Maternity Monday: Pregnancy Wedge Cushion & Slipcover
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I always think of Boppy as a nursing pillow, so I was intrigued to see this pregnancy wedge. So let’s talk, ladies — while you were pregnant, was there a pillow or wedge you had to have? Did you have the space for one of those full-body pregnancy pillows, or did you need any other special support? Did you have anything that made pregnancy markedly more comfortable for you? I think I first bought the lumbar pillow for my office chair during my first pregnancy, and I had some uncommon pelvic SPD pain issues during both pregnancies, so during my second I had a host of products to manage the situation. The pictured pillow is $16.99 at Nordstrom. Boppy Pregnancy Wedge Cushion & Slipcover
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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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?
Not for my kid, but for me: I work in a very quiet environment and have 8-10 hours a day of quiet where I can control any extra noise (turn on music or shut my door). My kids (3 and 6) are at an age where they are just naturally noisy, boisterous, happy kids. The problem is that the level of noise grates on me, especially at the end of the day. Any tips? Also, my husband works in an elementary school so the noise just doesn’t phase him.
I used the wedge featured, especially at the end of pregnancy, to help support my giant belly in bed. I felt like it really made a difference.
It also got a second life when the baby had reflux, and we turned it into a tiny crib-wedge under the mattress in her bassinet.
Last weekend, I went to a wedding of a friend. I was floored watching the incredible relationship his (now) wife has with her siblings and parents. Granted, the wedding was clearly a great moment and a special time, but the family’s warmth and closeness has been evident for as long as we’ve know her. They are supportive of each other and close, and at the wedding, this relationship just shined – the whole family danced together, had a special song that was clearly a family anthem, and a few other rituals, etc. etc.
Here is my question – I’d feel like I won the lottery if my family behaves like that in 20+ years. Do you or your spouse this kind of relationship with your family, and what do you think contributed to it? How does one cultivate that kind of bond? I have two small kids, and a husband I love. What creates closeness over time?
Since falling seems to be the theme of the day, I have a 14 month old who falls, a lot. Like, a lot a lot. He has hit his head way more than his older sister ever did. He has fallen off the couch, fallen onto his crib, fallen into coffee tables, fallen off dining room chairs, etc. etc. He’s so incredibly active and fast, and we have childproofed – but there is literally no way to protect him from everything. He’s had stitches (coffee table), but never been knocked unconscious.
I’m starting to worry that it will cause long term damage. I’m not usually an anxious mom, but I keep seeing those reports about kids who play football, and worrying about the same principle applying here. Is CTE a thing for toddlers? Even if we do take him to a pediatrician, what could she possibly look for?
Has anyone here done pelvic floor rehab? My PCP recommended it for some lingering pain I’m having. I trust her recommendation but am a little anxious about the process itself. Any words of wisdom?
Parenting question. My daughter is an awesome kiddo, but if there is something to step on/spill/break/trip over, she will. As in, I can look across any room and predict with 90% certainty the messes that will be forthcoming. I do what I can to move things out of the danger zone at home, and I try to give her advice like “two hands on the cup” or “pick up your crayons before we step on them.” But….extreme accidental messes are a constant part of my reality.
This weekend we had a spill that had me seeing red (third one in about 10 minutes); I managed to breath deep and stay calm, but I wonder if I should be doing more to encourage kiddo not to be so clumsy? And how to do that? She is only 2.5 and I don’t want to make her feel bad about herself if this is age appropriate.
I think (hope) we dropped the dream feed this weekend. Baby HSAL is 9 1/2 months and we’d dropped the amount by two ounces last week, and this weekend we were going to move it earlier for a week before dropping the amount again to phase her out. She sleeps through the feed 95% of the time. Friday night she took it just fine at the earlier time, and Saturday night she refused entirely (in her sleep), so we just let her go to see what happens. She woke up at normal time. So last night we didn’t bother, and she still slept until her normal time. Are we officially done with the dream feed? Or is this a cruel trick and she’ll start waking up again? The last couple weeks she’s finished all her bottles and eaten a good amount of solids, and just in the last few days she’d started leaving an ounce or half ounce in most of her bottles.
We are going on a much-needed vacation and taking our 19-MO on a longish flight. We plan to abandon all screen-time rules and give him free reign with a beat-up Kindle as needed to keep him still / quiet. What should I download? Full-length movies? Short videos? Any particular suggestions? Are games better? He has not started watching TV or movies, so he doesn’t already know any characters to have favorites.
I’ll be visiting Toronto (from the US) this coming weekend and need to do some shopping for professional maternity clothes. I’ve heard Canadian stores tend to have clothing that is better quality and more appropriate than the stuff available in the US. Any recommendations on places I should check out? I found a blog post (link to follow) that lists a lot of stores that look cute, but also like they skew towards casual looks. TIA!
Questions for moms of accident-prone kids:
-If your kids need stitches in the face, do you go to the ER or a plastic surgeon? Are plastic surgeons ever covered by insurance for this kind of thing? I’ve done one with a plastic surgeon and 2 at the pediatric ER, and not sure if plastic surgeon is a better idea. I paid an arm and a leg the first time because we ill advisedly panicked and went to a plastic surgeon who didn’t take our (any?) insurance. I guess the only answer to this second question is that I’ll have to do my own research with my insurance company, but that is always so frustrating that would be good to get a sense first from anyone with experience.
-Do you have a scar cream you think actually works?
-Any particular tips for wound care post stitches? Aside from keeping it covered and with vaseline, which is the current plan. Not sure how long to keep this up though.
For context: My kids are 1.5 and 3.5, and something tells me this is not the last time we are going to be needing stitches. The 1.5-yo is the one with new stitches in the forehead at the moment.
I slept with this wedge pillow from early second trimester through the end, and it made a world of difference: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VMJO7C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I tried a full snuggle, but I have a long torso, so it didn’t fit my body.
Third trimester, it became intensely uncomfortable for me to spend longer than 10 minutes in the car. This lumbar pillow helped a lot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GB06RA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Weaning question here! My son is almost 9 months. I currently pump at 7am/12pm/4pm and nurse at bedtime. He currently takes 1 bottle in the morning and 3 bottles at daycare and has just started leaving a little in the last bottle. I have a nice freezer stash (like one month’s worth of milk) and my morning pump covers at least two of the bottles he takes at daycare. My goal is to stop pumping after he turns one and nurse morning and night for a few months after that. So…what is the best way to wean from the pump? Consolidate the two workday pumps into 1? Push the first workday pump later and then eventually drop the second workday pump? I’m currently working on dropping an ounce a month from the morning pump because it’s going to take a while to get it down to what he can take nursing. But I have no idea when to start weaning from the other pump sessions. Thx!
So my kiddo has been waking up really grumpy from naps and I think it’s because she needs to sleep longer. Most of these naps are less than an hour, sometimes only 25-45 min. If she has a long nap, say an hour plus, she wakes up happy and smiling. Yesterday she napped in her stroller, woke up and then fell back asleep and was the happiest baby when she finally woke up for good. How do I replicate that when she’s just napping in her bed at home? She wakes up crying and fussing if she wakes up too soon. Do I let her cry a bit to see if she goes back to sleep?
Is there somewhere I can get leggings in the 3T size range that are made for toddler girls who do not look like Kate Moss (i.e. thick thighs and well-round bottom– 80th+ percentile for height and weight)? So far Hanna Andersson is the only place I’ve found that really fits, but at $20 a pop for toddler leggings…. ugh. I don’t even want to spend $20 on leggings for me. I guess what I’m asking is if there is a cheap version of HA? Or do I just need to stalk ebay? Or buy a size up and hope she can wear them for two winters?
Carters is a no. Old Navy is a probably no, based on their bike shorts.
Embryo Hunger Games update – 26 of my little guys made it to day 3! Tomorrow I get the day 6 report and they’ll put them on ice until next month. So excited!
I started doing the mental math of when I’d be due if next month worked, and it puts me about five months out from my projected product launch – my first product at this employer (which people already refer to as my “baby” at work, haha). Timing is what it is – at this point I’m over delaying getting pregnant to line up with work, plus timelines often slip, etc. But I also can’t imagine being totally out of it for the three months of product testing and integration next summer, when prototypes are due out.
Did any of you contribute via calls and emails while on leave, because you just couldn’t leave your work baby, or does that get too much into a slippery slope (answer one email, people think you’re working and then start expecting you to respond to everything)?
Like I said, after two years of trying I’m not going to delay baby 5 months so I can get work baby out the door, but I’m certainly thinking about how product launch would be affected if one of those 26 blastocysts manages to stick it out next month!
As you can probably tell I’m in tech, not law, if that makes a difference.