Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Bath Squirter Toys
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My youngest still loves a bath full of tub toys. Amongst his favorites are squirter toys like these.
This set includes three soft, fruit-shaped squirters along with a colander to hold them. Their texture makes them easy to grip for little hands, encouraging hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. They also encourage imaginative play — wash the fruits in the colander to make a yummy fruit salad or smoothie.
Itzy Ritzy’s Bath Squirter Toys are under $10 at Amazon.
Psst: Looking for info about nursing clothes for working moms or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
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- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off wear-now styles & up to 60% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything and extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off all previous flash sale items! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – 9,800+ new women’s markdowns
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – $15 & up all markdown tops & 50% off all other markdowns
I just read through yesterday’s money thread. I have a kid the same age and in a similar social circle. We have done a couple things:
– she earns her own money (she currently babysits and she just made $200 this weekend running a lemonade stand with a friend – we have generous neighbors lol)
– we talk about the cost of things. She has a bunch of Lulu stuff, but we also found some other non Lulu that she likes just as much if not better. We are rich, she can wear expensive things. But she also knows that sometimes a target sports bra is just fine and she is not afraid to share where her stuff is from!
– on the travel, does your family *want* to travel business class? Because…we do and we tell the kids how lucky they are. Lots of times it’s due to our miles, but we have miles bc we have high status jobs.
– do you have a budget? Do her asks for into it? If not, talk about it. What do you do with your money?
My dentist told me I have gingivitis caused by postpartum/breastfeeding hormones (I’m 8 months pp). She said it won’t get better until I stop nursing, but she wasn’t advising me to stop unless I want to. What would you do?
Anyone else having issues opening up the response threads? I have to refresh the page almost every time.
Serious question. On the money thread yesterday, some people mentioned that their goal is to be financially independent of the job market and the stock market. What does this mean, practically speaking? Is it keeping a lot of cash on hand? Or where exactly are wealthy people putting money to insulate themselves from both markets?
my newly minted second grader started seeing a therapist. she made her a present that is this wooden craft box and inside put a stuffed animal, a note that says “Enjoy! You are a big part of my life.” and some Oreos. She has been to see the therapist twice. Guess I’m glad she likes her, but this kind of made me laugh
How do you teach your kids to be neat? It feels like their whole life I have to remind them to clean their room and keep it neat but left to their own devices the rooms get messy fast
Good morning. I am hoping to get some book recommendations before a beach vacation with my kiddos. They are almost-7 and 9. Big hits for the 9 year old lately have been the Rick Riordan books (he’s read everything except the Norse gods series, which I’ve requested but is backlogged at the library); the younger is really into Mac Barnett’s spy kid series. They have both been devouring Big Nate as well. Thanks in advance – I always love the book threads and jot down ideas, but my eldest in particular is a voracious reader so I’m constantly looking for new ideas
I read through the thread about money with interest. It made me reflect on how different my child’s upbringing is in contrast to mine.
Our HHI is tiny in comparison with many people here, but in our community, we’re very well-off. We have the cultural capital that my parents didn’t have. Mostly ability to travel – we do house swaps so we have foreign holidays a few times a year, exposure to arts and theatre because of our proximity to a big city, food culture – we had a lot of freezer food as my mom went back to college when I was a kid and my dad didn’t cook. But our house size is almost exactly the same, 1 car versus 2, and no local help with childcare which means a big chunk of our salaries goes to aftercare.
How do your childhood experiences inform your parenting choices now? If you are better off than your parents, how do you navigate that? Worse off?