what fern wore #1.

Remember the good 'ole days when I used to do style posts?

Well...with my postpartum body, getting dressed is a little more difficult these days - just as difficult as dressing a pregnant body and even more difficult in some ways.  

Don't get me wrong.  I'm definitely not heading out to the grocery store in sweats or anything, but my clothing options are more limited, so I'm living in a lot of simple basics - nothing really fashion forward or worthy of a style post.  I'm slowly figuring out how to dress my new body, but it'll probably be a little while before I feel confident/brave enough to get posey in front of the camera for outfit posts.

BUT....in the mean time

Fern is more than making up for my lack of style.

So, by special request from my friend Danni, I'm going to start documenting her baby fashions, so without further ado I give you the first "What Fern Wore" post:

What Fern Wore....

{to her great grandma's birthday dinner}

dress: Carters

pants: gift

cardigan: H&M

belt: headband repurposed c/o The Little Tiny

I'm in love with this outfit.  It's been a little challenging dressing her because she's in newborn size still, but doesn't have many newborn size outfits, so I've tried to get creative and figure out how to make her larger clothes fit (i.e. using a cute headband as a belt to make the cardigan fit).  This wouldn't work as well if she was pudgy, but with her long and lean baby body a belt seems to work.  Also, note that in Fern's style posts she won't be wearing any shoes, because #1:  she's a baby, so I'm not going to spend a bunch of money on shoes that she'll barely ever get to wear, but mostly because, #2:  Shoes don't actually fit her.  Most baby shoes are super wide (i.e. almost round), to fit chubby little baby feet, but Fern's feet (while long enough for some shoes) are way too narrow.  I guess having skinny feet is a bummer is you're a fashion forward baby.  It's a rough life.

The only downside to baby outfit posts?

Apparently babies aren't always willing models.

This is what most of our photos looked like...
the "outtakes" if you will.

At least I was able to get two quick (non-crying) shots!

xo

Lauren

P.S. Today I blogged about Fern's fashions (and my own) over at Babble, so feel free to head over and check it out! 

(*note: it won't be posted 'til 8:30 a.m.)