Family Friday: Booster Pads Diaper Doublers
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Since I discovered this product, my baby has not slept without one of these in his diaper — and I don’t want to find out what happens when he doesn’t. I would describe these as big maxi-pad-looking things that you put inside the diaper to absorb more liquid overnight. Previously, I had to wash crib sheets every morning after my baby soaked through his diaper and pajamas while he slept. This product has completely stopped that from happening, and saves me from having to buy two types of diapers: his regular daytime diapers AND a nighttime diaper. Another plus is that we used them on a recent flight to avoid having to change him either at our seats or inside a cramped airplane bathroom. These are my (not so secret) mom weapon! These are $10.99 at Amazon (for 30 pads). Sposie Booster Pads Diaper Doublers
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Hope it’s not too late in the day for this. The only thing that helped me was dangle feeding or dangle pumping. You want gravity to work for you. If BFing, literally get on all fours above kiddo. If pumping, stand and bend over a table. It works!
So, a lot of this depends on your organization. For me, “generally fine and borderline great” means you don’t need to worry that a small error will get you fired. It means you can keep on doing what you’re doing – not everyone needs to be the rockstar in their org. But it never hurts to look around and see what else is out there – you don’t have to take something that won’t work for you.
My annual review is coming up and reading my evaluations makes me feel so bad about myself and so hopeless about my future in the current job. I’m not sure my feelings are justified – the evaluations are generally fine and borderline great, but I feel like I’ve been relegated to a backburner role and would need “great bordering on out of this world” evaluations across the board to be put back on an advancement track. I don’t even know if that would do it, and I also know that I don’t have it in me to make that effort.
What would you do? I have incredible flexibility over my schedule, but my compensation is 2/3 of what I would expect given my years of experience and expertise. I feel like I’m always looking over my shoulder worried that some small error will get me fired. And I suspect that the nature of my job (lots of random calls from lots of random people who ask me lots of random questions) doesn’t play well with some of my time-management and organizational weaknesses; a more structured job would be an easier place for me to excel. But…that would require looking for a new job, and then excelling in a new job, and taking the hit on flexibility.
All the hugs. You’ve gotten some good advice already, but I’ll just foot-stomp giving yourself permission to let some things go. It is hard, but you have to do it. I felt like I could still keep most of the balls in the air with one kid, but with a toddler and a baby, I had to adjust, triage, call in reinforcements.
FWIW, when my 2 year old got HFM a couple years ago, neither the baby nor I got it! So there’s hope. :)
I could use some good vibes if you have some. I recently found out my boss, who I thought really liked me, said some critical things about me to our big boss. I think I do great work, but in case that has any merit, I’ve been trying to step it up at work. I just came back from maternity leave and have a five month old who wakes (every single night) at 2:00 and then at 5:00. I’m nursing and have relatively low supply so have to pump every two hours at work. My two year old has hand foot mouth and had to miss two days of daycare, so I had to miss yesterday at work (husband has him today thankfully). I found out this week my parents, who have been married for forty years, are getting a divorce.
I’m worried about work, I’m exhausted, I’m pumping all the time, I’m probably about to get hand foot mouth, my infant is probably about to get hand foot mouth, my mom is in emotional shambles….. I was keeping it mostly together until this morning when I got behind a bad wreck that added an hour to my commute (and made me an hour late for the job that I’m worried about). I just feel like I cannot handle any of this. Sorry to come here and complain but thank you for letting me vent.
in mod but these gave my son crazy diaper rash
We used these for a while but WOW they caused the worst diaper rash and irritation ever in our son after about two weeks. I don’t know what it was about them. It was a shame because they worked so well. And a shame because the rash was so bad there was bleeding! Our ped recommended nighttime diapers, which I had assumed were a scam, but work super well. We use Seventh Generation in a size up from what he wears and they work great.
9 months of all-day sickness, 36 hours of labour, a failed epidural, and 8 months and counting of breastfeeding and today my son turned to my husband, gave him a grin, and said ‘Dada’. Thanks, kiddo!
My husband washed and dried (on high heat!) a dry-clean only dress. My favorite, and a recent splurge. It’s ruined. I am so sad. I know the answer is that I shouldn’t have put it in the hamper, but I usually do the laundry and pick out the dry clean items (which are very few) and set them aside. I can’t be mad at him for doing the laundry but I am mad at him for ruining my dress and mad at me for putting the dress in the hamper. Whaaaaa.
Ugh we got royaled. Our baby Louis was born three months ago…
Good pick.
Recs for a “sprinkle” gift for a 2nd time mom? I haven’t been to one of these before and the baby is the same sex as the older sibling, so baby clothes don’t seem like a great option. Any moms of 2+ have things that would be super helpful/appreciated for a new baby? Thanks, ladies!
We do cloth diapers during the day but have been using disposables during the night. I need to think about making the switch to cloth during the overnight nappy change, for some reason I find disposables much more difficult to get on a squirmy baby in the middle of the night.