Washable Wednesday: Lindsey Dress
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Happy Wednesday! I’m liking this colorful, happy dress from Boden. In addition to being machine washable, the bodice is lined with polyester (which can be good both for mommy pooch issues as well as, well, headlight issues), and I like that the outer material has 3% elastane in it for a bit of stretch and recovery. It’s available in black as well as four bright colors, sizes 2-18, petites, regulars, and tall sizes. It’s $148. Boden Lindsey Dress
Sales of note for 5/8/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Up to 50% off select styles + 15% off fragrance (exclusions apply; ends 5/11) + give $150 in gift cards, earn a $25 promo card (ends 5/13)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full-price purchase + extra 40% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – $25+ select styles + extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + extra 50% off select sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 25% off all tops, pants, jeans, and shorts + 25% off all markdowns
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Daycare. Ugh.
So, I thought I was being proactive to start touring daycares at 3 months (slightly over 3 months). My rationale was that I wouldn’t be out of the ‘danger zone’ until 12 weeks, so no need to pay wait list deposits until then, right?
WRONG. Apparently the “good” places already have crazy waitlists. I am in a city that does not have enough childcare services (especially infant care), but it still surprised me that it was this booked up. The place I saw today has a 61-person waitlist. I think that includes infants-through-preschool, so hopefully the infant list will move pretty quickly. Who knows.
It also stresses me out that they can’t give me any information about availability until there’s an opening. We need full-time infant care starting October 1st, so I guess I just cross my fingers and hope one of these places calls with an opening around then? I assume I need to arrange for some sort of back-up, but right now it seems pretty daunting.
Anyway, now I know that when people say to start looking at daycare early, they mean EARLY. As in right when you find out you’re pregnant, I guess.
I wanted to thank everyone for the acne suggestions yesterday! I went to Costco and found a clarisonic look-alike for $58, made by Conair, that came with 3 brushes and a body brush. Used it with my Purpose face wash, and then moisturizer, last night and I think I already see a little improvement.
Hopefully this helps! I’m seeing both my Dermatologist and my Ob in two weeks, so this will at least hold me over until then.
Opinions on a cruise (non-disney) with a 1 year old and a 3 year old?I am not sold but getting pressure from family that its a “great vacation for kids”. I sort of think its a better vacation for older kids who can attend the activities.
Wonder why they shot something into the model’s eye right before taking the picture? I can’t help but think this is the kind of dress that looks so adorable on the model (minus the bug in the eye) and will look so frumpy-dowdy on me.
Car seat question– my baby is still in her infant car seat and will be for several more months, but I’m starting to think about the future. I started looking around on amazon and was really surprised by the huge differences in price among similarly rated convertible car seats. Everything from $75-$400+ with a 4.5-5 star rating. I don’t want to cheap out when “it’s your child’s safety!!”, but at the same time, if I can put the $ into her 529 instead, great. Is paying for a pricey car seat “worth it” if all car seats have to meet the same safety requirements? Can anyone advise me?
I’m currently thinking of getting the Graco My Ride 65 LX for my husband’s car and some kind of Britax for mine. Any specific recommendations for or against a particular model of Britax or other brand of seat would be welcome.
I drive a CR-V and we don’t have any special requirements– my kid is average sized, we don’t need a small or narrow seat or to be able to fit multiple seats back there. Our drive to daycare is 10 minutes, our drive to elementary school will be less than that, and we don’t really take road trips, if any of that matters.
Sleep training question – my 11 month old is sleeping horribly, and has gotten to a point where she won’t even sleep in my bed with me. I tried some gentler sleep training methods for a couple weeks, but they weren’t working. So last night after she didn’t fall asleep, I let her cry. She only cried for about 20 minutes, but she then stayed awake staring at the door for another 2 hours! Finally I pulled her into bed with me and she did sleep very well.
Does anyone know if this is a normal reaction to sleep training? I had steeled myself for the crying, but the prolonged wakeful waiting broke my heart….