Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Baby Nail Care Kit
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When my kids were babies, I was terrified of cutting their nails. This baby nail and grooming set has everything you need to feel confident giving your baby a mani/pedi.
This set would make a great shower or new-parent gift. It includes easy-to-use ergonomic clippers, nail scissors with rounded tips for easy trimming, a file, and tweezers. Everything comes in a cute bear case that would look great in any nursery.
Milky Tee’s baby nail care kit is on sale for $12.60 (down from $18).
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Sales of note for 4/16/25
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- 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
My 4.5 year old is obsessed with words. “What’s that word?”/”What does that spell?” all the time. Tell me some fun ways to respond that encourage curiosity/engage. I explain, encourage him to sound it out when possible, etc.
Ok, bit of vulnerability here, but reading a comment below spurred me to ask. If you are/were an EBF mom but decided to add a bedtime formula bottle, how much did it impact sleep/health/happiness etc.?
I am on my fourth baby. All have been EBF (I lean crunchy/attachment and have genuinely loved and felt empowered by breastfeeding). All kids gained weight appropriately and at different rates, and all have been some degree of crap sleepers.
I’m now nursing my fourth, almost 9-month old. She is petite and falls a bit more off her weight curve every visit. But she’s a very content baby and SUPER mobile, and I feel lots of let downs, so I’ve just chalked it up to being normal for her.
She is a crap sleeper like the others, but she is my first to fall off her curve. And it’s giving me a little pause that for the first time maybe I want to introduce some formula for her. But I’m also a little bit in knots about it since she’s my last, I’ve tried so many things for sleep over the years (including ear tubes for a kid!) and nothing makes a difference, so I don’t want to get my hopes up and introduce formula “needlessly”. At the same time, I don’t want to be starving my kid out of pride! She does love her solids and I’m giving her more table food.
I don’t know. But I’m feeling pretty emotional about this and would just like to hear other stories. Formula at bedtime: yay or nay?
I found out yesterday that I need to have an MRI-guided biopsy of a 3mm spot in one of my breasts. I have a genetic mutation that increases my risk for breast cancer, and this was found on my first screening MRI. The radiologist emphasized that we’re doing the biopsy out of an abundance of caution and to be aggressive in light of my genetic mutation. I was warned by my oncologist that doing annual MRIs would likely result in false positives and lots of biopsies. So there’s a chance it’s nothing, but there’s also a chance it’s something. But even if it’s something, it’s probably stage 0 or stage 1, so I know I am lucky.
I am 35 and have a 11 month old. I’m an attorney and am pushing to make partner this year. I am trying so hard to be zen about this but I am really struggling and can’t focus at work despite needing to keep my hours high. I feel like I can’t tell anyone because this will be used against me to deny partnership (as pregnancy was last year – my hours were low). More importantly, I want to have a second child and planned to start trying to get pregnant again later this year. I am having trouble not catastrophizing that this will derail everything. I don’t really know what I’m asking for with this comment – I guess just to feel less alone. Anyone else gone through this in a similar stage of life? How did you handle it?
I was too late to the extremely helpful lunch box thread by AwayEmily yesterday, but wanted to add:
We are nine years deep into the Planet Box world (and all our original boxes are still going strong although we have replaced the carry bags twice). I have over $500 of Planet Box gear (but – have packed lunches and snacks for 3 kids for 9 years so that doesn’t seem crazy? That’s like $20 of lunch packing supplies per person per year).
The no. 1 complaint from my kids is that the box lids take up too much space on the cafeteria table. The attached lid also makes it hard for my kids to eat their lunches/snacks in the car because the open lid pulls it off their laps. So if I were to start again, I would maybe go with Lunch Bots for that reason alone
That said, here are some features we have enjoyed about the Planet Boxes:
– for my older child, the shape of the Planet Box lunchbox guides her towards packing a balanced lunch.
– my 3 year old can open all of the containers herself.
– the silicone lids on the ancillary containers do not leak.
– cute accessories and modular sizing make the lunches I pack look cute – teachers always comment on how nice my children’s lunches look, and I don’t do much to make them look cute, it’s just the style of the bento box and accessories that make things look appealing.
What’s the best thing about being a mom? I need some positivity in my life rn. I’m pregnant and every woman I talk to offers nothing but a parade of terribles about how difficult motherhood is. I’m over 40, I’m under no illusions about how hard moms (and dads too) have it.
I’m pretty tired of my excitement being dampened by, you think you’re tired now wait until you have a newborn/toddler/teenager. Usually in response to, ohhh look at your belly how are you feeling, and I say, pretty good, a little tired. It seems like moms, and some dads, will take any opening to complain about how terrible it is to be a parent. I noticed this when I was going through IVF. And fwiw, contrary to what a lot of moms told me, pregnancy is an absolute breeze compared to IVF, so eff them very much for saying “just wait until you’re pregnant you’ll feel even worse,” when getting pg was literally the long-awaited and hard fought for goal. These comments made me angry before, but now I’m just… tired. Thanks for any positivity you all can provide!
Anyone watching Adolescence? Thought this idea to screen it for teenagers and get their thoughts was fascinating: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/health-and-families/netflix-adolescence-teenagers-andrew-tate-manosphere-misogyny-b2720293.html
We are moving at the end of our school year (May) but moving to a new school district that goes until end of June. DH thinks we should enroll the kids for a month to make friends early plus the reality that we both work and finding childcare right then could be a challenge before camps start. I’m leaning towards trying to source a family member to help for a month because going for one month (heck it’s 3 weeks) just seems disruptive. I suppose either way it’s disruptive. Anyone have experience to share on this?
The last few weeks, my 18 month old has been having a lot of crying fits. She will often lay down on the group during them and just cry for seemingly no reason. Are there any tricks that help? I’ve just talking to her and rubbing her back during them and offering hugs. But sometimes I have to just pick her up and take her out of the place, like at daycare pickup yesterday (she ran to me for a hug when I arrived, but then broke down when we got her stuff to leave). Any suggestions?
crowd sourcing on behalf of my very sleep deprived sister. her 6 month old son goes to sleep totally fine, but wakes up in the middle of the night at varying times and screams/cries for 60-90 minutes. he doesn’t want to be fed. even if you pick him up and hold him and rock him, he still screams/cries. any ideas? i feel like i’ve heard of babies who want to party in the middle of the night and want to be held, etc., but never a baby who just wails no matter what
Kindergartener is home with a stomach bug… praying my 5-month old and I don’t get it!