Washington Post

Three months after Kate Lacroix of Boulder, Colo., had her second baby, she realized her body wasn’t going back to the way it was as easily as it had after her first. Part of the reason was likely her age. She was just shy of 30 when her first child arrived, and nearly 40 when she delivered her second. Adjusting to her body’s new normal was likely harder because of the pressure of living in her home town, which routinely tops the list of the Skinniest Cities in America.

“Around here, you have a baby and three months later you do an Ironman,” Lacroix says. She felt bad about her appearance, so when she saw an online ad for a local stylist who was offering wardrobe tips and packages specifically geared toward moms, she decided to try it. “I had never thought of myself as the kind of person who would hire a stylist, but I needed a new playbook.”

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