Maternity Monday: Bliss High-Waist Maternity Briefs
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I’ll admit that I didn’t consider maternity briefs when I was pregnant — perhaps they would have made those last few months a little more pleasant.
These reader favorites from Natori now come in a maternity cut. These high rise, over-belly briefs will keep you comfortable during and after your pregnancy. They’re made from soft cotton and a little lycra for stretch — perfect for wearing under those bump-hugging maternity dresses.
Natori’s Bliss High Waist Maternity Briefs are $30 at Nordstrom and come in sizes S to XXL. They’re available in ash navy and blush pink.
Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
Is it even fair to ask my husband this?
I don’t think he has romantic love for me. I don’t think it’s anything to do with me or there is a risk of him feeling it for someone else, but I think he genuinely may not have the capacity to feel that way and was doing his best to portray his understanding of it the first few years of our marriage. I think the grind of kids, incredibly stressful jobs, taking on his even share of the physical and mental burden of running a house and family, health changes, has him too tired to pretend.
We are an amazing team, he’s an amazing parent, we give each other great personal and professional support and enjoy being around each other. We are compatible in the ways that make day-to-day life, big life decisions, traveling, and just living with someone else easier. He is and always will be my life partner.
But I think I need to honestly know if he feels any romantic love toward me. I need to adjust my heart and my expectations so I’m not expecting things from him he can’t or doesn’t know how to give. If I know I am going to be living a life without that, it’s OK, I can plug that hole in my heart and accept it, but not knowing means I feel a twinge every time I’m expecting an action or response based on romantic love and don’t receive it, which is very often and has been for years.
If I make all of the things I appreciate and value about him clear, and make it clear I’m not trying to get out of this marriage, is it fair to ask him?
What is everyone’s favorite toddler/preschooler sleeping thing for when they are too big for a pack in play? My 3 year old is still in the crib and has never attempted to climb out, so we’re keeping the crib for the next little bit or converting it into a toddler bed. But, what do you do for grandparent overnight visits or traveling and staying at a hotel? Basically, what replaces the pack and play that isn’t just sticking them in a queen sized bed as is?
We have to travel unexpectedly for a funeral. We need to rent a car. We have a small 5yo and a 3yo. The 3yo will have a car seat on the plane. The 5yo is too tall (he’s very light). He’s never ridden in a booster (and we don’t own one). What do I do? I am open to anything including spending $$, as long as it works.
Flying into Hartford, CT if it matters.
Not parenting, but I feel like someone recommend a bedroom air purifier here before? Can you share the link again? My allergies are AWFUL right now and I think it’s time for an air purifier.
has anyone used the CARES harness on a flight recently? We have a carseat at both ends of the trip and I’m traveling alone with a toddler, so I’d rather not haul it through the airport. The harness is FAA approved and Delta says it’s fine; would just love to hear from anyone who’s used it (any tips etc).
A recently invented Baby Thing that is LIFE-CHANGING: the blackout tent that goes over the Pack n Play (Slumberpod). We just had a nuts couple of week that involved my 5mo sleeping in like four different rooms in several houses, and this thing (plus our white noise machine) was a lifesaver. She went right to sleep and slept through the night each night, took long naps, etc. It even has a little pouch for the baby monitor if you want a visual!
Anyway this was totally worth the money for us — with my other kids I remember calling AirBnBs to ask about curtains, trying to hang towels to cover windows, etc — no more! Also, you can do stuff in the room they’re in without disturbing them or having to tiptoe around in the dark — very useful if they are bunking with you.
Help me brainstorm ideas for getting breaks from my kids. They’re 5, 17 months and 17 months. Neither my mom nor my MIL can care for them, for a lot of reasons. My nanny is going back to school full time in September, when the twins start preschool. What I really need is a week away with my partner once a quarter but I’d settle for a weekend. Should I ask the nanny if she wants to do a weekend housesitting/kid sitting? Look for an au pair? Find a decent babysitter? My nanny is one in a million and I’ve had a hard time finding a babysitter who won’t flake on me. Any ideas appreciated.
Oldest is starting kinder in a month and needs to be at school at 8, about a ten minute drive. We’re currently usually late for preschool at 9. Sometimes I’m going to have to get his little brother (2) out of the house with us too. They wake up at 715-730 currently. What tips do you have?
Escapist question because I won’t be moving anytime soon although I am increasingly dissatisfied
with my red state. If you love where you live, where do you live and why do you love it?
Paging Cb or anyone else who’s been to Portugal with little kids. We just had a great trip to Spain and are thinking of going to Portugal next year. With 6 full days, is it doable to spend time in both Lisbon and the Algarve? And is late March a good time to visit? For work reasons, our options are then or summer and I’m not a big fan of hot weather. I realize March wouldn’t be swimming weather, but it seems like it would at least be nice for walking around outside and even playing on the beach.
Just a PSA for bright swimwear. My toddler accidentally ended up in the deep end of a pool at a pool party this weekend and we were only spot him quickly because he was in neon yellow. I still can’t shake the horror of how close we came to tragedy. Also – when everyone is watching the kids, no one is watching the kids. Be careful everyone.
What’s the car seat for planes that is usually recommended on here? Not looking to take our huge bulky Gracos on our thanksgiving trip to the grandparents. Cheaper is better since this will be a backup.
Kid is 2. 30lb now and fairly tall.
The time has come for us to say goodbye to our 17-year-old cat. I’m struggling with how to handle it with our very sensitive 7-year-old. He knows that the cat is sick and is dying (and he has been to too many funerals in his short life already, so he understands death). What I’m not sure about is whether I tell him the morning of, so he has a chance to say goodbye to her before going to camp, or if we don’t tell him and then tell him when he comes home. I was set on the latter, but I don’t know if when he gets older he will be mad that we didn’t give him a chance to say goodbye. WWYD?
Hi All – I am expecting this fall for the first time! I was met with pushback when trying to negotiate paid maternity leave at my law firm so I decided to work with our bar association to see if we could do something about it more broadly (thankfully for me financially I can make an unpaid leave work, but I think broadly this is a larger issue that should be addressed). I am working with some other attorneys to compile a survey about maternity/parental leave policies in order to hopefully effect some change within the state bar.
What information would have been helpful/would you like in a leave policy that I should include in a survey to ask about? Since I don’t have any children (yet) I thought you all would be a great resource.
Does anyone have any experience with a foreign language immersion daycare/preschool? Did your child end up bilingual? What if you don’t speak the immersion language? For context, my current 9 month old would attend full time ideally until kindergarten