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I’ve never been a big fan of nursing my child under a poncho or shawl, but you may be different. I like the look of this chic poncho, which looks versatile for nursing, wearing, and possibly even babywearing? Each piece is custom made, in sizes petite, regular, and plus. (I have not purchased from this Etsy seller and have no affiliation with the store.) BusySpinningThread Nursing Cover/Poncho
* Here’s a Q, ladies: should we have a regular day each week devoted to a nursing-friendly item? Obviously, most items sold as nursing clothes aren’t necessary for pumping (or necessarily even friendly for pumping) — should we make this an occasional item (maybe once every two weeks or something)? (Or maybe make the day more themed for maternity leave type items, or baby accessories like diaper bags?)
MamaDee says
I like and appreciate Nursing and Pumping clothes & gear. Maybe change it to Food Tuesday & showcase eating and feeding gear for all ages – toddlers, bags for mom & kids, etc? 1st Tuesday – Nursing 2nd Tuesday – Pumping 3rd Tuesday – bag or somesuch 4th Tuesday – Toddler dishes 5th Tuesday – on-the-go-snacks?
anon eagle says
If Kat would like to expand beyond clothing, there could be a day for awesome baby items. I know many working mothers do not have time to shop and if they are anything like me, will be happy to have a time-saving and useful item Amazon Prime’d to their doorstep.
Carrie M says
I’m an exclusive pumper, so selfishly I want something beyond nursing clothes! I like the idea of Feeding Tuesdays, so you could feature things related to pumping, nursing, solids, sippy cups (why is it so hard to find a good one?!) etc. as suggested by MamaDee.
On awesome baby gear – how about a roundup of sites / blogs / books that are reliable go-to’s for good reviews and advice for purchasing gear? When I was pregnant, I used Baby Bargains, but also liked looking at recommendations from Cup of Jo, Pregnant Chicken, and other bloggers. But now I don’t have time to scour the Internets for different options and recs. Or maybe this is just something you’d linked to in your Friday roundup feature?
Famouscait says
+1. I really like this idea of having a Food Tuesday. I also love the Washable Wednesdays. In general, the topics and timing of posts here have been really great for the past week or so. Ditto the supportive and friendly tone of other commenters. Thank you, Kat, and ladies!
ECR says
I love the idea of Food Tuesday! It would be great to hear from other working moms about what recipes have worked for them on busy weeknights. I would definitely contribute my recipes, and I’m sure other moms would as well. I would love to get inspiration for weeknight dinners this way. You could feature a different recipe each week, with an explanation from a mom about why this works for her dinner routine.
anon eagle says
I’d also be interested in Working Mother Wednesday (or other day). I love hearing other women’s shortcuts, routines, and meals.
Anonymous says
I’ll be a voice of dissent here. I find there to be LOTS of momma blogs and posts out there about kid gear, baby gear, food, etc. What I am absolutely lacking in support for is professional work-wear for the pregnant, post-partum, and nursing mother. There is nothing out there that covers it. I can find out how to wear leggings and buy strollers in a thousand other places on the internet. I can’t find anything that tells me what to wear to client meetings, to closings – especially when I am younger and already get the “are you a paralegal?” question at least once a week. I have client meetings, court weekly, and lots of transactional meetings. Casual maternity clothes are not an option here.
So Kat – at least one voice says please keep the professional clothes coming! Mommas on this site can threadjack about food items, baby items, sales, etc.
hoola hoopa says
I agree. I like Nursing Tuesdays. Also, IME lots of pumping-friendly clothing is also pouch-friendly clothing as well.
Although, I wouldn’t mind the occasional food/bottle product or baby item. I like the concept of Mondays being “pre-baby”, Tuesdays being “first year”, and the rest of the week settling out as it will.
MamaDee says
I like this, too! I hadn’t thought of the week as growing along with the baby/kiddo – cute!
Cheree Aspelin says
I agree and would love to hear others weigh-in on professional maternity wear. I’ve posted a bit about it on my blog but I think there’s a lot more that can be done on the topic. Since Corporette is the place to go to solve professional work-wear dilemmas I hope we can engage more on this topic. In the meantime maybe this post will give you bit to soak on. At least it’s a start but over the next few weeks I’ll be sure to add it to my list of topics to cover. Can’t wait to see what Kat has in store too!
http://www.maternityleavecoach.com/what-to-wear-to-work-pregnancy-can-be-in-fashion/
anon eagle says
I have this for a cover up http://www.coveredgoods.com/
I really like it. I roll it up and put it in the bottom of my diaper bag. I’ve used it as a blanket and a car seat cover too.
When I was getting ready to return from maternity leave after my first baby, I studied the archives here and picked up many valuable pumping tips. I would like to see a weekly item devoted to nursing/pumping. Suggestions would be light weight button up tops (J Crew Factory) for weekend wear, nursing tanks, cover ups, weekend wear etc. I know I’ve said it approx 100x here, but another shameless plug for the Karen Kane Cascade dress that accommodates my Freemie pump. No more shivering topless in my office.
Meg Murry says
Not sure how many readers here are currently pregnant, but I’m not, so I don’t need 2 days a week dedicated to maternity and pumping. I think featuring items that are nursing and/or pumping friendly but not necessarily marketed that way (like mentioned above – button front shirts, open cardigans, wrap dresses) would be nice, as well as weekend/wear at home during maternity leave items. Or items that look good but work for early pregnancy or going back to work when your non-maternity clothes don’t fit yet that handle weight fluctuations. So maybe instead of just nursing, a “postpartum” topic?
As an alternate, you could show kids clothes one day per week maybe? Or as sale roundups? The only thing I hate more than shopping for myself in stores is dragging my kids to a store to make them try on clothes – so stores with free shipping and returns would be wonderful.
But I love washable Wednesday – keep that one please! The more washable clothes, the better!
Anon says
My 2 cents:
– LOVE Washable Wednesday – please don’t change
– one day for maternity clothes – definitely need at least once a week because although pregnancy is a short period it is a hard time for shopping for stylish work appropriate clothing
– one day for nursing or pumping items
– one day for baby or kid gear (strollers, lunch bags, great clothes for mini-corp*rettes – so hard to find stuff that’s not pink/purple but still a bit girly – e.g. when Land’s End finally brought in a girls version of their astronaut t-shirt.)
– one random day – maybe ‘anything goes’ on Friday
(former) preg 3L says
Love this idea and agree!! Pumping-friendly would be more helpful than exclusively nursing-friendly clothing. Also, perhaps we could have posts on those days about how to travel while pumping, or other working-mom-specific topics regarding BFing.
hoola hoopa says
Agree on the focus on pumping-friendly. I also think formula-friendly inclusion on Tuesdays is appropriate.
100% agree that Washable Wednesdays needs to stay.
Elle says
It’s hard to find nursing/pumping friendly clothes that aren’t also maternity wear so I think nursing/pumping friendly items (whether marketed as such or not) that are NOT maternity wear would be great – however often that is. It could be work or weekend friendly. I think some of the other topics would be good but could also be roundups or more in depth topic posts. Since nursing/pumping type stuff might not always be easy to find they more lend themselves to a post like this where you’re featuring one item at a time. Though a whole post on clothes that work for discreet nursing that aren’t marketed as such could be a good one too!
pockets says
I don’t think a nursing item per week is necessary. Most moms aren’t in a nursing stage and not everyone breastfeeds or pumps.
I think replacing Nursing items with kid-items is a good idea. Maybe you could have a theme (books, clothing, toys) and then have an item for a few different age ranges?
NP says
I vote for once a week nursing/pumping clothes/gear. I am 2 weeks back and work and find it to be such a struggle to maintain professional dress while pumping. Seeing a weekly post would help ease the isolation of pumping!!
msj says
Selfishly, I love the idea of pumping friendly clothes. As a new twin mom, tandem feeding is much more akin to pumping than singleton bfeeding. Plus, I have been pumping following most feedings to boost supply.
Out of curiosity, are there many other mothers of twins readers?
Hollis says
I have twins, and tandem feeding was such a challenge! Mine are older now but I’m sure I freaked people out with my gigantic twin pillow and my need to feed in the back seat of my car with a helper (usually my DH) holding on to one of the babies to keep them both positioned correctly.
anonmama says
I think a weekly nursing/pumping clothes/gear is a good idea. I wish I would have known about things like the Freemie pump, or Milksavers, while I was actually still pumping/nursing. Similarly, although ALL of my friends know about the Simple Wishes hands-free pumping bra because I tell them, I didn’t know for a while and finding it literally changed my life. So while I am not in this stage now, I still see the need for it, and also hope to find tips/tricks for my next visit to nursing land. Making it a more generic “postpartum” category could work, too. For example, the baby connect app was crazy helpful to keep track of diapers/feedings/naps/pumping… another thing that could be helpful to pass along to women in this stage of motherhood.
just Karen says
I would love for nursing/pumping wear to be in the regular rotation, but agree that it wouldn’t need to be every week. (Selfishly, since I am about two months away from needing to start a wardrobe of those items, I’d love an individual feature with lots of recommendations – it seems that women need those items for a relatively short window of their “mom” years, but when we need them, we need a lot of them! And just a source of advice on what to look for as we build our feeding-friendly wardrobes…
Watermelon says
I’d love a weekly nursing feature. I use Freemie cups, so most nursing-friendly clothes are also pumping-friendly. I need more nursing/Freemie-friendly work clothes.
CHJ says
I concur with others who have suggested a weekly food/gear post with some of those posts being about nursing/pumping gear, and others dedicated to gear for older kids. For example, I would love suggestions on a passable-at-work bag for carrying food and sippy cups to daycare, either in the car or on public transit. My son has a waterproof lunch box, but not one that I could ever bring into the office if I had to. I’m sure the comment sections to those posts will be full of great ideas, too.
JJ says
Can you leave the bag at daycare? We have Lands End totes for each boy (monogrammed and in different colors so we know whose is whose) and just pack those each day and leave them at daycare during the day, bringing them home at night. It also makes it much easier to bring packs of diapers and wipes every now and then.
LJ says
I’ll join the chorus of requests for pumping-friendly professional clothes, especially dresses.
mascot says
I’m past the baby days so I echo the requests for a few posts that are geared more towards universal needs of all working parents. Perhaps even a tales from the wallet or similarly themed posts that talk about managing family finances, affordable vacations, saves vs. splurges for kid-related items.
Meg Murry says
Not sure if you want to add more posts to your week right now, but if you dropped nursing Tuesday you could add occasional “Pumping Break” posts to play off the “coffee break” posts on the main s i t e – the pumping breaks could feature bf related gear, pumping friendly clothes,etc.
Meg Murry says
And it you want to stick to an alliteration theme, what about TPS throwback Tuesday (or Thursday) where you feature something you showed on the main s i t e in a past TPS that you think would be good for the working mother demographic (pumping or nursing friendly, washable, good for hiding spit up stains, good for camouflaging early pregnancy, a tote that could also hold a pump, etc). Especially if its an item you or a reader actually bought and can speak to its mom friendly (but still fashionable) features.