Cap Toe Ballet Flat

Accessory Tuesday: Cap Toe Ballet Flat

The AGL ballet flat has been a reader favorite for about a thousand years — and I’ve remained impressed by how many colors and sizes it comes out in, as well as how many readers sing the praises of the comfort and quality of these flats (including doctors!). If you’re on the hunt for comfortable…

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A woman wearing a Shannon Maternity Dress
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Maternity Monday: ‘Shannon’ Maternity Dress

We’ve featured a couple of Kimi and Kai dresses before — the brand has comfortable, affordable workwear like this stretch-jersey dress. It’s a pretty simple dress that you could dress up or down, it comes with a removable belt, and it’s machine washable. Pleats like this aren’t that common in maternity dresses, so it’s nice…

A mother working while baby sitting her baby

News Roundup

Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… The Des Moines Register reported that state Rep. Megan Jones has been bringing her newborn to the Iowa Statehouse for meetings and hearings. Refinery 29 shared that Target has announced a partnership with Hunter, bringing exclusive versions of the brand’s…

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How to Handle a Defiant Three Year Old

Readers, what are your best tips for how to handle a defiant three-year-old, aka the threenager (or a kiddo in the terrible twos)? How do you deal with discipline as a working parent in general — and how do you get your nanny or babysitter on the same page? Everyone says the that the twos…