Maternity Monday: Augusta Plaid Maternity/Nursing Pullover
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I like this maternity top, which is work/Zoom-meeting appropriate. I like that the grey plaid is a conservative color combination/pattern while the shirt has a more casual and comfortable shape.
The banded hem and sleeves give this top some definition and volume. The zippers at the shoulders provide interest and balance. I’m a bit confused, however, by how you use this top for nursing, as the zippers seem to be too high/don’t open enough.
Regardless, this is a super cute maternity top!
The top, which is also available in a green plaid, is currently on sale at Nordstrom for $34.99 (marked down from $54). Augusta Plaid Maternity/Nursing Pullover
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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?
My daughter turned one recently, and she will not use a sippy cup. My husband and I have been offering one at meals since 6-months with little success. She mainly just chews on the top, and will not use one laying down like she drinks a bottle. I have tried transition cups, straw cups, hard spouts, weighted straw cups, and the 360 style. I have even tried letting her drink for the cup part. Any recommendations would be helpful!
I’m in a rut for my just-turned-one-year-old daughter’s breakfast, lunches, and snack for daycare. I really like cooking and meal prep her meals when I meal prep for the rest of the family. She eats really anything we offer (not kidding, she even likes some spicier Korean food). Any recommendations of meal-prep toddler foods welcome!
Whelp. We were supposed to have a new sitter start today and she called out this morning.
My two-year-old likes to watch babies. outside of elmo’s world, can anyone recommend a video on youtube or any of the streaming services that shows babies playing etc.? I looked on youtube but it was harder than I thought to find something geared toward other kids. That plus a powdered donut is the only thing I can think of to get through my staff meeting this morning.
The person that posted Friday about two biglaw couples that needed more than 50 hours a week of coverage, it just irritated me so much. I don’t think it’s fair to the kid to have both sets of parents work that much to where even seeing them on the weekend requires more outsources help. I don’t think we need women to stay home at all but I think it’s incredibly selfish to choose to have children and outsource all but maybe 10% of the time you have with them. I know I’ll get flamed for this but I’m wondering if someone can help me see another perspective to where it’s justifiable for both parents to work this much.
If it doesn’t work for you, fine, but there’s no need to bring this up to publicly judge someone else again. You don’t have to understand other people’s choices.
“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.” “The only way we will survive is by being kind.” -Amy Poehler.
I know this has been discussed over and over, but bear with me once more. What do I need to make a beach trip with a toddler fun? My guy is 2.5 years old, and we haven’t done a beach trip since he was 6 months (on purpose–that trip was miserable). We’re headed to Hilton Head Island in a couple of weeks, which is about a 4 hour drive from home. any recs are appreciated!
I’m a first time mom and expecting in a few months who just started the day care search. (We live in the NYC metro area). I’ve done in person and virtual tours of a few day cares near us and feel a bit defeated. One daycare doesn’t have windows. Another in-home day care is smaller than our apartment and there is no separate infant space. The lady operating the Montessori school was rude, and does a 6 month old even need Montessori? After seeing these places, I’m wondering if it makes sense to hire a nanny ($$$$) until the child is 12-18 months and a bit more mobile and self-sufficient.
A little bit of context if that helps: I am a recent law grad who will be starting a new job before baby comes. Public interest lawyer with a ~1.5 hr commute each way, so will need at least 11 hours of care per day. Husband is a doctor with a reasonable, but not flexible schedule. Apparently it’s not just big law couples with crazy hours who need more than 50 hours of care a week! We can financially afford for me to not work (and I will likely fork over most of my salary for childcare until the kids go to public school), but I (like many other women!) am smart and have worked incredibly hard to get to where I am and want to keep my foot in the door. As someone who is starting her law career much later than her peers, I am afraid if I take time off now to raise kids, I will never be able to have a legal career.
I don’t even know what kind of advice I’m asking for but accept any wisdom you have!
Any advice for a 6-hour drive with a 1-year-old? Longest car trips he’s had so far have been about an hour, and he got cranky at about the 45 minute mark. Thanks!
Anyone have good transitional finger foods for a 9-month-old? She’s reached the point where she seems annoyed with purées but also is still bad at eating regular food. I’ve tried the baby-led weaning approach of “she eats what I’m eating” and it’s good for introducing her to textures and flavors, which I’m happy about, but she ingests basically zero of it and it becomes baby-led dog feeding. So I am hoping there are things that can kind of transition her towards normal foods – avocado, soft fruits (grilled peaches last night), and grated cheese have worked so far.
She has a mild egg allergy (which feels like it takes out a whole category of convenient foods) but can eat them baked into things.
We are doing a 15 hour road trip on two weeks. Two 21 month olds, plus my husband and me.
(1) how much time should we budget for this? Like one hour off for every three hours on? Plan right now is one hotel night, with trying to do a lot of the driving on the first day.
(2) I am thinking one of us will sit in back with a cooler of snacks, all the books in the world, and some new toys. Other ideas?
If you search for Pew Research Center and mother child care, you’ll see that on average, Moms in 1965 spent 10 hours on child care each week. In 2016, they average 14 hours a week. In the same time frame, paid work went from an average of 9 hours/wk to 25 hrs/wk.
This is the research people are citing when they say working moms today spend more time with their kids than SAHMs in the 50s. Obviously there will be outliers then and now, but on average, it’s true.
If your daycare or school closes for 14 days due to a positive test, how strictly do you quarantine at home? If we knew a classmate or teacher had tested positive, I would be inclined to treat myself as infected and not to leave my house for anything until the quarantine period was over, but if the case was in a different classroom, I’m not so sure. Not going to indoor spaces or gathering in large groups either way, but wondering about things like playgrounds and getting takeout food. Purely a hypothetical question at this point, although I imagine it’s one we’ll face sooner or later.
I am so, so irritated.
We were supposed to have a new nanny start a 1-week trial today, she called out this morning. Fine, whatever. But it is such a seller’s market if you’re a nanny right now there is no professionalism left. I had a no-show for an interview today, and one I had scheduled at a time SHE proposed and she texted me sorry she’s doing another one at the same time but she’ll call me later (??????)
Why is this so hard? We’re offering high end of market rate pay, paid sick, paid holidays, vacation after the first 6 months, not a crazy number of kids… just ugh. I don’t even WANT a nanny is what makes this stink.I’m high risk so for a variety of reasons it’s our only option, but stupid COVID.
Ugh my endocrinologist just told he’s “sorry” my child has to go to daycare and that children are much better off home with their parents. This had nothing to do with covid risks to my health, it was something he said while we were making small talk during the telehealth appointment (phone call) I had to have with him to get ultrasound results. I seriously almost told him to go f-ck himself. All my other doctors are women but I didn’t have any choice in him since he’s a specialist and gahhhh I just hate him.