Breastfeeding can be tough, in fact so can bottle feeding (I have done both) but the most irritating thing I found was trying to feel stylish when I was wearing ugly nursing clothes. I think most nursing items should be avoided, but if, like me, you’re planing on wearing one of these ugly items here is what I found useful to style them..
My Top 4 Nursing Friendly Style Tips
1.Choose neutral
If you are investing in a nursing specific item choose a neutral colour that is easy to style with everything else in your wardrobe. Invest money in the item being as high quality as you can afford as you will wear it often! This top pictured has been worn repeatedly through both of my pregnancies!!
2. Ensure there is a ‘hero’
When you’re nursing its easy to feel frumpy especially when you have a limited wardrobe, haven’t figured out how to dress your post pregnancy body or you’re stuck wearing the same clothes on repeat. If you have chosen a plain item for your nursing top, pick something to be the hero of your outfit. The hero is something that is the centerpiece. For me it is usually a coat or jacket like the one pictured here.
3. Say yes to prints
We have all been there, you are out at an event and baby decides to vomit all over you, or your breasts have decided it’s the perfect time to leak everywhere. During my time nursing bubba I have always worn a jacket, blazer or scarf with a print. Prints hide all manner of baby marks better than a plain item. It’s also worth remembering that tops and jumpers (if you are layering) should not be a fabric that shows water marks!!
4. Accessorize, accessorize!
Accessories are the easiest way to dress up a look or make it feel, fun, funky or formal. Whether it’s a statement piece like giant earring (becoming the hero) or an interesting belt to take attention away from that boring nursing top, accessories will always make you feel a bit fab.
Add this to a decent dose of dry shampoo and a bright lipstick and you will feel ready for any event!
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Thank you for the tips! So helpful! And you styled this outfit so well! So chic! Love your moto jacket!
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Thanks Rach. I appreciate my print jackets so much more now they hide baby goo!
Such a cute jacket! Love it! Haha I like what you said- prints hide the baby goo if you ever you have any accidents. Nice tip! 😉 I’m not a mom, but I work with babies so I know how they are! And it’s so true it’s hard for women to find that balance of feeling fabulous when you just had a baby and are not feeling pretty or sexy at all. Love your style! 😉
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Thanks Carina.
These are good tips! Thanks for sharing these.
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Thanks Courtney 🙂
Perfect outfit!
Have a wonderful day beauty, dear..
Love,
Alexandra
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2.5 years in I’m still nursing with no end in sight! I’ve had to get really creative. I love your tips! I’ve got a leopard biker jacket in my cart right now.
One of my favorite discoveries was that certain dresses can be worn backwards so that the zipper is in front. The first time I tried this, it felt so good to wear a cute dress. I felt like myself again.
What a great idea about the back to front dress! I usually wore tops and jumpers I could lift up but when I did wear a nursing specific top it took me ages to work out how to style them well so they didn’t scream “I’m nursing”!!
Such a beautiful tips and outfit! I really like jacket!
Have a nice day!
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It s something every pumping mom faces at one point or another in her journey that moment of How am I going to pump in this outfit without stripping down to my underwear? If you ve ever been away from home and trapped in an impossible-to-unzip or otherwise inconvenient top or dress with a screaming hungry baby, or if you ve just been frustrated at the lack of fashion-forward, practical apparel for moms, you re not alone!