Jessica Alba may not be much of an actress, but she’s one hell of a shrewd businesslady when it comes to promoting The Honest Company. These are photos of Jessica waving her branded diaper wipes all over New York City, and I have to admire her gusto when she’s essentially marketing (somewhat overpriced) products that touch a baby’s bottom. Anyway, I’m still rooting for Jessica to formally oust Goop in the battle of the lifestyle-oriented celebrity websites, and it’s just a matter of time before that happens. But onto the subject matter of this story, which has to do with Alba’s new blog series for iVillage. She’s already previously admitted in a magazine interview that she’s more relaxed while parenting the second time around, and now she’s talking about how “sexy” she feels now that she’s a mother. Okay:

It’s really amazing how your perspective shifts and your definition of sexy evolves once you become a mother. Before having Honor and Haven, I was super-critical of my looks and worried more about inevitable changes to my body. I couldn’t even say the word “sexy” to describe myself without feeling funny and awkward.

But becoming a mom has definitely made me feel more confident and secure than I ever did in my 20s. Even though I can’t ever get down to my pre-baby weight before having Honor, my jeans don’t zip up the same way, and things just hang differently (all moms know how that goes!), I feel completely comfortable in my skin and my idea of perfection has changed. I don’t really care about my body image anymore because it just doesn’t matter now that I have children. Instead, I focus on my health, feeling strong, and making sure I’m up and running so I can spend that all-important time with the girls.

Having babies also helped me embrace my sexuality. Up until then, I was quite shy about it. But once I experienced how incredible and amazing it was to create a life, it was empowering. Now, I feel freer to express myself and just be me. Through motherhood I really came into my own and, for me, feeling sexy is all about this type of comfort, confidence, and true happiness.

[From iVillage]

Hmm. Since Alba played a number of sexy-type roles before becoming a mother, maybe she’s always been a better actress than I’m giving her credit for being. Or maybe not. Seriously though, I can’t recall feeling terribly sexy after becoming a mother — at least not in comparison to how I felt before the biggest lifestyle change of my entire life. After becoming a mother, I mostly recall feeling much more tired than usual, but I didn’t have the benefit of a nanny, so beauty (or “sexy“) sleep wasn’t really an option.

Of course, Jessica isn’t saying anything offensive in her blog entry, but I have to wonder what her end goal is besides endearing herself towards the mommy quadrant. Mostly, I think Jessica is working hard to sell her baby goods, and maybe her (hopeful) logical extension is that moms will feel hotter if they buy products from The Honest Company.

Photos courtesy of WENN