Organizing Wednesday: Acrylic Storage Case

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Sorbus Cosmetic Makeup and Jewelry Storage Case Display In my dream home, I have a master bathroom with not only two sinks, but totally separate vanities. On my vanity, I’d have all of my skin care and cosmetics organized and neatly stored. I’d use something like this product to keep everything stored safely and where I can see it. Right now my setup is less than ideal — using a travel makeup bag on a daily basis — and when I do travel, the makeup I don’t want to bring gets kicked out. This leads to a lot of broken compacts and cracked pans of blush. Until I get my fantasy bathroom, a girl can dream… This case is $32.99 at Amazon and is eligible for Prime and free returns. Acrylic Storage Case This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Being a stepparent can be so hard and I feel like there are no resources or books out there, ARGH. I read one decent book but it was from the 80s or 90s and the general sense of stepfamilies was that the bio mom and stepdad had the kids full time, not a lot of info on shared custody. I just feel like there are no resources and it’s sometimes just really challenging. I don’t have any other friends with stepchildren and sometimes it just feels really alone!

FTM here. I’m nearing the end of maternity leave, and find myself randomly bursting into tears. Our nanny has started, and our baby loves her. She was the nanny for friends of ours and their baby, so I have all the faith and confidence in the world in her and taking care of our little one. I work in big law, but have generally enjoyed the work and my colleagues. Our practice group is small and we get along for the most part. I’m just worried about not being a good employee and not being a good mom. I know it’s going to be different and once I’m there it likely won’t be as bad as I’m making it out to be in my head.

Please tell me this is normal? I can do this, right?

Any good ideas for getting probiotics in toddler who aren’t old enough for gummies? It’s a flavorless powder that can be mixed into milk, water or food but since we switched from bottles to sippy cups, my kiddo rarely comes close to finishing a cup. Anything she eats with a spoon like yogurt winds up on her shirt as much as in her mouth. (Yes, we waste a lot of food…)

My mom is so critical of the fact that my 19 month old hits and shoves other kids. Obviously it’s a problem, but I don’t know what we can do about it that we’re not already doing. Daycare teachers have agreed she needs to work on gentle touches but don’t seem overly concerned about it. It’s just so frustrating because my mom is always saying things to me like “you never hit other children, because you knew I wouldn’t have tolerated that.” OK mom, I’m sure my angelic toddler behavior has everything to do with your parenting skills and nothing to do with my personality or the fact that you were a SAHM and so I wasn’t really around other kids until I was much older. Is smug grandma a thing? If not, it should be.

based on yesterday’s post about bows…can someone please explain the whole turban trend to me. i have girls and never thought i would do bows, but totally turned into that mom and i mean i guess the turbans block sun exposure, but they make me think of people who’ve lost their hair due to illness

how do people handle discouraging food throwing by toddlers? my 16 month old twins both do this, though when one starts it often encourages the other and one has just discovered the word “no” and likes to say “no,no,no” (which i must admit sounds quite cute) and throw food on the ground (not so cute). i’ve read everything from ignore it, to trying to grab their hand before they throw it and say “i will not let you do that,” to taking them out of the high chair, but i typically do dinner solo and i only have so many hands. i know this is common behavior, but just want to make sure i’m consistent in my response. what has worked for others?

Does anyone wear nightgowns? I usually get home, change out of work clothes and into a t-shirt and shorts, or a t-shirt dress (in cold weather, leggings, socks, and sweatshirt) and then go to sleep in those clothes. But recently I’ve been noticing a lot of really nice nightgowns–nothing too racy or fancy, just pretty and simple. But I’m wondering if 1) this is really practical or is it silly to imagine lounging around in a pretty nightgown for the evening, and 2) is this borderline old lady, middle aged mom behavior. I mean, I AM a middle aged mom and I usually embrace that but . . . anyway, before I spend money on one, thought I’d see what others do. I don’t really want to go through two steps of changing out of work clothes into t-shirt and shorts, and then into nightgown before I get in bed, but maybe that would be the only way?

Has anyone here pushed back on homework in kindergarten? My kiddo woke up crying today because she was worried that she didn’t do her homework right. Yesterday it was the first thing she said to me when I got home: I have to do my homework. We forgot to send back her worksheet the day prior and so she didn’t get that day’s reward certificate (like tickets you can cash in for a prize) and she cried. We are reassuring her that the homework is no big deal and that it’s just a chance to practice what she’s learning in school, but she is an extremely bright, people-pleaser and obviously internalizing this as a measure of her worth. I myself struggled with this as a child– I was always the first in my class but had terrible anxiety about school and homework that only worsened over time.

I have read a lot of media coverage about how homework at young ages does not benefit the child. I expected that homework at this age would be “read for 15 minutes” or something that we do anyway that is just meant to form good habits and relationships, etc., but nope, we are getting worksheets. My gut is to tell the teacher that we won’t be doing homework, but I don’t want to start off the year/ school relationship on a bad foot with the administration. Does anyone have any experience with this?

DH has to go to London at the end of October for a day or two of meetings. Neither of us have ever been there. We are in the Midwest. We have a kiddo who will turn four earlier in October, and I’d really love for kiddo and me to spend some time in London, too. We could either go before or after his meetings for 3-5 days or go for longer and entertain ourselves during DH’s commitments. I’m not sure of the politics at his office of the latter option.

Is London good for preschoolers? Ideas on what to do? Or is the whole idea of a time change for less than a week more trouble than it is worth? Give me all your comments!

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The perennial debate: when to TTC? My husband and I will be finishing paying off our law school loans this year (yay!) (I’m a third year, he’s a fourth year–weird to think about now that the first years are starting wow). Sometimes we’re like, wow it’d be so great to make money next week and be able to sock it all away in our HCOL city before we change jobs that don’t make this much money (and we’re very thankful for this luck!) and then sometimes we’re like, we’re emotionally ready, we should TTC now, I’ve always wanted kids around age 30, and as a junior, I am pretty replaceable on deals so why not. Having kids later is obviously an option too.

We’re not near family, though, and sometimes we also dream of raising our kids near grandparents (we know, they won’t necessarily be there to babysit, but we both had grandparents around to hang out with and come from cultures where grandparents are involved). We will probably end up moving in a few years to do that.

Thoughts? Wait until we move if it’s going to be within 1-2 years? Not sure what I’m asking, it’s just a lot of thoughts I have jumbled in my head and I’m in a slow period so been dwelling too long on it perhaps.

What was your routine like on maternity leave for weeks 6-12? We’re not really on a consistent nap schedule yet but trying to figure out what to do all day. Thanks!

It is official. moving at year end.

The details: We’ll be moving to my home city, where we’ll have my family about ~20-45 minute drive (traffic) from where we plan to live. DH has family in exurbs about a ~1-2 hours away, and my MIL plans to relocate to live with/near us. I have some of my closest friends-who-are-like-family that will live nearby, and DH has some old friends that he’s re-kindled relationships with that will also be close. He’ll be working out of the home city office of his firm, and travelling back about 1x/month and to clients as needed, and I’m looking for a new job right now. DS is almost 2, and we’re thinking of TTC soon. Currently in the D.C. area and moving to a much bigger city. Worried about a million things, but we’ve also been working towards this move for a long time, too.

Question for this Wisehive: Any tips for managing a move of this size with all these moving pieces? Asking for any tips – emotional, logistical, etc. given the details above. We’re planning on outsourcing the packing as much as we can, starting to look to rent in the neighborhoods we’re interested (and if it’s right – maybe even buy – but my sense is prices may drop in the coming months), putting DS on the appropriate daycare waitlists so we have a few options, etc.

Daycare teachers wouldn’t give meds without first asking permission, right? I gave my daughter Tylenol before daycare today for the first time and forgot to mention it to the teachers. I can’t imagine they’d give her Tylenol without asking/telling me first, right? Or do I need to contact them?

Ugh, talk me down. I drop my kids off at school around 7:15 every day. I pick them up around 5:30-5:45 typically. Last night instead of going home, we went to the gym and I put them in the gym daycare for an hour so I could get a run in, from about 6:30 to 7:30. By the time we got home, it was time to do the bedtime routine (they ate dinner at the daycare).

Trying to fall asleep, I was so wracked with guilt for being a terrible mom because after them being in 10+ hours of childcare, I handed them off to yet ANOTHER provider, so that I could run. It felt really icky to basically have no time with my kids at all yesterday. But this is fine, right? They loooove school and the gym daycare. The only one having a problem with it is me — so I should just decide to get over it, right?