I’m not familiar with the brand, but I’ve noticed a number of cute dresses explicitly billed as “washable” in the name. This cute sheath dress comes in sizes 4-18, and is available exclusively at Dillard’s for $139. Alex Marie Lucie Washable Dress
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- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
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- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
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Anon says
So this is an embarrassing TJ:
Post-baby I’ve found that reading ‘romantic fiction’ helps me get in the mood (maybe something about taking me out of the mommy role?). I like being back in the mood again. Anyway – looking for suggestions on good books – especially short stories/vignettes as often don’t have a lot of time to read or may be several days between getting time to read. Open to fan fiction type stuff as well.
Prefer something I can read on the tablet not in paper as not ready to admit to anyone in real life (even DH) that I’m doing this – feel a bit cliche.
Don’t mind a bit of D/s but want to read anything that has a messed up concept of consent (50 shades of grey).
Anon says
I agree. Now that you mentioned it, I also started this after babies and it definetley helps. There are tons on amazon and I really like Bella Andre books. I also get a lot of the free books and don’t feel bad deleting if they aren’t my thing. I call them my smut books.
Hot pink says
I’m looking for a hot pink or magenta T-shirt maternity dress. Probably for weekends but also for work potentially. Any ideas? Isabella Oliver used to have a great one but that color is no longer available. Thanks!
Anon says
I just replied on the main thread too but realized I was probably way too late for anyone to look at it. Check out this Isabella Oliver on sale at a Pea in the Pod. Sounds like exactly what you were looking for: (I don’t have this one, but I have been living in IO t-shirt dresses for the past 4-5 months).
[Ed. note: This link was deleted because it was broken, sorry!]
SLEEP! says
Help, ladies. My 17 month old used to be a pretty good night sleeper, but a recent bout of sickness and 1 year molars turned her into a monster. And we made the mistake of bringing her into bed with us to try and get some shut eye. Now, we can’t seem to unbreak the habit. We’ve tried to let her cry it out, but she’s an angry monkey and is getting super close to getting out of her crib in her fit of rage (but not climbing out so much as flinging herself out in a way that’s bound to result in injury). In fact, she got her knee stuck between the slats trying to climb out one night and we had to go extricate her (which only caused more anger). Suggestions?
mascot says
Is it time for a big girl bed? Baby-proof her room, strap the furniture to the wall, and make a big deal about sleeping in her new bed. We used a baby gate to contain our child in his room. He was about 19 months when he first launched himself out of his crib, prompting an immediate switch to the toddler bed.
Meg Murry says
Or switching her to just a mattress on the floor? Then you could lay down and cuddle with her a little bit in her room, but leave her there once she’s calmed down or asleep?
We also went through a period where we spent a lot of time either patting my son’s back, rubbing his head or just sitting on the floor next to the crib – again, not ideal, but better than dealing with hours of screaming or a kicking kid in our bed.
Anon says
Not sure the crib is really the issue. Seems like she’s just trying to escape the crib to get to you. If she’s in a toddler bed then she’ll still try to get to you. I might be a bit biased though because we still have our 3 year old in a crib because she loves her cozy safe space.
Sounds like it’s the crying it out that’s not working for her. How about some rocking in a rocking chair, maybe a sleep sheep/other white noise and maybe some cold water or milk to drink. Also baby advil to survive the teething. At that age our daughter needed lots of reassurance about where we were so we left the bedroom doors open sometimes so she could her us in our bedroom. Basically try to re-establish her room as her sleep place – even if that means you have to sleep in the recliner or hubby has to camp out in a sleeping bag on the floor for company for a few nights. This too shall pass. She’ll eventually get back to routine.
hoola hoopa says
For one of my children, extinction CIO didn’t work at all (similar response) – but Ferber’s stepped CIO worked beautifully. Another child did best by getting her used to sleeping in her bed alone over time. So on night 1, instead of bringing her to bed when she woke, I’d hold her on my lap in her room until she fell asleep. Slowly we worked to me sitting next to her while she laid in bed, then to just checking in on her.
My experience with sleep training is to try it for 3 nights. One or two days isn’t enough of a trial – but if it’s not working on day 3, then it’s not going to work.
You mention recent illness – have you had ears checked for infection? They can be asymptomatic and disturb sleep.
FWIW, my kids have wanted beds instead of cribs around 19 months old. Their normal sleeping habits fell apart and they were up all night fighting going to bed in their crib, not sleep itself. Moving them to a bed solved the issue.
NewMomAnon says
I’ve had the luxury of getting to work whenever I wanted since returning from maternity leave, but I’m starting to think I need a more consistent (and earlier) arrival time. I wondered if others could share their morning routine with babies or small children, or tips they have for sharing morning baby care with a spouse.
More background: I’m nursing, baby usually winds up in bed with me around 4 am (so showering while she’s sleeping isn’t an option), she wakes up by 6:30 am and usually needs a nap by 8 or 8:30. We leave the house by 9:15 or 9:30 and I get to work around 10 am. Daycare feeds her breakfast. My husband is usually up by 5:30 am and out the door by 7 am.
FVNC says
Stream of consciousness suggestions/ideas (maybe one will be helpful): Can you shower at night so that in the morning all you have to do is get dressed? Are you nursing her after her morning nap? If not, can you let her take her morning nap at daycare? That way, once she wakes up, you could nurse and play for a bit, then put her in a bouncy seat/play-pen (depending on her age) while you get dressed. For a long term solution, can you work on helping baby sleep in her crib until 6:30 so that you can get ready before she wakes up to maximize playtime? And if you want to let her nap at home before daycare, you could spend that time working rather than showering/getting ready. That might help you feel better about the late arrival time, if you’ve already gotten 30-45 min of work in.
I know it’s hard and wish I had better suggestions. I always have responsibility for morning care for baby, and also have not found a way to get to the office at a consistent time unless I drop off baby very early at daycare (and then I feel guilty because she’ll be there 10 or 11 hrs rather than 8 or 9). Recently, the morning routine has gotten much easier now that my baby is older and can amuse herself — and I weaned her so I don’t feel the pressure to get an extra nursing session in before daycare.
Meg Murry says
Is she in an infant carseat? Or are you wearing her in a carrier on public transit? Can you either put her down for her morning nap in the carseat and leave the house while she’s still sleeping, or leave when she’s getting sleepy and she’ll take that nap in the car? My kids usually fell asleep in the car on the way to daycare and then napped their in the infant seat for a little while.
Alternately, can your husband take her from 6-6:30 if she’s awake so you can get a quick shower? It sounds like if he’s out the door by 7 am you are handling most/all of the morning routine with her – is there anything he could take over? Or do you handle mornings and he leaves early to do evenings after daycare until you get home?
NewMomAnon says
Yes, I think I need to work that into my schedule – we just moved from a house that was a 3 minute drive to daycare, to a house that is a 20 minute drive, so a car nap is possible now. This morning was our first in the new house, and I didn’t make it through all my morning stuff before she melted, so I had to get her down for a nap before the car trip.
I’m managing both drop off and pick up, and my husband is willing to help out in the mornings as long as it doesn’t mean adjusting his departure time (I think he would wake up early; he has been really helpful with night time issues). Transferring baby over to her dad at 6 am would certainly wake her up; is that OK? She’s such a bad sleeper that I tend to do anything necessary to keep her sleeping…
Anastasia says
I’m in a similar situation with a very flexible arrival time, but I’ve committed to early mornings so that my husband can help out with the kid. When I tried to do it all myself, it took forever and was a stressful way to start my days. Tbh, it’s never easy to get 2 adults and a small child out of the house in the morning, but sharing the load really helps.
Mine’s a toddler and weaned, but here’s what works for us:
First, I do everything possible at night: shower, pick out my outfit for the next day, pack my lunch, make sure diaper bag is ready for the next day.
Son can usually be counted on to sleep until 6-6:15. My husband needs to leave for work earlier than I do, so he gets up and brings little guy to me in bed where we cuddle while my husband showers. Around 6:30, my son decides it’s time to get UP! and will hop off the bed to go cause trouble. That’s husband’s cue to catch him, change his diaper and put his clothes on, giving me a couple minutes to roll out of bed and start breakfast. Hot breakfast is a luxury I refuse to give up. Once son is dressed, husband plops him in his high chair with a toy, finishes getting himself ready and heads off to work to beat the traffic and son and I have breakfast together. (Daycare provides breakfast, but my son is a bottomless pit so he wants food first thing in the morning, too.) After breakfast, we brush our teeth and he runs around like a maniac while I clean up breakfast and get dressed and ready to go. Short of a dirty diaper, nothing else derails me at that point — toys/dumped makeup bag/dirt from the potted plants/whatever can wait to be cleaned until I get home. I’m usually out the door by 7:30 and get to work shortly after 8.
It really helps that our house is small with kitchen and bedrooms on the same floor, and both bedrooms and bathroom right next to each other… unless he slides down the stairs to the basement/playroom (which I would hear), I can see him within about 10 steps. I’m not sure this system would be feasible otherwise. We did something similar when he was younger; I would just nurse baby while husband was in the shower, and there was less destruction during the time I was getting dressed.
hoola hoopa says
Aim to get her to daycare before her 8/8:30 nap. Shower, pack bags, etc the night before so you’re just getting dressed and minimal grooming in the morning. Get up at 6:30, hand off to your husband for 15 minutes while you dress and groom, then finish up morning prep after he leaves, and be out the door by 7:30 or 7:45.
Or plan to have her take a short nap on the way to daycare, so you’re loading in the car at about 8:15. That should still get you to work by 9 am.
anon says
I’m a little bummed out today because I realized I will need to tell my work about my pregnancy sooner as opposed to later – we are a small office and it’s become apparent that I cannot wait for our genetic testing results to come back before I tell because we are setting cases for trial before I will know the results. Not expecting negative blowback, but just hate things being outside my control. But I guess I need to get used to that happening more and more. :-/