Make My Life Easier Thursday: Yeti Rambler
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My husband brought home a branded Yeti Rambler as a corporate swag gift, and I am so close to owning it via adverse possession. This thing is seriously the best. So far I’ve only used it for cold drinks, but I can imagine it working just as well for hot. It keeps ice inside it for almost the whole day, which means if I forget about my iced coffee in the early morning, I can come back to it in the afternoon without finding a puddle of watered-down liquid. It also is sweatproof, which means it doesn’t leave a ring on countertops. I also really like the way it easily slides open and shut, but it unfortunately it is not leakproof, so don’t throw it in your bag. Even if my family didn’t get it for free, I would purchase it on my own, now knowing how much I like it. It is $29.99 on Amazon, comes in several fun colors, and is eligible for Prime shipping. Yeti Rambler
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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?
Kat/April— When you use the collapse/expand all feature here there is no option to expand individual threads at a time. The only option then to see replies is to expand all. This isn’t the case on the main s!te. Would appreciate that feature coming back.
How do you balance letting your kid set boundaries vs. teaching them to be kind? My kid has a friend from school that she plays with and talks about in a positive way. We’ve had a number of play dates that have gone well. The last one was at the playground, and my kid was kind of mean to the other kid, saying “I do not want to play with you!” and “you can’t play with me!” What is a good way to handle this? I don’t want to teach her to ignore her feelings and stuff it down and be nice and docile at her own discomfort, but also I don’t want her to be a jerk. She’s 4.
How do I figure out a good schedule for a baby? DH and I have a 7 yo and a 6 week old. We never really established a bedtime routine or good sleeping schedule for the 7 yo, which led to co-sleeping for way too long. This time around, I’m determined to do things differently! But I don’t know how to decide what time to put the baby in the crib to bed for the night. I’m EBF and will be going back to work after baby is 12 weeks. Baby and I should get home between 5:30 and 6, and baby will probably need to get up between 7:15 and 7:30 before daycare.
Has anyone used a battery pack for the Spectra S2? I found a link to a Maymom one on Amazon but it doesn’t look like they carry it anymore.
Hand foot and mouth…we haven’t slept well in 2 days and I can’t feel my face. Wishing my parents weren’t 7k miles away
I’m looking for general recommendations of favorite toys/ books for various ages. Anyone have favorites? Mine will be 7 months and 4 years, but I’m assuming all ages could be helpful to others :)
I know that DSM-wise, Aspergers isn’t a thing anymore. I have one child (elementary school aged) who is pretty quirky but has consistently failed all ASD screenings). We even did an extensive battery of tests for K (required by all private schools in my city; we are in public school) and then retested after K based on in-class fidgeting and squirminess and wound up with an ADHD diagnosis (it presents very differently in girls, so I was initially not thinking that but it totally makes sense to me).
At any rate, kiddo is now a few years older and our drs have rotated around and at kiddo’s checkup they wanted to revisit not doing meds (we discontinued over the summer after thinking whether they were really doing any good; kiddo is still fidgety but less quirmy; school is fine; kiddo is still awkward but has friends). I feel that kiddo’s awkwardness is more noticeable b/c she is a girl (boys with this level of awkward are just allowed to be themselves and aren’t medicalized, etc.). I think fitting in socially will always not come as naturally to her as it does to her sister.
I feel more testing would probably result in her failing all Aspergers testing (I can see say if you need a 4/10 on a scale to trigger the label she’d maybe get a 3, so close but never enough symptoms or impact on her life). I can recheck with the LCSW who did her testing (she is good for a gut-check and we’ve kept up otherwise). I feel for my kid — she is smart, hates being a room where people are talking about her but not talking with her (had I known new Dr. would do it, I would have warned him off doing than and requested a private meeting for us to discuss his concerns privately), and is in that begiinnig of puberty phase where she is having All The Feelings, running into mean kids at school, etc. I’d love for her to feel that she is OK as she is and not to deal with a label. We gently work on social skills at home (and have a wonderful weekly sitter who also a good friendly-adult sounding board).
I feel at a a loss as to the right path forward but don’t like putting my daughter through things where she is made to feel broken / wrong / wired the wrong way and I know she hates it (I also don’t think she has it but that the ADHD diagnosis is spot-on and just not what people are used to girls having and yes they will have issues fitting in socially with it that are just going to be a challenge to manage). Any one else been here? Help!
Anyone have this mug and know if it spills easily? I’m looking for some little gifts to ask for and this looks like it could be good to keep around for b-feeding, but I’m clumsy and like something with a semi-reliable lid.
If not this, any recommendations for a b-feeding water cup/bottle? I’d prefer one I don’t have to screw the lid off every time.
DC area moms- suggestions for baby water acclimation class or a warm public pool we could use to do our own? We previously went to the JCC but it is closed for renovation, and our local public pool is pretty cold.