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Cleavage-Creating Swimsuits for Little Girls

I don’t know many 7-year-old’s that sport eye-popping cleavage… and that’s the way it should be… at least in my opinion. But, apparently, some swimsuit designers disagree. A couple months ago I took my 5-year-old daughter shopping for swimsuits in preparation for our annual trip to Hawaii. Since I don’t allow her to wear bikinis, we bypassed the two-piece designs all together, and made a beeline for the floral one-piece bathing suits. I grabbed the most conservatively cut 6xs I could find and off we went to check out. Mission accomplished. My daughter is the antithesis of a fashionista. If … Continue reading →

Just Add Water

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On Monday, our local swimming pool opened. My daughter was thrilled by the idea and couldn’t wait to go swimming for the first time. So I trotted out my four-year-old plain, black swimsuit and dressed her in the new suit we picked up for her because she’d grown. When we got up to the pool, she had a really good time and I had a great conversation with another mom. The topic was dreading the idea of going swimsuit shopping. Her suit was even older than mine. We compared notes on all the reasons why we don’t like to do … Continue reading →