Mama-Come-Lately

The other day I received my (free!) introductory copy of Parents magazine. It was bundled with a few promotional pieces, including this one:

Let’s take a closer look at that middle ad, for a free nursing cover (prior to 2005, they were called receiving blankets).

For the record: I’m all for breastfeeding. In fact, I used to do it myself and I can tell you, every single time I popped my nursing bra open, I made damn sure I had my Bump-It in and my sparkly stilettos on. And then I perched on my pale green nursing chaise longue and made bedroom eyes at the corner of the room.

See, that’s our dirty little secret: Motherhood really *is* terribly glamorous.