Your Kids’ Activities, Overscheduling, and Working Parents
A reader wondered, “Kat, could we do a discussion on overparenting/overscheduling when a working mom?”
Washable Wednesday: Ponte Flounce Skirt Dress
This dress reminds me of this Eliza J one a reader wrote in to recommend a week or two ago, but it’s explicitly washable. (To be clear, I will often take my chances in the delicate cycle with clothing marked “dry clean” — not “dry clean only” — but try to avoid posting those items to Washable Wednesday!) I like…
Feeding Tuesday: Personalized Labels
We got these stickers a while ago through a Groupon, and loved them as a great way to “mark” Jack’s cups, spoons, and Bento trays at daycare. We got the small rectangle labels, and they have held up amazingly well to dishwashing, handwashing, regular wear-and-tear, and more. (A lot of the stickers still look like new!) Word to the wise: if…
Maternity Monday: Essential Blazer
I go back and forth on whether a maternity blazer is actually necessary, since in my most recent pregnancy I wore my regular blazers just fine up until week 38 or so. (Admittedly, I only gained 20 lbs, and then had a 10 lb baby, so there is that.) But I definitely have gotten a lot…
News Roundup
Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… Lucky tells you about a cruelty-free (specifically, carmine-free) makeup line from Vapour. The Consumerist notes that, although Target will drop Cherokee from its clothing offerings, for now it will continue to sell Liz Lange Maternity. Working Mother has tips for switching from a…
