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"Brad Kearns isn&amp;#x2019;t just a hot dad. He&amp;#x2019;s smart one. The 27-year-old, who shares sons Knox, 2, and Finn, 5 months, with his wife, Sarah, penned a standing ovation-worthy Facebook post about the insane pressure women feel to bounce back after giving birth.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x201C;Whenever we&amp;#x2019;re getting ready, I throw on a shirt and shorts and complain that Sarah&amp;#x2019;s taking too long finding something to wear,&amp;#x201D; the Australia-based parent wrote on Sunday, October 9. &amp;#x201C;Without a doubt it always ends up with her saying &amp;#x2026; &amp;#x2018;I always wear the same thing.&amp;#x2019; I&amp;#x2019;ve made the near fatal mistake of replying, &amp;#x2018;Well, buy more clothes.&amp;#x2019;&amp;#x201D;And social media only makes things worse for new moms. &amp;#x201C;Oh, what do you&amp;#xA0;f&amp;#x2014;ing know, the celebrity with a personal trainer, chef, nanny and a makeup artist posts a picture that goes viral of their &amp;#x2018;post baby body,&amp;#x2019;&amp;#x201D; Kearns wrote. &amp;#x201C;That only took 6 weeks. From that point onward the expectation is set. F&amp;#x2014;k that expectation. Take as long as you need to look after yourself and get yourself back into the swing of things &amp;#x2026; &amp;#xA0;Things are tougher than that in the real world.&amp;#x201D;&amp;#x201C;Nobody who loves you is going to care how long you take,&amp;#x201D; he explained. &amp;#x201C;What they will care about is your mental health. It&amp;#x2019;s unhealthy to think 6-12 weeks is enough time to bounce back with your pre-baby body &amp;#x2026; Set your own bar. The one that works for you.&amp;#x201D;&amp;#xA0;Kearns&amp;#x2019; post has been liked more than 3,000 times. &amp;#x201C;I love your perspective! My bub is soon to be 6 months old, and I&amp;#x2019;m still wearing maternity clothing. My biggest problem is in my own head though,&amp;#x201D; wrote one woman, while another commented, &amp;#x201C;Thank you for being the voice of reason for mums and dads out there.&amp;#x201D;&amp;#xA0;Kearns, who manages a gym, tells Us Weekly he notices women when they are hiding. &amp;#x201C;It&amp;#x2019;s just the same things you see. The flowy shirts, the refusal to to wear what they used to wear, the little remarks that make you realize it&amp;#x2019;s getting them down,&amp;#x201D; he says. &amp;#x201C;And I feel like social media doesn&amp;#x2019;t help that cause.&amp;#x201D;&amp;#xA0;Kearns blogs about parenting at DaDMuM."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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