Friday, February 22, 2008

Should we call it "Twinsletown"??

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've likely heard that Jennifer Lopez and her husband welcomed boy/girl twins into the world this morning. The news was covered on the homepage of CNN's website. Honestly.

So add J-Lo and 'ol whatshisname to the growing list of celebrity parents of twins. Some of the others who joined the list this past year include Marcia Cross, Patrick Dempsey, Nancy Grace, and Dennis Quaid. Still more are rumored to be on the way including Jessica Alba and even (God help this blog if this one is true), Brangelina. If you tell me that Tori Spelling is having twins, I may self-implode.

I guess this trend shouldn't be surprising. The number of multiple births is on the rise among the general population. So, the fact that it is growing in this subset could be expected. But I must say, it annoys me.

Sound bitter? You bet.

But honestly, I'm struggling over here counting points and celebrity MoMs get back to their old glamourous lives within, like, A MONTH. This does not help my self-esteem one iota.

I know I shouldn't feel bad. They have nannies who will allow them to sleep through the night, trainers who will whip them back into shape and cooks who will prepare delicious, yet low-calorie meals for them. And if they aren't flawless every day, they'll have a stylist to help them out. Sure, I'm just guessing here. Maybe they're hands on. Maybe they do handle the 4 am feedings and eat a handful of potato chips for dinner. Who knows....

All I'm asking for is to just see one picture of a celebrity MoM (preferably J-Lo) with a little baby throw-up or poop on their designer clothes. It would go a long way towards making this mother of twins feel a whole lot better about herself.

2 comments:

Goddess in Progress said...

If it makes you feel any better (well, maybe just a teensy tiny bit), I've heard most of them wear like 2 or three Spanx at all those fancy awards shows under their fancy dresses. Even they aren't perfect. They just torment us by looking it.

Was it Liv Tyler who actually talked about how hard it was in the first year of motherhood, and how hard it was to lose the weight without professionals on hand? Hrm.

Sarah said...

Yes, that may all be true, but your kids will actually remember having you as their mom, not just a woman who posed with them for photo ops.