Organizing Thursday: Alba Garment Rack
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I am the type of person who really should pick out my outfit the night before. I am the opposite of someone who has a finely edited capsule work wardrobe, because my weakness is clothing on sale/impulse shopping. I have a lot of great work clothing, but it can be a little time consuming to not know what goes together off the top of my head, and I like inspiration to strike. However, if I were to be more consistent with picking out my clothes the night before, I would love to have this in my bedroom or closet. It would give me an idea of how everything lays together, and show if anything needs to be steamed or ironed — and there’s a space for shoes at the bottom. I also like the idea of hanging a necklace on the pegs. This garment rack is $118 at Anthropologie. Alba Garment Rack
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Sales of note for 4/16/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 5,521 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your entire purchase + 50% off one full-price item
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – $29+ select styles + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew – Spring Event: 40% off sitewide + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40%-70% off everything + 60%-70% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – New collection just dropped! Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15%
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off select tops + 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes & accessories + 40% off all markdowns
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?
I seem to be stuck in m0d and I’m not sure what word did it, so rephrasing and hoping this gets through. My almost 12 month old (turning 1 next week) has no expressive language and pretty minimal (I think) receptive language. She will clap or wave if we say one of those words, but it isn’t consistent which one she’ll do (she sometimes waves when we say clap, etc). She doesn’t consistently look at the right object when we say “Where’s __?” She doesn’t seem to point for communication. She sometimes makes a “no” gesture with her head, but I’m not sure she’s using it to mean “no.” I have no experience with other babies so no benchmark for whether this is just slower than average or something to worry about.
Ugh my dad told someone I went to high school with about my pregnancy before I announced to most people (he ran into her at the gym??). Should I quick text my close friends before she posts on Facebook?
My daughter is turning 1 next week. She doesn’t say any identifiable words and I’m not sure her receptive language is where it should be. If we ask her to clap or wave she does one or the other, but she hasn’t consistently sorted out which is which. She doesn’t seem to know any other commands and doesn’t consistently look at the appropriate person if we say “Where’s mom? where’s the dog?” etc. She can make a pointing shape with her hand, but doesn’t seem to be using it to communicate. Sometimes she shakes her head no when it seems appropriate (eg. I feed her something, she makes a face and I say something like “oh you dont like this?” and then she shakes no) but I’m not sure if she’s really responding to what I’m saying. Is this normal? I have no close friends or family with kids so I have a hard time knowing what’s in the normal range and what might be concerning.
Funny for today: I looked in the family Google calendar today and there was a note that said ‘DS playdate with B (his daycare BFF)’. No one had apprised me of this fact. I texted my husband; it turned out that kiddo had arranged this playdate directly with B’s mom at daycare pickup. Husband, seeing no calendar conflicts, had put it in our calendar for him. I’m so tickled by the fact that my child now arranges his own playdates. (B’s parents are neighbors & good friends of ours, and we often do casual after-daycare playdates that last through dinner, with dinner being something easy like takeout or pasta and salad.)
Reality check, please: how weird/rude is it that my MIL refers to my kid as hers? Not like trying to pass her off as her own, just things like “please send some pictures of my little girl.” Is this a normal display of affection or an overreach? They have the same name and I’m worried she thinks that gives her some kind of special “rights.”
A couple of things that I need advice on. Want to thank you lovely ladies in advance. I find this resource invaluable!! We have gone back and forth about having another child – for infertility reasons and mental health history the conclusion is no to another child. I find everywhere I turn that another person I know it pregnant sometimes I feel jealous and sometimes glad it’s not me. Our 2 year old son will most likely be an only child. I am fixated on the fact that I think he will be spoiled and not know how to interact, play with others well. He goes to daycare 2 days a week and is with my mother in law 3 days a week and they go to activities on those days. I am also married to an only child who thinks being an old child is great. Can anyone help me with either their personal experience or resources? Thank you!
My oldest is going to start kindergarten this fall and I am getting sentimental. It feels like this is my last time to have unstructured school-free time with her. So, I am considering taking a month off in the summer before K starts and hanging out with her. I have lots of leave and my employer would be supportive. I would still take the little one to daycare and maybe send the older one to a half day camp for a week or something. Is this crazy?! I am not sure what we would do everyday…but we’ll figure it out?
How is your relationship with your parents after kids? I have found that mine tend to frustrate me a lot with unsolicited advice / judgments regarding parenting (and other aspects of life too, but parenting is the big one). I also feel that my parents have forgotten how hard it is to have young kids, and tend to: (1) not be very helpful and (2) want to spend more time with us than we have as two working parents with young kids. All of this has put a huge strain on the relationship / has lead to not feeling very connected with them.
I know this has been the subject of a ton of conversations already, but can I get some advice on plane travel/car seats? We will be flying with a 3 year old and chunky 8 month old in April. One of us will wear/hold the baby since he’s traveling as a lap child, but what’s best practice for the 3 year old in terms of bringing a car seat on board? We have the Cosco travel car seat that’s so often recommended here and I’m willing to bring it on board and install it, but will that be comfortable or will we be better off just buckling her into the plane seat? FWIW, she’s super tall but skinny. I don’t know if she’ll sleep either way.
For those who have done pelvic floor therapy, can you describe the exercises/ point to a resource I could use to DIY this at home? Is it basically routine kegels? Or is there more? I will talk to my gyn about it, but I live in a semi-rural area where it is highly unlikely I will find a specialist. Plus, I have heard her say that women with leakage problems should stop drinking so much water, so I am not entirely confident she is up to speed/ on board with pelvic floor therapy to begin with.
Paging the OP from yesterday- just catching up as I myself was in an airport alone with a 7 month old, a 2.5 year old that didn’t nap, and a 5 year old yesterday. I survived, barely.
Suggestion:
1. Check the car seats if you need them at your destination and use a cards harness.
2. If you want them to have the car seat on board to nap/what have you, check your stroller. Get the car seat rollers for both car seats and wheel them riding their car seats thelugh the airport. Use a backpack as your diaper bag. We have this, but it needs a luggage bag. https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Toddler-Seat-Travel-Accessory/dp/B000JHN3AS/ref=asc_df_B000JHN3AS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241971193896&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14601557650697869994&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026831&hvtargid=pla-594085274154&psc=1
You’ll have a little trouble actually boarding the plane like this, but they can walk and a flight attendant will help you.
Pro tip: bring (emptied) Good 2 grow character juice bottles to fill with water or airline beverages. They don’t spill and my kids were so psyched for their Poppy Troll juice!
Gently, this seems redundant on what a hook can do? Felt the same way about the nursing pin and a few other recommendations lately.
For this very reason I recently picked up an over the door hook from the Container Store that I absolutely love. It’s the Nickel Duchess Valet Over the Door Hook. Unfortunately it’s not available for shipping, but it happened to be at our local store. It’s awesome. And as a side bonus, our walk-in closet is unheated, so setting out my clothes the day before means they don’t feel like sheets of ice!