Remember the first few months as a new mom? You aren't a mom yet? Well, let me be the first to tell you, that old wardrobe you had of expensive, elegant clothes are never going to be the same again. Here are some beauty tips for new mothers.

Throw out anything that needs to be ironed, dry-cleaned, or 'just can't get dirty or else' because. THEY WILL GET DIRTY! Spit-up is the least of your worries. My son liked to have power-poops the sprayed out of his ass onto anything that happened to be in the way- often the sleeve of my shirt.

Here's five basic clothing tips that will save your sanity in the early days of mothering:

1) Make sure the clothing is a cotton, non-wrinkling blend. That can be washed. And rewashed. And washed again and again. The loads of laundry quadruple with each child.

2) For children 6 months and under-- white clothing. Or cream works best. That whitish milk spit-up. It disappears with the wipe of a cloth and you are raring to go to that next important doctor's visit!

3) Give up the unflustered mom look. This was the hardest for me to learn. I wanted to look happy, adjusted, and GOOD as a mom. I finally gave in when I had changed shirts three times on the way out the door since either my breasts leaked, my son decided spitting up his ENTIRE Last meal onto my back, and then the pee leaked from the new diapers.

4) Bring along extra scented wipes, a towel, and some perfume. Your going to feel like the never-ending spit up rag. So why not wipe it up with a towel, use a scented wipe on your shirt (pant leg, collar...) and then use that extra dab of perfume to give that extra fresh mom scent?

5) Avoid silk. Spit up, shit, drool, and just about anything ruins it. And you don't want your breaks to leak or spit up to permanently stain the front of that brand new shirt do you? 

Bethany Hiitola lives in a far north suburb of Chicago with her husband, son and new daughter. Throw in the animals, and it is a full house of chaos. Somehow, Bethany still manages to reach for her dream of writing—all between diaper changes, nap times, fixing meals, and work projects. Oh and giving her husband the attention he deserves. More details are at her website: www.bethanyhiitola.com

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