smell like an onion or a hippie).
Then I got pregnant and something funny started to happen.
I'd give B a hug and he'd pull away with a stink face. His eyes would travel down to my armpit and then he'd carefully ask, "When was the last time you showered?" Sometimes it was just a few hours after a shower. When I started smelling myself, I knew we had a problem. It didn't seem to matter what kind of soap I used or if the pits had been shaved or not. The stink was from within.
So now I am forced to step up my hygiene habits. More showers, deodorant..what is this world coming to?
Did this happen to anyone else after they had a baby?
Off to take a shower...
I don't really like showering either, especially in the winter (I'm in NY). Now that it's summer and I'm back to work, I have to shower daily and it's kind of a bummer. I was about to try Tom's deodorant since someone told me the aluminum in most brands is bad for you. I do live in a very hippie-granola-crunchy town, so maybe I'll just smell like everyone around me?
ReplyDeleteit's crazy what babies do to us! This didn't happen to me, but I have noticed I sweat a lot more. Oh, and my hair is finally starting to fall out.
ReplyDeleteand I also hate showering.
Haha i'm not gonna lie...same thing happened to me. IT SUCKS! I now shower almost every day and before Porter, only a few times a week. Lame.
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