Pumping Tuesday: Diagonal Wrap Dress
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Mothers are all over the board about what they like to wear while pumping and nursing, but many readers have noted their love of wrap dresses — and Ann Taylor has a ton of cute ones right now. This navy wrap dress with diagonal stripes from Ann Taylor would also be great for hiding stains. On sale now for $84.99, and available in sizes 00 through 14 (regular and petite). Diagonal Stripe Wrap Dress
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Sales of note for 5/4/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 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) + extra 15% off $200
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring steals
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one 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 your children call other, non-family adults? And how do you feel about what other children call you?
Background: I am fine regardless of whether other people’s kids call me GCA, Mrs GCA, Mrs (H’s lastname which is not actually my lastname), etc, but grew up in a conservative Asian family and am literally incapable of calling non-family older adults anything other than ‘Ms/ Mr so-and-so’ or ‘uncle/aunt so-and-so’ if they are older. It’s kind of a tic, and it comes out when I am referring to other adults around my son. Daycare teachers are all Ms or Mr; our friends are all Ms/ Mr/ Uncle/ Auntie. I think there’s no right or wrong here, I’m just curious!
Maybe an appropriate question for Pumping Tuesday…my daughter turns six months old today, yay! And so I’m going to stop pumping at work (switching her formula instead — she’s had it a couple of times and likes it fine). I’ve been pumping 3x a day. My plan is to cut down to 2x a day for a week, then 1x a day for a week, then stop completely. Does that seem reasonable?
Also, is it really possible to keep feeding her enough in the AM/PM or will I have to supplement then? I’ve always had a good supply; don’t know if that makes a difference. And what about weekends…will it be possible to BF during the day or will my body just be confused?
[PS I posted a few weeks ago about my daughter waking up at 4:22am. Thanks for the advice! We started training her with a light-up alarm clock and she’s now able to either go back to sleep or be quiet until 5:15. Progress!]
Daycare vs. school debate revived. Just wanted to post this here: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/how-daycare-became-school/501671/?utm_source=feed
How much flexibility do you give your child to dress him/herself? This came up in conversation earlier this week with another parent. Our child has a drawer of seasonally appropriate apparel that works for school (i.e., there is not one item of clothing that isn’t well suited for running/playing or that I care gets totally dirty or muddy). Provided he isn’t totally ill-prepared for the weather, he has total control over what he wears.
On one hand, I’ve never had a fight with him about what he needs to wear to school, and he gets ready entirely on his own (he just turned 4). He knows that after breakfast, he needs to go upstairs, put his pajamas in the hamper, get out clean clothes, and get dressed. He is often proud of the outfits he picks out for school, and is getting increasingly better at buttons, etc.
On the other, he rarely matches, and he certainly puts outfits together that I wouldn’t choose. And, on top of the mismatching, he’ll add “flairs” – capes, costumes, silly hats, etc. A friend asked if I worry he’ll be bullied. Another friend mentioned in passing that she would never let her child go to school without matching.
We just moved this summer so he’s in a new school, so I guess the bullying thing is more on my radar than it was previously (when he was at the school he had attended since a baby, and they were well acquainted with his unique style). But the matching thing – I guess I feel like I’d rather encourage his independence? And selfishly – I don’t worry at all about getting him ready in the morning, and I’m not looking to add something into to the morning struggle. Am I missing something?
I never feel confident in a wrap dress.
Except all of the current Ann Taylor wrap dresses are super uncomfortable! Anyone have any recommendations for ones that are comfy?!
I like the dress but … man, “great for hiding stains” as a selling point for work-wear just makes me want to put on my stretch pants and comfort shoes, hide under my desk, and admit I’ve given up. I’m all for practicality and whatnot, but good grief.
Thanks all for your encouragement about my upcoming move. I was able to pack 4 boxes last night and I’m feeling a bit better today (I think).
Any suggestions for how to best estimate the market salary for a position from online sources? I’m looking at Glassdoor, but I’m seeing about a 150K range.