Maternity Monday: Ana Floral During & After Dress
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The warmer weather and extra sunshine have me feeling a bit more optimistic. As we tiptoe towards something resembling the Before Times, I’m allowing myself to daydream about in-person weekend brunches, baby showers, and weddings.
Nom Maternity’s Ana Floral During & After Dress would be perfect for all of these outings and more. You can wear it before, during, and after your pregnancy. It has a front partial snap placket for nursing, two very useful front pockets, and adjustable grosgrain tie straps.
My favorite thing is the charming and sophisticated black-and-white floral print. The only accessory you’ll need is a virgin mimosa!
The dress is $148 and available in XS–XL at Bloomingdale’s. Another cute option in the same fabric is Nom’s Valeria Dress for $116. With code SAVEMORE, the prices come down to $111 and $87, respectively.
P.S. Happy Ramadan to those who celebrate!
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?
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Some posters commented on Friday about selling or buying kids’ shoes (I think maybe Keen’s)? Where are you all doing this (if you are)? Feedback and tips appreciated!
This is an interesting/encouraging article. Yes, the last year has been hard for kids, but they will ultimately take their cues from their parents and have likely developed new skills and resilience to help balance out the cons
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/health/pandemic-middle-school-mental-health.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Just an FYI for those of you with teens, in my state they are unofficially giving Pfizer to kids under 16. I don’t really understand why this is possible but I know multiple people who have gotten kids as young as 13 vaccinated in the last week. I guess ultimately there’s no law against giving the vaccine to a child of any age as long as the parents consent (just like pregnant women aren’t officially approved but can get it if they want) and a lot of parents are comfortable consenting for teens. My kid is only 3 so we’ll be waiting until there’s data at least for elementary age kids, but if I had a teenager I would definitely get them vaccinated now.
Which kind of band-aids should I use for minimal pain? We had the last feed last night. I cried a river the entire day and night but woke up a little relieved to have them back and to hand off bedtime for a few weeks.
Suggestions for virtual teacher appreciation gifts? We were specifically told not to give money or things of value (the school is funding treats, meals, flowers, etc.) and because of Covid rules it has to be virtual so kiddo can’t “make” a craft. I guess I will do a nice note and photo (although since it’s a pandemic I don’t have any photos of my kid with the teacher and I doubt they really want a photo of just my kid) but if anyone has any better ideas I’d love to hear.
Any recommendations for plain white t-shirts for kids? I need basic white t-shirts to send with my kids to camp. They don’t need to be the best, but also not see through.
I gotta tell you- my 2nd grader watches YouTube now and while I do hate the endless cake decorating videos she watches…she actually wants to decorate cakes now. She put a “spinny plate” on her birthday list so she can be better at frosting. And she also watches “how to” videos for things like drawing and crazy Rainbow Loom crafts. I am a hard NO on watching unboxing videos and watching other people play video games [she doesn’t do either as far as i know- at least not enough that I notice, and I do pay attention], but I kind of like that she comes to me asking if I can sit there while she tries to braid my hair in a new crazy way she was learning on youtube.
I feel like I need a gut check here-
I just discovered that my third grader has unrestricted access to YouTube via google slides on her school’s Chromebook. In general YouTube is blocked on the school’s devices and on her school Google account, but some kids figured out this loophole where if you open google slides (which is how they do homework these days) you can imbed and watch videos directly from YouTube.
I can’t figure out if this is really a problem? Or if I should write to her school about it? My first instinct was this is not okay and the school needs to set up better restrictions, but… My child is unlikely to go search out inappropriate content (though content I find banal and insipid is another issue….), and from what my child says, it is very common among her classmates, so I do wonder if the teachers and administrators already are aware about it? . There is something I find really insidious about the way YouTube just auto-plays video after video. I also think I’m a little sensitive about how my kid uses the computer since we get emails from her teacher about her playing video games in class. (I can’t tell if there are ads, but so far, I haven’t seen anything.)
In my ideal world she could just go back to doing her assignments with pen and paper, but it’s hardly an ideal time in education right now.
Do we think this is just a “let it go and stop being old fashioned” kind of thing? Or is there something I should say/do/ask?
My LO is clearly thinking about becoming mobile, so it’s time to start babyproofing. No stairs, so we don’t need to worry about that, but I’m a little stumped on what to do about our front load washer. It’s in a little nook off the kitchen without a door, not a laundry room that can be closed off. Is there a lock that will allow the door to be open a little so that it can dry out, but not open so much that a child could climb in or pinch their fingers in the door?
Also, any recommendations for cabinet door locks would be much appreciated!
Kid just turned 3, and has been potty trained (and almost always dry at night) since January. She’s also still in a crib, and isn’t interested in climbing out. I keep putting her in diapers overnight even though she probably doesn’t need them, because I want her contained in the crib. She’s not complaining. It’s fine to ride this out as long as I can right?
My husband and I are both fully vaccinated so I was excited he would able to fly to attend his brother’s 7-person (all fully vaccinated except one person) outdoor, masked wedding in person this month! At first brother said that he (and the bride’s parents) are only ok with husband coming if he quarantines for 3 days ahead of the wedding. I’m 34-weeks pregnant and we have a two-year old. My fully-vaccinated folks were coming to help me at home while DH is away. As of last night after flights are booked, his brother now wants a 5-day quarantine so husband would be gone for a full week. Brother said he doesn’t have to come and actually would prefer he comes for a separate ceremony that is scheduled for 3-weeks after I give birth. I feel genuine hate for the brother now. Like, how are these our options? We could of course skip both but I know that would make a lot of people sad, including my husband. I ruled out the post-partum option but I’m considering giving the go ahead to the week trip now. I’m just so unbelievably angry about it. Husband is willing to do whatever I want which is sweet but also a heavy burden.
Need gift ideas for two friends:
Friend 1 is expecting her third, gender unknown.
Friend 2 will be having her first Mother’s Day as a mom this year.
WWYD?
Ugh, positive case in kiddo’s class from last week, just notified last night. Every time I think this nightmare is nearly ending, something like this comes up. I supposed until we can vax kids it will continue to be like this, though in this case we think it was the teacher (based on texting other parents and some process of elimination, but just speculation). Only bright side is parents are fully vaxxed so they can help and we’re both half vaxxed at least.
Has anyone else been through this? Was the classroom able to reopen once all kids tested negative, or did the board of health shut it down the full two weeks? Trying to determine what we’re in for as I am in a busy time at work and also JUST applied for two internal roles that I’ll need to prep for (naturally).
This looks like an old-fashioned pillowcase dress for little girls.