Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Baby Bag
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I’ve had a number of diaper bags through the years. My favorite was a convertible backpack model — however, it was too heavy and screamed “diaper bag.”
Caraa’s Baby Bag is basically my favorite diaper bag, but improved. It’s made from lightweight (and wipeable) waterproof nylon and features ample pockets inside and out. You can also carry it multiple ways — as a crossbody, as a backpack, on your stroller, or even on your suitcase.
The medium size even accommodates an 11” laptop (although I’d hesitate to keep my laptop in the same compartment as any liquids).
Although a bit of a splurge, it would make a lovely gift for a mom-to-be.
The medium size is $275. Currently, it is only available in custard, but blush and black should ship later this summer. The bag also comes in large for $295 and is available in black and clay (a reddish brown), also shipping later this summer. The matching changing pad is $95.
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?
Does anyone have suggestions for cookbooks for kid friendly vegetarian meals (not just pizza/pasta). Eggs are fine. We eat vegg 2 days/week but I’d like to increase it to 3-4. I just feel like we’ve been eating a lot of meat lately. I have an adventurous 4 year old eater so she’s easy, but our toddler has always had a more bland palate (it was literally an adjustment to get him to eat black pepper with his food!). DH and I love all types of food.
I have a lot of websites but I would really just like a normal cookbook.
Guys, I am so burnt out that I don’t even know how to begin to try to recover. I know we’ve talked about this a lot, so no need to rehash old conversations. I just want to complain.
Real Easy Weekdays has vegetarian options for every day! I just bought it.
ugh threading fail.
My mom wants me to help plan and suggest activities for a baby shower for my sister-in-law. This is very much not my sort of thing and I have no idea what to suggest. I attempted to throw a shower for another relative a few years ago, and really felt like any activities I tried to plan fell flat (paint-your-own-onsie sounded like such a cute idea when they did it on Gilmore Girls! Not so much here). It will be in an outdoor church pavilion, and I imagine a lot of the guests will wind up being my mom’s middle aged churchy friends.
My SIL is an early 30s elementary school teacher. She’s just lovely and does not have any real preferences on what we do. I’ll be bringing my 5 year old, so anything that will let her participate would be great (though she’s pretty easy). Any ideas?
Ugh, need to vent… I adore my kids (2.5 and 7 months) but I am fed up with people telling me I must be enjoying all the extra time with them during the pandemic! I am sure some people feel this way, but I was really happy the way things were with high quality daycare with long hours, and more stuff to do on weekends. Is anyone else tired of being told this?
Has anyone dealt with persistent nerve itch? I had 2 epidurals during delivery and since then have what my doc has diagnosed as notalgia paresthetica — in that spot on my back that is hardest to reach (where the epi went in), it itches all the time. It’s been more than 2 years and hasn’t gotten better, and at this point is affecting my mental health. My GP said that basically there’s nothing that can be done, stretching and exercise will help. Curious if anyone has dealt with this and could suggest another kind of doctor or holistic treatment to explore.
I made a “from things in my freezer/pantry” meal last night that I thought I would share since it was much better than I expected and quick. I had Trader Joe’s Teriyaki stir fry sauce, frozen TJs cauliflower rice stir fry with peas and corn, frozen brocolli, and some thin sliced flank steak in the freezer (but I think chicken, pork, or tofu would all work). I did defrost the steak in the fridge first. I stir fried the steak in some vegetable oil and Teriyaki sauce, added the cauliflower rice and brocolli and a bit more sauce and finished cooking it all. It took 15 minutes and was surprisingly yummy. Clearly not that exciting but I’m always happy to have things I can keep in the freezer and make dinner really fast. Bonus because this had a decent number of veggies in it. My toddler ate it too (so surprised by that!)
Long time follower, first time commenter. I’ve appreciated this community’s general astmosphere of helpfulness and resourcefulness! My (boring) question is about luggage. Does anyone have any good hacks for packing for trips with children? You’d think I’d have this down to a science after three kids but I have yet to have a good system. I pack very lightly since the majority of our trips are to places with a washer/dryer (grandparents, the occasional beach house) and we always drive, so I can usually squeeze my clothes with my kids in one large suitcase, while my husband gets his own carry-on. My large piece of luggage is falling apart so I need to replace, but wanted to see if you all have brilliant ideas for your own systems. Or any brands you’ve loved.
We had our 9m appointment this morning, and they were minorly concerned about the fact that my son isn’t really trying to pull to standing or really push off flat footed much when being held. He just started crawling like 2 weeks ago. I wasn’t really worried about his gross motor skills until today. Any stories about late walkers or tips to help encourage those skills some?
He’s super vocal and has great fine motor skills. Just doesn’t appear to be in a big hurry to move.
Ugh, guys, business and family doesn’t mix. And my sister is a realtor and we’re selling our house. So we are using her. She just ordered an appraisal for our house that came in 105 square feet smaller than the appraisal district listing and now we’re having to use that and I think an experienced realtor would have known better!
DH is super annoyed. I’m trying to diffuse tensions. This is just a warning to you all. I’m sure it’ll be fine, but we could use the extra square feet for our listing! Not that I want to mislead buyers but they’ll do their own I think (or they do in our market)! I guess better to get it out up front than later? I wish I trusted our realtor to advise us!
Recently (last week or two) my kindergarten child is breaking down crying at bedtime over random stuff he has anxiety about. We lie down with him 20-30 min while he’s falling asleep, and maybe 15 min in, when we think he’s almost asleep, he just starts SOBBING about “I have to return my library books and I might want them again sometime,” “why are they knocking down the playground to build a new one? I’ll never see the old one again!,” “I don’t want to go to library tomorrow because it’s too hard to choose books,” etc. This is a one week issue so far so I’m not at the point of calling the behavioral health person at our doctor’s office, although he is someone who likely will need help with anxiety as he grows up. But – anyone else experience random crying jags at bedtime and any ideas for a more peaceful bedtime? Tried earlier bedtime on the assumption he may have been really tired but that definitely did not work.
Yesterday’s convo re redshirting sent me down a rabbit hole, it seems like studies on the issue indicate that any possible advantage of being older for your grade even out by middle school at the latest. So if your kid isn’t socially/emotionally ready for kindergarten, it may make sense to wait a year. But don’t do it for any perceived academic advantage, and don’t feel bad if it seems like those around you are.
People who feel that you and your spouse have a fairly equal split of household and child duties, can you give a rough idea of how you split up tasks?
People who have more than every other week housecleaning help, how do you feel about your children seeing someone else work in your home? We’re considering hiring some housekeeping help once or twice a week. Kiddo will be home with a sitter over the summer. I would try to coordinate it for times when she is likely out of the house. But I’m a little curious how other folks handle this.
piggybacking on the previous post, do you think it is your responsibility to teach your kids how to do everything around the house? growing up my family always had a cleaning person every other week. i still saw my parents doing laundry, taking out trash, washing dishes, cooking, etc. but I never saw anyone iron (they just sent things to dry cleaners), clean a shower or a toilet and rarely rarely take out a vacuum. i have sort of now figured these things out on my own, though to be honest, i am really bad at them, and we by no means have the cleanest shower or toilet. should i be teaching my kids these things or they can just google and figure it out if/when they need to?