Washable Wednesday: Sleeveless Peplum Top
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This peplum top at Macy’s looks lovely — and possibly nursing/pumping friendly as well. I like all five of the colors offered, as well as the fact that it’s machine washable. It’s $35 (was $49), available in sizes XXS-XXL. Bar III Sleeveless Peplum Top
Psst: Happy fourth birthday to my eldest, Jack, today!
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Hi – I have work travel coming up last week in September. I’d love to bring my then-4.5 month old along, along with my mom to help. It would be driving, about 3.5 hours in the same time zone (I live in the Southeast) for an internal 1.5 day training.
With the baby, I’d probably drive up Sunday night instead of “the morning of”. So it’d be 2 nights, probably.
How do I persuade my company to do this? I can’t see that it’s more money – it’d be my car, or my mom’s car, reimbursement for milage, same hotel room (2 beds, + pack n play). I’d probably be taking breaks to pump, anyway, and then could breastfeed my babe in the evening and nighttime. (Baby is in daycare but due to the Jewish holiday that week, the daycare is closed.)
Any advice and thoughts? I’m not usually the kind of person who brings helps and assistants along for trips or company meetings – do I need to make the case for it and if so, how? Also, how do I balance making sure my mom has an ok time, my baby is comfortable, and I get the neccesary work-social time?
I just received a $1500 bill from Sequenom for my maternity21 (or whatever it’s called) first-trimester genetic test. They’re out of network for my insurance plan, meaning this is all part of my out-of-network deductible. My doctor’s office is in-network, and all of the labs they ordinarily use are in-network. Has anyone run into this and ended up in some scenario that doesn’t require paying that giant bill out-of-pocket? I can afford it, but it’s pretty annoying because no one said a word about it at my doctor’s office, I had already reviewed their list of labs and compared it to my in-network insurance list (and they matched), and if some in-network lab had been used (maybe there isn’t one for this test, I don’t know), this would have been covered 100% because I’ve already met my in-network deductible for the year. I have the necessary risk factors to make this test “covered” by my insurance, it’s just that the lab was out-of-network, so I have the deductible issue. I’d appreciate any advice anyone may have. Thanks.
I’m looking to get my baby into a bedtime routine, especially as my return to work from maternity leave is looming next month. When we visited daycare today, I noticed they were playing lullabyes- I think partly to provide consistent background noise and drown out the older kids nearby. They were just playing stuff from youtube, which won’t work great as an every day routine. I have a cd player I can put in baby’s room. Any recommendations for a lullaby CD/album that is soothing and won’t be annoying for us to hear daily? I don’t know if I want words vs music only… does it matter?
My baby has gone on a nap strike. She’s always been a great sleeper, and an ok napper on the weekends, but at daycare, her napping has gone from “mediocre at best” to “almost nonexistent” the older she gets. She’s 11 months old and at this point is taking one or sometimes two half hour naps a day. Then when I get her home she’s a crabby hysterical wreck, eats two bites of dinner, and then falls asleep at 6:30 for a solid 12+ hours.
I’m okay with this, but I’m wondering if I should be concerned? I think part of it is that the baby room at daycare has all ages of babies from newborn- 12 months old, and no set naptime schedule. Maybe once she gets into an older classroom with a set schedule and a set naptime things will improve? Any thoughts? Or is this one of those things where I should just ignore it and not worry?
Friday is my last day before maternity leave! And then scheduled c-section on 9/1. I did put my applications in for all of those open positions at the Mouse, and now I’m more excited at the possibility than I should be. Of course, it has been 2.5 weeks since I applied and most of them haven’t moved in the process as far as I can see (they have a little online status bar) save one that I’m no longer in the running for, because it looks like someone moved laterally into that position. Thye did put another one up and I also applied for that one, so there are SEVEN total that I’m qualified for.
I don’t want to get my hopes up but…5 minute commute? Sign me up please. School just started up again here in our district and my 30 minute commute is back to 45-50 minutes. So I’ll just have to wait and see! The best thing would be to interview 2 weeks or more after my c-section. I’d be back to driving and sans giant obvious pregnant bump. I’d have to go buy a suit, but I’d gladly do that on the chance this could happen.
I think yesterday’s thread on combo feeding / weaning has finally convinced me to start ramping down on pumping – the pita to benefit ratio has just gotten overwhelming. So … could you amazing ladies educate me on formula and combo feeding? DS fortunately has no sensitivities or allergies, so are all formula brands basically the same? Any recommended brands / types? For combo feeding, is it a 1:1 substitution, as in just switch out a bm bottle with a formula bottle? Or he needs more formula volume-wise to replace the milk? If it maters, baby is 8 mos, EBF with some solids, nurses 2-3 times a day and takes 3 6-oz bottles at daycare.
I just wanted to thank everyone for their awesome input on questions that are asked here. I am pregnant and feel totally overwhelmed (and often judged) when asking advice from friends and family members on issues (I asked the question about the 12 week anatomy scan last week – apparently it’s a total land mine issue for some people). I have asked a few other questions here and have gotten really good, objective, judgment-free advice from everyone. It is so great to have a place to go to ask questions about anything.
Wow, Happy Birthday Jack! I was already an established regular reader of the main s!te when Kat got pregnant with him; I can’t believe that it was that long ago.
can you clothes shop for me? Looking for a maternity shirt to wear under a suit jacket. Size 18 pre-partum. Currently 6 months pregnant. Would like a solid, with a modest neckline. Needs to be business formal–think courtroom lawyer.