Washable Wednesday: Christine Cardigan

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A woman wearing a Christine CardiganOooh: readers at Corporette always note that they love the Christine cardigan, and I just got around to checking it out now — not only does it look great, but it’s on a lovely sale. It’s machine washable, comes in regular, petites, talls, and plus sizes, and is available in eight colors for $36-$42 (formerly $60-$70). Nice! I can’t find a product sold as a matching shell, but this camisole seems to come in a ton of complimentary colors. (The cardigan itself also comes in elbow-length sleeves and v-neck versions.) Women’s Christine Cardigan Sweater – Solid (L-all)

Sales of note for 2/7:

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Any maternity jean recommendations for those with short legs (i.e., comes in petite or short length)? Preferably something with a full panel for the third trimester, and a straight/slim leg (not skinny or bootcut)…

I am due in a few months and I am curious about how maternity leave logistically works in different organizations. I realize I need to ask someone for purposes of figuring this out for my own work (although I’m not sure anyone is really going to know – we literally have no maternity leave policy). I don’t have access to my email outside of work and none of my coworkers have access at all (without some string pulling from IT) so when I go into labor I’m not sure how my out-of-office is going to be activated. Also, my maternity leave is a combination of STD, vacation (which has to be submitted in advance electronically from a work computer and be approved), and unpaid leave. I work at a large company (don’t interact with anyone in payroll), so I’m not sure how they are going to figure out when I go into labor so they can stop paying me. Or how they are going to know to process my vacation days since I won’t be at work to submit them. Is my work super unorganized with not having a process for this or are these standard issues at other companies?

So, my daughter is fully potty trained (daytime) at home. She goes to daycare and for whatever reason, she Will.Not.Pee on the toilet at daycare. I can’t figure it out, her teachers can’t figure it out, but she won’t tell them when she has to go (which she does at home and with babysitters etc), they put her on the toilet every 45 min and she won’t pee, so she holds it until either I pick her up (as soon as I show up she tells me she has to pee and we run to the potty) or just ends up having an accident.

We’ve tried bribes – stickers and chocolate (which she doesn’t need at home), a Special Potty Seat (which she doesn’t even use at home or in public…), etc. No progress.

Any ideas? I’ve tried hanging out at daycare for the morning and taking her to the toilet myself, but she seems to think it’s a game/fun thing vs at home where the bathroom is strictly business (you go in, pee, leave).

Any maternity tights recommendations? It’s starting to get to be that time of year and I still have 2 months to be pregnant.

Or I guess another question would be – do I need to really tell anyone besides HR about when exactly I will begin/end mat leave if the expectation is that I will generally be unavailable once baby arrives?

I am in biglaw and thinking about taking mat leave a couple of weeks before my due date mostly because I want to make sure I make my hours this year and not have to worry about billing full days throughout the last couple of weeks. I haven’t been put on bed rest or anything – it’s really just trying to game my hours for the year. I think I would still make myself available on certain projects until the baby actually arrives.

I know most people say don’t take leave until baby is actually here to maximize time with the baby, but I feel like if I really wanted I could take an extra two weeks on the end of my leave as time off (we don’t have formal vacation). I’m less concerned about making my hours for next year anyway with having a baby in the mix.

So my question is – is this a strange thing to tell people? Or is there a better way to frame it?

Just have to toot my own horn…Finished up a year of breastfeeding this morning. We did it! Toot toot!

We’ve misplaced or lost my child’s most favorite comfort object, and it’s surprising how sad I feel about it. He actually seems okay – we are on week 2 with no sightings. I’m totally perplexed as to how it went missing – we’ve isolated it to an overnight when we didn’t go anywhere. Presumably, it could still be in the house – but we turned over everything. I’m worried it was accidentally dropped into the trash or box that went to recycling and is long gone.

More than that, I’m surprised by how sad *I* am that it might be gone forever. It has been with my son since birth, and he really was attached to it. I can’t believe he’s not more upset by it being gone, so I’m trying to not make a big deal out of it. But that thing was synonymous with his “babyhood.” Poor guy. That it’s gone and that he’s not devastated is so strange to me.