Accessory Tuesday: Ashley Huggie Earrings
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I understand why Instagram is such a valuable app for marketing purposes. It is where I find most of the things I want to buy — like these earrings, which are always worn by Emily Schuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere. In her Instagram stories, she always highlights them and adds a variation of “These bestselling earrings are finally back in stock!” The number of times I’ve swiped up for the link is reaching infinity. They will be mine someday! I really love how they are tiny huggies, simple but still decorative. I’ve been considering getting my second earring holes redone, and these seem like they would look cute in the second hole with maybe a larger earring in the first (but definitely also fun on their own). They’re $60 at Shopbop. Ashley Huggie Earrings
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
We are getting a new car next week, and I would like to order some of those protective mat thingies to go in between the kids’ convertible carseats and the leather car seat (which is a second row bench). Are all of these protective mats basically the same? Any particular recommendations? Thanks!
Can a Kia Soul fit two car seats in the back?
My first appointment is tomorrow, when I will be exactly 8 weeks. I’ve been told to expect a lot of blood draws and I will have an ultrasound, but I don’t know much more than that. I am generally healthy with no preexisting conditions and I’ve been having lots of pregnancy symptoms. So aside from “when does the nausea stop,” I don’t have specific questions. Is there anything else you wish you had asked or things your doctor brought up that you found really helpful? Thanks!
Can anyone share experiences of pregnancy and auto immune disorders? Mine seems to have triggered a flare up and I can barely move. Seeing my doctor of course, but they don’t seem to have many solutions since I am pregnant.
Wintertime baby question! I am having my second at the end of October, so she’ll be an immobile blob for many of the cold winter months. We have a stroller footmuff already, but thinking I should get some kind of “bunting” for her? My older was a summer baby so never had this issue. If anyone has suggestions for newborn appropriate cold weather gear, let me know! For what it’s worth I’m in NYC, so it’s not the frozen tundra, but we are outside a lot by necessity.
Can I get a bit of poop help? My 2.5 year old has been withholding (~3 days at a time) since potty training a few months ago. We started her on Miralax last month (2 tsp a day) but it doesn’t seem to have made a big difference…she’s still not going daily, and complaining about tummy aches, etc. We finally gave her a suppository last night after she cried for almost an hour at bedtime.
She doesn’t seem outwardly afraid of the potty (she will go in it if she’s nearby and pantsless; otherwise she has an accident) but refuses to sit and wait on it. The hour or so before she finally poops is just a disaster — crying, frustration, etc. Then she poops and is proud and back to normal. She’s 100% trained for pee and has not expressed any interest in going back to diapers.
So…what’s the strategy here? Do I up the dose of Miralax? It’s not diet; it’s definitely in her head. She gets lots of fruit and vegetables, prunes, water, etc (pre potty training she was pooping twice a day and her diet hasn’t changed). Is there a specific script that has worked for anyone? It’s almost like she doesn’t know how to just sit on the potty and let it out.
Apologies for writing a novel here but I keep reading these horror stories of kids’ poop problems getting worse and worse because people are reluctant to intervene and I would rather fix it now while she still has a generally positive attitude. Our pediatrician has been really unhelpful (“oh, she probably just needs more fruit”) so I’m hoping some smart people here can share their experiences.
I would think back to what time of day she typically goes poop and then at that time of day everyday have her sit on a toilet for five minutes while watching her favorite tv show. She only gets that tv show while sitting on the toilet. Or pick her favorite toy. Now she only gets that on the toilet. Practice sitting there every day for five minutes. If she wants to go another time on her own encourage it and let her have the tv show/toy.
I’m heading out on my first long-ish business trip since my 7-month old was born. I’ll be gone three full days and almost three full nights. I’m so sad to leave her – please just tell me that she won’t forget me! She wouldn’t forget that fast right? Planning to do video chatting but I’m not sure how much she gets out of that really…
I’ve started going through the milestone checklist in advance of baby’s 9 month ped visit next week and she is missing some of the “talk to your pediatrician if…” milestones including responding to her own name, playing back-and-forth games, and looking where I point. So now I have gone down the autism rabbit hole and am panicking. What I really want is reassurance that things are fine, but I think I probably also need some advice on getting early intervention. Anyone gone through this? It’s another screening post-pediatrician before getting a referral to services, right? What is the timeline like?
Hi ladies, seeing recommendations for vacation destinations with young kids. Mine are currently almost-3 and almost-1, and I’m interested in long weekends from DC, and week-long trips for next summer. Husband and I really prefer destinations that have lots of options for entertaining young kids and are generally low-stress (so not a ton of planning to make it fun). We had a great time in Paris (lots of playgrounds, kid-friendly restaurants, walkable/public transportation-friendly city), and love being in DC (museums, metro). Beach vacations, per contrast, are not fun for us– too much work to get everything packed up and having to be “on” all the time watching the kids near the water.
What’s the best place you’ve been with toddlers/young preschoolers?
I have 3 kids. My second just turned two and has been giving us a run for our Mikey since the day she was born. Sleep issues, teething issues, and now, some behavior issues. My oldest never had “terrible twos” (sure she was more difficult than whaen she was one, but not like you read about. And she was a moody “threenager” but again, nothing super noteworthy). My two year old won’t listen to me, runs off and thinks it’s funny (obviously attention seeking, but also, hugely dangerous!), screams/cries over everything despite having a marvelous vocabulary, throws stuff, pinches, pokes, you name it. Main feature is truely defiant behavior-spitting out food, looking at us and doing the opposite of what we ask, etc. bedtime has become a 1+ hour escapade. And on by the way she’s decided she wants to potty train *even though* DH and I decided to punt on that because of the new baby. So her trump card is “I go potty?” And of course we take her (within reason, she has a 2 trip limit once she’s in bed- and she actually does go.)
This has been going on since was ~21 months but has really magnified when the baby was born at 23 months (she’s 25 months now).
We have the spirited child book. We carve out individual time and she gets more of it than either of the other two kids. She’s generally better behaved 1:1 but not always. We keep as much routine as we possibly can (see: have a 6 week old).
I’m looking for…consideration? Reassurance? Pro tips? This is just so much more intense than we ever had with my older kiddo—but #2 was born more intense and has never failed to deliver.
Hi all, I am currently pregnant and will be resuming anti anxiety medication immediately following the delivery of bebe. Unfortunately, the SSRI I typically take is one of the medications that is transmitted most easily through breast milk so I am considering switching to a different medication. I am under the care of a psychiatrist and she has told me that she does not find the information regarding the amount of the medication transmitted in breast milk that concerning (as in, she doesn’t think it is enough to be harmful to the baby) and she thinks there is a lot of value in me going back on the medication that has historically worked for me. Even with her very supportive and helpful advice, I am finding the decision very difficult to make and I am wondering if anyone who has been in this situation would be willing to share how you decided what to do medication-wise. To be clear, I have already decided to go back on anti anxiety medication and this is purely a question regarding what specific medication to go onto. Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to share her experience on what is a pretty personal topic.
What do kids wear to a black-tie optional summer wedding? Ages 4 (girl) and 1 (boy).
Is this dress too casual (and does it matter?) ?
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Wise mamas, talk to me. What parenting books would you recommend for a first-time mom?
I was an only child who grew up in a completely sterile, adults-only environment – think Emily Gilmore’s home – with a benignly disengaged mother. My husband grew up with a million cousins in a really idyllic environment and is awesome with kids – thank goodness! We are so happy to start a family, but I realized this weekend when interacting with some toddlers and preschoolers that I have literally no frame of reference for HOW to parent. (This question brought to you by trying to referee who gets to play with the puzzle next.) The things you’d learn from watching your parent/aunt/uncle deal with another child or from, um, actually being parented as a child, I just don’t know.
So far from reading the comments here, I’ve read Bringing Up Bebe (loved) and How To Talk So Kids Will Listen (my library’s copy was a hilariously outdated original 1980s copy, but good material). What other books would you recommend to a blank slate mama-to-be?
Brain Rules (recommended here!) was my absolute favorite. I also had no childcare experience and this book helped me not freak out.