Oooh: I love the navy windowpane pattern shown here, but there are a zillion variations of this blazer — blue buffalo plaid, black and white windowpane, a gray plaid — they’re all lovely. I like the tiny bit of stretch (2% spandex, huzzah) and the general fitted shape. The pictured blazer is $35. Merona™ Plaid…
Oooh: I remember swooning over a very similar dress from Ellen Tracy a few years ago. I ordered it myself and, alas, my post-baby body didn’t love it quite as much (tiny waist, I will see you again some day!). This dress looks like it solves that problem with a nice belt detail on top of the…
You know, it’s funny — I thought I used everything sensitive and safe for babies. Laundry detergent! Bubble bath! Sensitive bath wipes! Yet we never used this dishwashing liquid, which I’ve heard so many mothers rave about that I must be the rarity. It’s “all natural and baby safe,” and claims to remove the residue and odor associated with…
Looking around online it seems like there are a million things that I would not have wanted to wear while pregnant. Midi skirts that require heels to look good (and the big buzzer goes UNNNNHHHHH)! Skin-tight dresses requiring super Spanx (UNNHHH)! Jogger track pants (UNNNNHHH) — at least when I was pregnant I didn’t need any…
Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… Breadwinning Mama reviews a new makeup line called Stowaway. The Washington Post interviewed Anne-Marie Slaughter about her new book and how she believes we “utterly devalue the importance of caregiving roles in our society.” The New York Times gives you “five…
