Maternity Monday: The Dress

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A woman wearing a Bumpsuit The Dress

This is the dress I wish I had when I was pregnant. Bumpsuit’s founder (mom to three) had that same wish, but made it a reality.

There are so many reasons why this dress and Bumpsuit’s other pieces are all over social media — the soft and stretchy jersey fabric, double-lining (so they’re not see-through), and versatility to style them however you want. Mamas-to-be should not have to discard their fashionista cards.

I’d add a longline cardigan for the cooler months and wear it alone with some bold jewelry for the warmer ones. It looks so comfy that I could see wearing it postpartum and beyond.

The Dress is $135 and is available in black, ivory, and gray, and sizes XS–XL.

P.S. Happy Holi to those who celebrate!

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Any advice for buying postpartum clothes for the summer? Having a baby in a month and just started thinking about this. Any fav brands? I plan to BF and have 7 nursing tanks and a good supply of nursing bras but other than that I’ve got nothing. Thanks in advance!

how do people celebrate good friday and easter? i’m jewish and mostly asking to help me assess whether places like the playground and zoo are likely to be less busy on those days in my fully open, no more mask mandate state

Can we discuss boundaries around commenting on body image around our kids? I grew up in a household where thin equaled healthy. Dieting was accepted as part of being a girl/woman. Exercise only counted when it was heavy cardio (think running good, and yoga not being “real” exercise). It has continued into my adulthood. When I went though my divorce, I lost weight and my family would comment about how amazing I looked. In truth, it was probably one of the least healthy periods of my life. I lost weight due to stress, wasn’t sleeping, etc. The size of my sister and my bodies are open topics for my mom.

Now that my children are approaching their tween years, I want them to have a more holistic view of health: eating can be for nourishment and pleasure; thin does not equal healthy; and we should move in ways that feel good to us. While I am working very hard to change the narrative in my head, my family of origin has not change their viewpoint. My mom comments on how and what her grandchildren eat, and she will comment on her grandchildren’s bodies. When confronted about anything, my mom quickly shuts down and paints herself the victim. So I envision having an open discussion about body image, health and the diet industry to be challenging. Have any of you grown up in a similar way and set limits on this with your parents? Any suggestions on how to approach this with your parents?

I am so incredibly disappointed in Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. I was expecting deep insights from a contemporary feminist progressive Christian perspective. I’m about a quarter of the way through, and so far it’s just repetitive whining about how societal expectations destroyed the author’s life. Anyone have suggestions for better alternative?

what do you think is going to happen with summer and fall as far as covid goes for unvaccinated children? we would like to plan a few trips here and there but it feels impossible to know what is going to happen.

For those with full-time care at your home, how do you weigh that when considering a home reno? We’d like to redo our master bath and closet. It was always in the cards but at the time we bought the house two years ago we didn’t know what COVID was and we always planned on DD being in daycare full time.

In theory the reno is not disruptive to the rest of the house as our master is on its own floor. But it will be disruptive given workers coming/going, noise, etc.

Is this unfair to do while we have a nanny here? She’s pretty flexible so I imagine she’d be a-ok with it if we asked, but I’m concerned it’s a jerk move. We wouldn’t do it until DH and I go back to the office – the future closet space is currently my home office – but that will be sometime sooner than later. We can live without it for a while longer, but I’d also love to not have to wait until DD is in school full-time before we do the reno. We’re also TTC for #2 so we may be in a sweet spot now before we have an infant to get it scheduled. Thoughts?

playground etiquette in the time of covid – i feel like covid has made me into a rude person and a hovering parent. we live in a state with no mask mandate, and only go to playgrounds occasionally, but when we do, we wear masks and are often in the minority. yesterday, my 3 year old wanted to eat a snack, so we sat on a bench to the side and she took off her mask, another unmasked kid with a runny nose approached us with a stick, and was trying to see what she was eating, tapping my legs with the stick, while the caregiver sat across the park on a bench. i tried to encourage the kid to go play at the playground by saying that it was a lovely stick, but we were not interested (my daughter did not like having a stick waived in her face). eventually the caregiver got up and called the kid away. should i have picked my kid up and had us move to another bench? called out to the caregiver? in a non covid world i wouldn’t have cared so much.

Tips on how to transition to quiet time/rest time from nap time? What parameters are in place for rest time in your home? Do you have to stay in bed? Just play quietly? How long does it last, etc?