Mum told she’s ‘let herself go’ after having kids slams critic with an epic response

A MUM has revealed how a 'friend' told her she had "let herself go" after having children.

Amy Weatherly, 34, from Texas, USA, revealed how the woman had made the comment to her following the birth of her third child.

She said, in an inspirational post which has been shared thousands of times, that the ill-placed remark initially upset her, before she released it was rude and totally pointless.

“I kept thinking about my words, they kept rolling through my head over and over that day and left me feeling like crap,” she said.

“I knew I didn’t look the same as I did before, but had I actually let myself go? Ten extra pounds and a messy bun would point to yes, but my heart screamed “HECK TO THE NO YOU HAVE NOT, GIRLFRIEND.

“I’m more confident now. I’m more sure of myself. I’m less likely to cry over a breakout, or miss out on a night with my girls because of dirty hair."

She continued: “I’m less likely to slip into a mild depression because someone decided they didn’t like me, or pile on the insecurity because I wasn’t invited to that party.

“Truth is, I kind of like myself now, definitely more than I did before. I wouldn’t go back to that girl with the good hair for all the skinny jeans and skinny lattes in the world.”

She went on to debate why people continued to use the phrase “let yourself go”.

“Why do we continue to call out moms and grown women just because they don’t care about keeping up with the Kardashians and the Taylor Swifts and the Barbie dolls of the world any longer?

“If we step back and think about it and keep our judgemental mouths shut, there’s a good chance we’ll find they haven’t let themselves go at all."

She added: “There’s a good chance we’ll discover they have in fact found themselves and appreciated themselves and loved themselves and realised that who they are as a human has absolutely nothing to do with their fake eyelashes or their highlights or their giant leathery feathery earrings (which, I still love, by the way), and absolutely everything to do with their heart, and their mind, and their soul.

“There’s a good chance we’ll uncover they’ve peeled away the outer layers and realised they were okay with the girl inside — the one who loves her family with everything she has, the one who selflessly gives to her children, the one who adores her husband, the one with passion, the one with hustle, the one with friends, the one with grit, the one with a giving heart, the one who cannot be kept down no matter what life throws her way."

She finished: “The world shouldn’t be putting her down. The world shouldn’t be worried about her. The world should be standing up and applauding her like crazy. The world should be working to follow in her fierce footsteps towards freedom

“So the next time you personally start to get down because you don’t look the same, or dress the same, or feel the same as you did two/five/ten years ago, I hope you’ll remember this:

You haven’t let yourself go. Stop saying that. It’s rude. It’s derogatory, and it’s downright absurd. You haven’t let yourself go, you have simply let go of the need to look perfect all of the time.”

Last week, we reported on a mum who breastfed in Costa without buying anything - then slammed the coffee shop for ‘booting her out’.

A childless woman, 24, slams ‘entitled’ parents for expecting ‘mum privilege’ after coffee shop sign goes viral.

While this ‘mortified’ mum was left in tears after easyJet air steward told her to stop breastfeeding son, one, during take off at Gatwick.