Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: 100% European Linen Long-Sleeve Shirt
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While you can buy shirts designed for nursing, you probably already have a button-up shirt or two like this one in your closet.
Made from 100% breathable European linen, this is a classic shirt you’ll wear long after your nursing and pumping days are over. It comes in more than a dozen colors and patterns, and a range of sizes. Post-baby, I typically sized up from my pre-pregnancy size for a roomier fit to make nursing easier.
Quince’s 100% European Linen Long-Sleeve Shirt is $42-$52. It comes in sizes XS-XL as well as 1X-3X.
Psst: Looking for info about nursing clothes for working moms or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
Just thought I would throw out a recommendation for a family friendly audiobook: Agatha Christie.
We just listened to Murder on the Orient Express on a long drive this weekend. Lots to keep track of so likely 8 +. NOTE: at least this version (full cast on Audible) didn’t have problematic racism etc. (Which I think the author was guilty of). DS just turned 9 and is a pretty avid reader. We also really enjoyed the Martian on this trip but the is quite a bit of swearing so YMMV.
Top recommendations based on enjoyment by the whole family:
Harry Potter is still number one for our family. (Age 5/6+)
Gordon Korman: Ungifted (age 8+)
Mathilda read by Kate Winslet. (age 6 +)
BFG (age 5+)
Charlotte’s Web read by Meryl Streep + cast. (Age 4/5+)
Winnie the Pooh BBC (Age 4)
Bunnicula / Howliday Inn (Age 6+)
Tier 2
The One and Only Ivan
Artemis Fowl
The Hobbit
Folks here have sometimes talked about hiring college students as babysitters, and I’m curious what avenues (if other than care.com, urbansitter, etc.) they’ve used to do that. I live in a college town and would really like to connect with students for babysitting–schedule and language reasons, primarily–but am not sure how to get tapped into that network. Any advice?
Reposting my question from late yesterday – and maybe a good back to school question! – how do you talk about teachers you don’t like in front of your kids? I caught myself referring to a new daycare worker as “the mean one” in front of my toddler and thought perhaps I need to recalibrate how I speak about authority figures.
No wrong answers:
How does your family handle school breaks? Trips? Camps? Scrambling for childcare? My eldest just started kindergarten so I’m staring at the school calendar realizing I gotta start planning.
Today’s the first day of 8th grade for my daughter and I’m a little taken aback by how emotional I am about it. I feel like crying the same way I did at first grade dropoff!
I’d like to take my daughter on a girls trip in February while my husband is skiing with his friends. She will be 4, so a bit young for trips like NYC. I would ideally like some place with a drop off kids club so she can have some time with other kids and give me a small break, but I’m also considering something like Great Wolf Lodge.
We’ve done 2 Disney cruises as a family; I’m open to that but more than I want to spend on this trip. US preferred, somewhere easy to get to from NC for 3-4 nights.
how do you handle things like this in your home: when kids get home after school (our nanny picks them up and they usually don’t walk in the door until 5:30/5:45, they leave for school at 7:10am) they put up a HUGE fuss (screaming, etc.) about taking their lunch bags out of their backpacks and emptying them and it is generally very unpleasant. i think they are hangry. if i tell them they can choose to do it right when they get home or after dinner, they are much more agreeable and do it without much drama after dinner. is it ‘bad’ that i don’t have them do it right away? (which would be my preference/i think it is a good habit bc then they ‘touch it once’ vs. having to go back into the mudroom, but also doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/that important)
I didn’t come back to see the follow up question yesterday. Nair works for me and DD and it doesn’t smell too badly. I used to use the aloe leg mask, but it has been hard to find, so I’m using the glide on and the body lotion. The smell is noticeable but not like I remember from being a teenager.
The “what would you do” question about the violent child yesterday got me thinking about a semi-hypothetical that’s been in my mind lately. (This involves a distant relative, and I’m well aware that it’s none of my business, there’s nothing I could do, and I don’t have all the details, so I’m only asking out of curiosity on how people would handle it.)
Imagine a close relative of your spouse was accused by his daughter of abusing her sexually when she was growing up. The daughter later recanted (chalked up to false recovered memories). Would you have reservations about allowing that relative (the father who was accused) around your children?
(In the case I’m thinking of, the relative did seem to spend a lot of time with the kids (2 girls). The girls are young adults now but seem to both have a lot of issues, of the sort that one might expect to see related to abuse, but who knows? Could be just a coincidence (there seem to be multiple mental health concern in the family). But it’s enough that I’ve always wondered what I would have done in that situation.)
yesterday was our first day of school and DD came home and shared that her teacher shared that she (the teacher) has ADHD. i think it is so wonderful for kids to hear something like that from an authority figure. really helps normalize.