Washable Workwear Wednesday: Caitlyn Shift Dress
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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 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?
This is late, but I need some support from the hive.
I thought I was about 7 weeks pregnant, but I went for my ultrasound yesterday and only measured at 5w4d. The doctor couldn’t see a fetal pole, which is not surprising at 5w4d…..but not good at 7w2d. I was pretty confident on my dates and had a positive HPT at 4 weeks, so…it’s looking bad.
There is nothing to do but wait until a repeat ultrasound next week or until I start to have symptoms of miscarriage, and I am going out of my mind. I held it together while I was with other people today but I am now in tears sitting alone in my office.
I have a 2. 5 year old daughter, so that is a nice silver lining, but…..I really want this baby. Do you have any coping strategies? Commiseration?
Can’t nest from phone but I got some online from a site called baby be mine. Looks sort of sketchy but I promise is completely legit. They have mix and match sets that can even come with a matching gown for your baby! I got gowns and pant sets and the matching robes to mix and match and love them
Can anyone reassure an anxious first time mom that it’s normal if the ultrasound tech doesn’t say anything during the anatomy scan? She did say what the baby’s heartbeat was and that it was normal, and she gave us photos, but she didn’t say anything about any of the organs and just told me the doctor will call me “hopefully by the end of the week” to discuss the results. We already knew the sex from a blood test so there was no gender reveal. It seems like all my friends got told “Congratulations, everything looks perfect!” during the anatomy scan so I’m freaking out a little bit about the whole doctor-will-call-to-discuss thing.
I know this is late in the day but HELP!
We’re interviewing an in-home daycare provider this evening who came highly recommended from multiple sources. I’ve talked to her a bit about her general philosophy and I’ve reviewed her Department of Social Services inspection reports. We’re looking to start when our infant is 4 months old. What questions should I ask? I have the following:
-Do you ever close or delay for adverse weather conditions? (she’s in-home but does have staff)
-Are there any pre-planned weeks usually take off annually? If so, how far in advance are those dates communicated to families?
-Haver you ever had to close unexpectedly or delay opening due to reasons other than weather? (Staff shortage, etc.)
-How do you put infants down for a nap? What sort of sleeping environment do you provide?
-How do you handle temper tantrums or behaviour issues such as biting?
-Are you trained in infant CPR specifically? (I’m not sure if that’s in a standard CPR class or if you have to take that separately)
what am I overlooking here? We’ll do another visit at a time when the children are present if this goes well.
Big hugs. On mobile so this will be short.
1. You are not missing her babyhood. You get to see her all weekend plus two awake hours during the day, each day. She does sleep during the day, too! You are seeing a curated version of her day. Also if you are spending time with her when she is fussy and you are comforting her, those are absolutely quality moments. Don’t discount them.
2. Working and being away from the baby is more fun if work is interesting. Be present at work. Hopefully by now it will pick up as you take back control over your projects. Sounds like you have an awesome situation already.
3. To further points one and two: tell your moms to stop sending you photos and videos during the workday. It’s great that they are bonding with the baby, but they should upload them somewhere you can view on your own time. Right now it’s not helpful for you. (But you might want to look at them later on!)
4. Be confident in knowing that you’re doing the best for your baby. Consider whether you are internalizing the message that as a woman we have to be present 24/7 for our children. This is just not true. If you are the breadwinner, you are supporting your child by putting food on the table and providing financial security. This is huge! Go you!!!
Ugh, just need some support this afternoon.
3rd week back from mat. leave. Baby seems to be adjusting a LOT better to being with our moms all day. I have, what I think, is a fairly good schedule. I get in at 9 and leave around 4. Baby wakes up at 6:30, I see her for about an hour before she goes down for a nap and I leave for work. I see her again for about an hour from 4:30-5:30 before she gets sleepy for the night.
It’s killing me to only see her for 2 hours a day and those two hours don’t feel quality, because she’s either tired when she wakes up or tired before bed. I get so many happy pictures/videos when I’m at work and I just don’t see that happy baby when I’m home. She’s only 4.5 months old, so sleep is still kind of a mess and I’m hoping it’ll sort itself out as she hopefully goes to bed at 7 pm.
I just feel like I’m missing her babyhood.
I thought I’d hate working and I could quit in a few months, but I’ve enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. I don’t want to make any big decisions in the fog of the 1st year anyway, but ugh, just having a hard day.
I think this dress is adorable, but the price seems high for a polyester dress. Am I out of touch? I buy a lot of secondhand clothing so…probably. Also, I really appreciate that the tone of this s!te has overall remained helpful. I appreciate the recs I get from you all!
I’m having our first baby in 8 weeks (eek!) and I’m trying to figure out what kind of clothes and other items I’ll need or want on hand for the postpartum recovery period. Any recommendations for your favorite nursing bras/tops, maternity/postpartum leggings or pants, and other, less “fun” items (like should I buy Depends?) are much appreciated.
Does anyone here have Bobles or other climbing/active furniture? I know it’s expensive but I like that it can be used for many years and in imaginative ways – I’d appreciate any ideas that aren’t quite so spendy or any firsthand experience with the brand. Thanks.
I just declined an interview for an in-house role because the “top end” of the compensation scale (for a full-time role with frequent weekend expectations) was $30K below what I would be making full-time at my current job. I even told the recruiter what I would have expected the comp range to be for a similar position, based on other inquiries I’m seeing from the market.
It felt really powerful and competent to tell a recruiter, “Nope, I think you misjudged this market.” But now I’m second guessing myself. Should I have just declined and said nothing? I was interested in the role, but I would probably need to spend more to line up reliable weekend childcare. I would need a compensation bump, not an effective pay cut, to take on weekend responsibilities.
City moms, what stroller did you use and did you like it? I was totally set on the City Mini GT, but then I started to obsess over the Uppababy Vista. We live in Boston, and we’ll be doing a lot of walking, especially in snow or on hills. We’ll also be walking 10-15 minutes to do the daycare drop-off and storing the stroller in the daycare stroller closet. We live in a walk-up, but we can keep the stroller with other strollers on the first floor so we don’t need to carry it more than 5 stairs to get in the building.
TIA!
Does anyone have tips on making bedtime less tearful? My 9-month-old is very good-natured right up until she gets out of the bath. But she falls apart during the whole diaper/pajamas/sleepsack (and lately snotsuck, as she is battling her first daycare cold) routine. Her flailing and my trying to soothe her makes the whole process take much longer than it should, and she gets increasingly upset. I originally thought maybe it was a phase/teething/a leap, but this has been going on for about a month. Changing the time of bedtime in either direction doesn’t help. It’s such a small time period so it’s not a huge issue, but I would love if anyone had advice on how to make bedtime more calm.
Boy moms, give me your best “it’s great to have all boys” pep talks. I just found out that Baby #2 is a boy (as is our firstborn) and I’m feeling kinda blue about it. We’re likely done after these two, and I always pictured having a little girl to do girly things with (I’m really into makeup, dresses, etc.). It probably doesn’t help that our firstborn is 15 months and just a handful right now – never sits still, constantly getting into stuff, etc. It’s exhausting for me to think about 2 of them! But I know that lots of moms loving having only boys – so help me see the bright side!
has anybody’s son had surgery for an undescended test*cle?
My son is 18 months old and was scheduled to have this surgery in a pediatric ambulatory center. The anaesthesiologist called me yesterday and said she wasn’t comfortable with him having the surgery there due to the fact that he has had 3 episodes of croup, so she recommended he have it done in a hospital.
Selfishly, this is a little frustrating because I’m 32 weeks pregnant and would like to get this done before the new baby comes while I can still hold/comfort him. So we are having it done at the hospital on the 30th (ruining his halloween but he’ll really be none the wiser).
Just looking to see how little dudes recovered from this surgery and what challenges we may be facing here…..