Maternity Monday: Bronte Tie-Waist Maternity/Nursing Shirtdress
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If you’re expecting and looking to update your wardrobe for spring, how about this crisp, tie-waist shirtdress?
The empire waist accommodates your growing bump while the button front makes it easy to nurse or pump. This cotton-blend shirtdress also has short sleeves, an attached waist tie, and side-seam pockets. While you wait for warmer weather, wear it now with a cozy sweater.
This shirtdress is $109 at Nordstrom and comes in XS-XL.
Sales of note for 5/4/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + extra 15% off $200
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring steals
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one regular-price item + 30% off everything else
Thank you again to everyone who chimed in on my question about infant Miralax use on Friday. I have some new ideas to run by the pediatrician and was encouraging to hear from others who’ve been there. Thank you!
For those of you with older (MS/HS) kids – have you noticed that assignments, classroom decor and the like seem really juvenile? On one hand, I’m glad that the school is still seeing kids as kids, but on the other hand I was just in for parent-teacher conferences and the classroom looked like it was decorated for elementary school (LOTS of decoration, bright colors, “little kid” fonts, cutesy signs). I’ve also noticed some worksheets or project instructions that come home also look like they were designed for little kids. Likewise, having worksheets in MS/HS seems odd to me too. Feels a little too “handholding” for college prep kids.
I obviously do not care enough to say anything about it, but it just struck me as odd.
Favorite body wash for babies/toddlers? We ran out of Johnson & Johnson and I bought Cetaphil thinking it would be super gentle, but it’s bleaching our towels which makes me think it probably shouldn’t touch baby skin…
OP here – the kids are 7 – 8 (2nd grade).
What’s the most polite, nonjudgmental way to communicate the no YouTube on play dates expectation when it’s hosted at someone else’s house?
I really appreciate all of the responses!
For those of you all that have a more spirited child…any tips on helping them deal with frustration?
My 4 year old gets super frustrated, can struggle with transitions when he’s doing something he loves, etc. I know part of it is also just age and personality; DH has mentioned he was this way when he was young, too. Like, for example yesterday he wanted to juice with dinner (literally something we did once for the first time last week), and when I lied and said “we ran out!” he was like “I’ll go check” and I was like “Ok, we do have juice but we’re not going to have any with dinner. We are going to have dessert after we eat”, that resulted in him melting down/crying/yelling – he doesn’t hurt himself or anyone else, thankfully, but just gets really frustrated in the moment, which is…really triggering for me. He’s usually fine after a few minutes, it’s just very…loud.
When I’m the best version of myself I’m able to empathize, give a hug, and then we try to talk it out/problem solve. When I’m low on patience, I yell back and that doesn’t help….I’m realizing when I can’t empathize/talk it out I need to step away and take deep breaths. I primary/solo parent a lot so I want to make sure I’m thinking of ways I can help kiddo, and also manage this without escalating it for the rest of the household (older sibling) and my own mental health.
My eight year old is becoming more aggressive – for example, tried to hit me on the weekend and tried to kick me this morning. I stopped the behavior right away, implemented immediate time out, but I’m getting a bit concerned that this is happening with increasing frequency. Kid never hits at school or activities. From a practical standpoint, I’m a small person and kid is only getting bigger, so this behavior becomes more dangerous. Right now, I’m just continuing to stop behavior right away, time out and discuss why we don’t hit people (which, like, kid knows!), but am I missing something?
Here’s a tricky situation and I could use some perspective. My kid went over for a playdate at a classmate’s house recently and saw a dumb YouTube video. It’s a YouTubepoop video actually, intentionally inappropriate. Just gross/violent/slapstick. Not for kids, I think, but I’m not sure who it’s intended for. I don’t know the parents well. Would you bring it up? We don’t watch YouTube at home and I’m unfamiliar with that world.