Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Car Window Shade
This post may contain affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
We used a car window shade like this when both my kids were babies and hated sitting in the bright sun.
This version has some features our shade didn’t: a one-button retractable feature, dual attachment system (you can use clips or suction cups), and an indicator that turns white when the car is too hot. It’s easy to install and fits most car windows so your baby can quickly have a more comfortable ride.
Munchkin’s Brica Sun Safety Car Window Shade is under $10 at Amazon for a set of two.
Psst: Looking for info about nursing clothes for working moms or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
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
Hello hive! Long time listener, first time caller. My 10-year-old son was diagnosed with ADHD recently. I am looking for books that I can read to educate myself about this diagnosis. I am hoping to learn more about this condition. Many thanks!
My daughter’s amazing dance program (at a local Y) is shutting down after our spring recital. She’s danced there for 4 years but she’s only 7 so it’s been a big part of her life and my parenting journey. I’m really sad about it. In our small city, all the other dance studios have competition teams and while you can take rec classes at the competition studios, I don’t think they have the same culture around body positivity and encouraging dancers of all abilities that our current studio has fostered. They’re also 10 times as expensive, which isn’t a dealbreaker for our family, but I really liked the more diverse socioeconomic environment at the Y. We plan to leave the decision about what to do next entirely up to her and I think it’s about 50-50 whether she’ll decide to stop dancing or try one of the competition studios, but both outcomes feel disappointing to me.
This is a topic that’s probably been done to death here, but I’m going to post anyway for commiseration / words of wisdom. How do you cope with the bittersweet grief of moving out of the baby stage? Especially when you are happy with your family size and it’s your choice…but you still are really sad? (And ok, there is a little twinge of “what if” if you just had one more)
I’m about to declutter my first baby item — the Boppy! — and for a pillow it sure is triggering all the feelings. Baby is 9 months so the hormones are still all over the place, but in general, I feel like I looked forward all my life to becoming a mom and having tiny babies and it’s hard to grapple with the finality of that milestone being over. My first is almost 10 so this has been a LONG stage of my life. It’s what feels comfortable to me.
When I was pregnant, I felt done and ready and excited to move to the big kid stage. I definitely won’t miss pregnancy. And I’m still excited about enjoying my kids growing up and rediscovering my marriage and all that…but boy, transitions are tough.
Just a cute happy story for a rainy day here – Older son had one of those little squishy fidget toys (a glitter heart) he was playing with in the car. When we dropped younger brother off at daycare, he said something about little brother’s cot being at the bottom of the stack (so I figured he was just reading the names on them). When we got out to the car he told me “I put the heart on [Brother]’s cot, so he will see it at naptime! It’ll be a surprise from me!” It was so sweet and thoughtful. Even though they fight constantly, moments like this make it worth it.
any other moments from your kiddos to brighten our (literally) dark days?
DH and I may be headed for divorce. We have a 4 month old and toddler. I know people often say wait until 1 year pp to make any big decisions, but I’m not sure we can survive that long. He refuses to go to any kind of therapy/counselling, so I just don’t see how we can solve our issues. I guess I’m looking for any positive stories of people who have been in the same situation — either managed to make things work, or that life was okay as a single parent with two young kids. I’m just sad and don’t know what to do at this point.
Need help with my newly 7 year old daughter. She has a habit of lying. This has been going on for probably a year or so. It’s about fairly innocuous but not fully inconsequential stuff. Two examples from the last 24 hours: 1) she told me she was starving after she had her snack yesterday at school so her teacher sent to the nurse for crackers. If true, I would have increased her snack, given her more, but it felt odd/off, and her story started to shift a bit, so I suspected it wasn’t true. After a conversation about honesty and trust she admitted it didn’t happen. Among her rationalizing the lie, none of it had to do with not liking her snack or not having enough food. It seems like she just lied to lie… 2) She said two of her friends go to a certain after school program. They definitely didn’t go to this one program at the start of the year and when I corrected DD she doubled down. Unbeknownst to DD we’re looking to reevaluate childcare for next year, so the conversation was topical. I texted the mom of one of the girls to confirm/get an opinion about the new program, and turns out they go to the program I thought they did, not the one DD claimed. Please believe me when I say DD knew they went to the program they go to and not this other one. Again, she had no explanation for the lie. She also had nothing to gain by lying so ..what gives?!
There are many other examples but I just don’t know what to do. It feels minor but also it could easily snowball. I ask her why she does it and she says she doesn’t know or starts to “explain” and it’s just gibberish. The lies are almost always something about school, generally interpersonal interactions that we would have no first-hand knowledge of. I’ve started to default to “What would Mrs. Teacher say if I asked her?” and then she freaks out because she knows I’m on to her and that if I actually asked her teacher she’d be caught.
Is there a book maybe that can help explain the need for honestly and trust? Any scripts I can use? It’s totally frustrating. Correct me if wrong, but I don’t think it’s age appropriate. I can’t think of anything we’ve done to make her think she should be lying, particularly as she doesn’t have much if anything to gain by the lies she’s telling us. Helppppp.
Taking my baby for his first trial day at daycare today and feeling so sad. I don’t want to go back to work yet, since it’s in chaos due to the administration changes. I really, really wish we had a humane paid maternity leave system in the U.S. The states that have “good” programs are still a joke.