Weekend & Family Friday: Bracelet-Making Kit
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As if Lego pieces couldn’t get any smaller, here comes Lego Dots! I recommend these for people who have kids who are older and organized — with no little kids around who would make these a tasty meal. If I were a 7- or 8-year-old girl right now, these would be one of my favorite things to make, wear, and give to my best friends. Lego Dots also has a photo frame version that looks cute and fun, and since it is Lego, you can build and change as much as you want. The pictured kit is $24.99 at Target. Lego Bracelet-Making Kit
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Assuming school will happen this fall… what backpack do I want for my kindergartener? And what lunchbox?
Back in the Days of Yore, I remember there were a ton of l l bean backpacks. Do kids still use those? What about pottery barn? Anything else I should be thinking of?
For those of you whose kids have gone back to daycare and your states imposed maximum class size limits, how have your daycares dealt with this? In MA, I think our preschool classes will be limited to 10 kids, whereas before there were about 20 kids per class, with 2-3 teachers. I have no idea how our daycare will change to this as they can’t suddenly build new classrooms, but perhaps a wall partition would work? Or did fewer kids come back? We’re also going to have to deal with masks on kids over 2, which is another concern, but I know that’s been discussed here before.
Ugh, I just feel so disheartened as this is not the daycare experienced I wanted for my kids, although I know it’s not anyone’s first choice and people are trying to do the best they can for public health.
Shout out to the ladies who suggested Jockey Skimmies as maternity shorts for under dresses. I got them up one size and they are perfect – thank you!
This is gross, but does anyone have any advice about a kid who just has the nastiest smelling gas? He’s 7 and this has been a pretty constant thing since he was about 4 or 5. He seems to eat a completely normal diet for his age. I’ve mentioned it to the doctor and he says he’s probably just constipated, but he really doesn’t seem to have a problem with that, and we started giving him fiber gummies and more juice but haven’t seen a big difference. It is really gross and pretty frequent, and I’m worried this is going to start being a social issue for him over time.
So this is Clickits: 2 Girly 2 Build, right?
Has anyone found a truly water proof mattress pad for a twin mattress? The one we bought was advertised as waterproof but accidents still get through it. I wish the one we bought for the crib came in twin size…
What’s the going rate for a nanny share – total and/or per kid? Thinking two toddlers (2yo’s). I’m in a Boston suburb. We’d like to pay on the books.
What are reasonable expectations of a reluctant stay-at-home parent during COVID? Our roles have shifted and the new normal is dragging on, often without discussion. Neither of us wanted the role we’re in now, but here we are. I work a 50+ hour a week job (now from home, from our home office, instead of being part-time like I wanted). Spouse is not working at the moment and is in charge of our 3 year old and 6 month old (instead of phasing back into work like they wanted, with kids at daycare). I know Spouse is exhausted and overwhelmed. I am exhausted and overwhelmed. But one of us has to be doing the dishes and the laundry, right? How much grace do we give ourselves/each other on this? I am not currently wearing underwear because none is clean and haven’t used a fork without cleaning it before use for like a week and I coulda sworn this was supposed to be the not-employed person’s job.
Our public school system (only one in my town) sent out a survey to parents this week on 3 different options for fall, should in-person classes not be feasible. All three options are terrible.
1) Half days for everyone
2) One week at school, one week doing virtual instruction from home
3) All virtual instruction from home
HOW THE EFF is any of this sustainable without a SAHP? Even my DH is freaking out, and believe me, he was annoyingly chill during Round 1 of homeschooling. We’ll have two kids in elementary school instead of one, and fall is the busiest work season for us both. Fall is a tough time for us even when things are going WELL. I’m seriously considering taking leave … no idea how that would feasibly work with my role, but the numbers do not add up.
Does anyone have recommendations for resources to reduce maternal deaths in black women that accept donations? I have not had good luck from searching the internet. I was extremely saddened and moved by this story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/02/amber-rose-isaac-new-york-childbirth-death
What are people’s thoughts on flying to a vacation spot this summer? We (me, husband and 1-yr-old) and had planned to rent a house with my in-laws in St John, USVI in July before Covid happened. They really still want to go, now that the island is making its way back to being fully open. I’m pretty hesitant but everyone else is on board, and I guess my main concerns are for their health rather than ours. Mostly worried about the air travel. Thoughts?