Family Wednesday: Amazon Cashmere
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You’re probably aware that Amazon has a bunch of its own clothing brands, but did you know that their cashmere is worth checking out? We’re featuring a cashmere sweater from Lark & Ro today, but they also have a men’s sweater line called Buttoned Down (for example, this men’s cashmere full-zip sweater). My husband just got a Buttoned Down sweater as a gift and it’s really soft — I’d say it’s comparable to cashmere that we’ve gotten from Neiman Marcus Last Call and other places. I don’t know what the Black Friday deals will be at Amazon, but if you see any on Lark & Ro cashmere in particular, go ahead and grab them. Lark & Ro 100% Cashmere, 12-Gauge 3/4 Sleeve Crewneck Cardigan
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you enjoy the long weekend with your families!
Psst: Amazon’s toy deal of the day is on wooden toys from Hape, including some great marble runs, play kitchens, and more.
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Hi! Kids make a mess at meal time and I can’t deal. Has anyone found a good wipe-able tablecloth? I want to avoid vinyl and unnecessary chemicals. Anyone found a great one online to recommend? Suggestions welcome!!!
Hi! Kids make a mess at meal time and I can’t deal. Has anyone found a good wipe-able tablecloth? I want to avoid vinyl and unnecessary chemicals. Anyone found a great one online to recommend? Suggestions welcome!!!
Just a PSA that we have and LOVE the Hape kitchen. And that price is amazing.
Suggestions to help kids deal with extreme jetlag? (And tbh, to help family members comprehend that toddlers, jetlag and ‘fun’ activities don’t mix? My mother asked ‘What time does Baby GCA nap?’ ‘I don’t know mom, it’ll be unpredictable for the first few days’.) We’re about to fly halfway round the world. It’s a 13h time difference.
I’M SO MAD!
My son’s school is doing a “fun run” fundraiser that my son is for some reason very excited about. They are encouraging parents to come cheer their students on.
Initially they didn’t publish a time, but I dug around on the website for the event and found it listed at 8:30-10:00. I told my son I could make it and he was very excited, and I submitted a leave slip for that time. A subsequent email from the PTA said 12:00-2:00. OK, not great because I have a 1:30 meeting that afternoon, but I could probably come for 45 minutes at least, not a huge deal.
TODAY (the event is tuesday) they publicize that his grade will actually be from 1:30-3:00!! Now I’m torn- he’s been so excited that I could go, but that’s the exact time of a meeting I should probably attend. I’m so mad and disappointed that they would just keep changing the time of an event they encourage parents to attend.
This event is organized by the PTA, not the school, so I’m not sure there’s any point in complaining (they’ll just write me off as a complainer I’m sure) but I’m so mad/disappointed I could seriously cry. I was so excited to go support my son about something he was excited about, and he was so excited I was coming, and now I’m in a really tough spot.
Unsolicited review:
I ordered a maternity stitch fix and it… wasn’t horrible. I’ve used stitch fix a few times in the past and found that they really missed the mark on tops/skirts for me in terms of style, but they surprisingly always found me exactly the jeans I wanted that magically fit. I had the same experience with my maternity fix, I kept a pair of jeans and scarf. They sent a top that was way overpriced for what it was and was way off-base style-wise, and another pair of pants that unfortunately were too tight. However, it was 100% worth it to get a pair of jeans that fit, otherwise I would’ve been spending a saturday in a busy mall during the holiday season ultimately crying in a motherhood maternity dressing room.
Fun holiday movie suggestions, anyone? Especially for sensitive young kids who don’t deal well with anything scary on screen.
In terms of Hape toys, my daughter has these two:
https://tinyurl.com/ybenwzfm (xylophone)
https://tinyurl.com/ycq4vwxu (activity cube)
She still enjoys both (2.5), so it could be a good buy for a sub-2 year old holiday present.
I am off this week and was so excited about a break from pumping. We have exclusively nursed/pumped until now but I think my body decided this is the week it’s done making milk? I noticed a really slow let down starting Sunday and yesterday afternoon my body just would not let down. Baby got super frustrated so I supplemented with freezer stash which he happily chugged. Pumped at nap time for 30 minutes and got an ounce. My pumping my output at work as been very consistent — 15-18 ounces over three 15 minute pumping sessions. Has anything similar happened to anyone? I started out with oversupply issues for months so this is perplexing.
Can we talk wiping? How old does a kid have to be before they can, reliably, wipe their own bottom? My son potty trained about a year ago, will be four in a few months, and we’ve never even had him try. It’s time? No?
Just an FYI – PishPoshBaby is having an uppababy sale this weekend, with Vista and the umbrella strollers all 20% off. There’s usually no sales tax if you don’t live in NJ and free shipping. We ordered our stroller and car seat from them when we have our 1st kid and I was very impressed by their customer service/the whole experience. Figured I’d post the info here since it’s not a typical big box store most people know about.
How do you get a 2 year old to take a first bite of a food he hasn’t tried before? My son won’t eat try a variety of foods like avocado, grapes, oranges. I actually think he might like some of these foods if he bothered to TRY them, but he just looks at them and refuses. Any tips?
In reply to Redux (my phone doesn’t do the reply function correctly)… my 3yo loves the Crayola wonder colors – a set of markers that mark only on special paper, so no need to closely supervise in fear markers get on furniture, walls, or floors. We bought some books with preprinted coloring pages and some with just plain paper, and he can color for quite a while with that. He also loves those Melissa & Doug water coloring sets – you fill the little pens with water, color a page, and after about 10 minutes it’s dried and you can do it again. The books come with 4 or 5 pages and can entertain him for a good 30 minutes. And this one might be a little messy, but if you have a couple small tubs of Play-doh, you could offer that – we bought some cafeteria-style trays after seeing them used in preschool to do play-doh on to contain the mess. Or a tub of LEGO’s or other small building blocks? My kids love the LEGO sets that come in a mini suitcase and are self-contained. Good luck!
We had a great schedule going- bed at 7pm, up at 7am. But the time change has really thrown things off, and my 13 month old is now waking regularly at 5:30, if not earlier, despite still going to bed at 7pm. Earlier bedtime isn’t really an option between work, traffic, and dinner. Will she eventually adjust? Will we suffer until the next time change? Or do I just have to accept I have an early riser?
Any ideas for keeping a nearly 4- year old quietly entertained at an adult Thanksgiving?
My poor kid once again will be the only child at Thanksgiving. This year it’s a small, very adult (as in, child-free by choice, as opposed to last year where there were future parents or parents of grown children). She likes doing letter work (montessori) and I am printing out a booklet of letters for her to trace which will keep her attention for a good while. I’m also going to print out some simple mazes, which she’s never done before, in the hopes it will spark her interest. Other activities that might fit the bill? She’s got a good attention span and I’m hoping that I can introduce some new types of activities that will be exciting for her at an otherwise not terribly child-friendly dinner.