Washable Wednesday: Border Print Split-V Top
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The Limited has a number of machine-wash pieces, including this easy blouse. I’m not usually one for floral prints, but I like this one, and the split-V looks flattering but wearable. I’d wear the blouse all sorts of ways: untucked, tucked, by itself, beneath a blazer, on top of a thin turtleneck or crewneck, and more. It’s marked to $35 today at The Limited (it’s $49 full price). Border Print Split-V Top
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Sales of note for 5/1/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 20% off select Dyson hair tools with code + select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + 40% off 1 full-price item (5/1 only)
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 25% off almost everything. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $20+ select favorites + 40% off 1 regular-price item + 30% off everything else
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
What do you all use to send food to daycare in? For my 10 month old I have been mostly sending little oxo containers and storing them in the fridge. But he will be transitioning to the next room up and they ask for the food in a lunch box. I’m looking at the Pottery Barn Kids ones for an outer shell, just because they are cute. But wondering for actual food storage do you use anything like yumbox, bentgo or planetbox AND are those appropriate for a 10 month old? He probably wouldn’t eat out of it on his own, but I like the variety they allow for.
“I’d wear the blouse . . . on top of a thin turtleneck”
What? Seriously? Ew.
I’m looking for some bedding suggestions. My twins are almost 18 mo and they’ve always worn Halo sleep sacks. My husband likes the house arctic, especially at night. Last winter, we kept the temperature at about 70 overnight, which is pretty warm but with the kids just in fleece sleep sacks I worried about them being cold. Now that they’re older, I think they’d probably be okay with blankets, right? I think I still want them in sleep sacks for as long as possible (they’re starting to climb and I don’t want them climbing out of their cribs) but I’m wondering if I should put blankets in over them. They tend to turn all around in their beds, and they rarely go to sleep right away — they often stand in their cribs and “talk” to each other for awhile before flopping down and passing out. So they kind of wind up flopped all over the place. Are blankets the right call? How do you introduce blankets so they actually wind up covering the kiddo and not wadded up in the corner?
I recently had my second child and have noticed that whenever I nurse her or pump, I become completely exhausted about 1 minute into nursing/pumping. It’s not an issue of actually being that tired and just noticing it when I sit down to nurse/pump; I can be sitting at my desk working and be fine and then as soon as I pump, I am so exhausted I can barely keep my eyes open. The feeling continues for a while after I finish pumping, too. It wasn’t really an issue before I went back to work but now it’s really a pain to feel like I need to lie down whenever I pump. This did not happen with my first child and I’m wondering if it’s a “thing” or whether I’m just having a weird side effect this time. I have heard that some people have intense feelings of relaxation when they nurse/pump and maybe this is related? In any case, please tell me whether this is weird or whether it’s happened to you and if so, what you did to combat the insane workplace exhaustion!
I have the job that most working moms dream of. I bring in a really good salary, work a VERY flexible schedule, work from home, and have managed my schedule such that I have almost 1 day/week to spend with my kids (I get a babysitter in the late morning, and schedule all my late calls for after bedtime and can out in 9 hours this way).
I am SO DONE WORKING HERE. Every week is a frustrating screaming match with the other department heads about how nothing is anyone else’s problem. The mental stimulation is laughable, but I keep getting promoted so apparently i’m doing something right. My team drives me crazy and is needy and there are too many of them and none of them are ready to take on a bigger leadership role to offload the work. My blood pressure goes up every morning and stays that way until dinnertime.
I’m ready to throw it all in and tell my boss thanks for everything, I know you’ve tried, but this place is bananas and i’m tired of it; you can find me at home snuggling my kids and working as an overpriced consultant on the ever so occasional basis.
I know this is the wrong call. But I’m just so sick of it. TALK ME DOWN, ladies.
No kidding. My life only works because I have a workable daycare situation … if I couldn’t afford it, or if I didn’t have paid sick time to cover those days when my kid was sick, or if the center were to shut down without warning … everything would just fall apart. I don’t have family here, and waitlists to get into schools are ridiculous. If two lawyer parents with one kid can barely make it work, how does anyone else do it?
May I just add my voice to the chorus of how ridiculous our country is with childcare? My nanny no-showed last week and scrambling to fill in childcare until we can hire someone new is really a special level of stress that I did not need. So jealous of countries with excellent, public childcare right now.
I’m looking for city-appropriate stroller recommendations. Criteria are that it not be too big because we live in a densely packed city and I don’t want to be one of those people I hated pre-pregnancy with a giant stroller taking up the entire grocery store aisle, sturdy and easy to navigate because we do a lot of walking, needs to fold up easily for taxi and car storage, and something that I can get when baby is born that will grow with him or her through the stroller years. No set price range, but obviously we don’t want to overpay for something when a perfectly nice and more affordable alternative exists. This whole world of fancy strollers is new to me – not really sure what the difference between a $400 stroller is and a $1400 one and would love some guidance!
Good morning ladies! My maternity leave ends next month in October. I’m going to ask for a 70% reduced hours schedule. I plan to email the head of my group today – do you think I should (1) keep the email short and ask if he has time to talk on the phone this week re my return to work next month, and then do the ask for 70% on the phone or (2) give more detail in the email (I’ve been thinking about my return to work and would like to go on a 70% schedule etc etc) and ask if he has time to talk on the phone if he has any questions? My husband (who is an attorney also) thinks I should do #2 so that the head of my group isn’t taken off guard when we talk on the phone. Any thoughts? FWIW, he’s a younger partner (early 40s) and a friendly family man. We have a good relationship but we aren’t super close. Thanks in advance!
We’ve had variations on this theme before – when do you make a daycare switch? My 18-month old seems perfectly content as his not-fancy, suitable daycare staffed with long-term teachers that is at a location very close to where I work and super convenient. They provide all meals.
A spot just opened up at the super-fancy daycare that was our first choice way back when kiddo was still in utero. It is more expensive (though doable), less convenient (by about 10 minutes) and they do not provide lunch. But their program is fantastic, and at least part of the higher tuition is due to providing good benefits (even 401K) to their employees.
Is it worth considering the switch? I truly have no complaints about his current situation, but the ‘new’ program offers things (music classes, swim lessons, etc.) that are not available with the place he’s at.
Because of where and how we work, all of the increased inconvenience would fall on me and not my husband, who drives in the opposite direction to get to work. My husband wants kiddo to have ‘the best’; I’m more likely to be content with safe, happy, perfectly adequate.
Thoughts?
Reasking a question I’ve gotten great advice on in the past: there’s a big kids consignment sale coming up in my town. What gear/toys/odds n ends should I be looking for? My son is now 10m old. Thanks!