Splurge or Save Thursday: Camp Dress
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Here’s a modern shirtdress that will find a place in your summer wardrobe.
Dress it up for work or down for the weekends. This A-line cotton dress has a gold button front and short sleeves topped with epaulettes. The versatile “safari sand” color plays well with pretty much any other color in your wardrobe from neutrals to brights — I’d add a patterned silk scarf or bright strappy sandals for a pop of color.
The Camp Dress from Tory Burch is $498 and comes in sizes 00-16.
Another option is this Trench-Back Shirtdress from Banana Republic Factory, starting at $65 (with an extra 15% off at checkout). It comes in black or “maverick tan,” and regular, tall, and petite sizes.
Sales of note for 2/7:
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Are there any good books or articles on the generational differences in parenting styles? Millennial parents are leaning towards gentle parenting, Gen X parents used time outs more, Baby Boomer parents promoted individuality, etc?
I hate to post medical things here but we’re kind of desperate. I’ll start with we’ve already been to the doctor (last Fri) and they just sort of chalked it up to allergies.
5 YO DD has significant mucus/snot in the form of postnasal drip. She sounds a little congested but no constantly runny nose (just a wipe here and there but not full on cold by any means). The actual problem though is that she’s choking on it, and frequently. Like gagging a LOT and sometimes throwing up. We’ve taught her to clear her throat, take short sips of water in the moment to help clear it, but none is a real relief. There’s not really a cough, maybe a little in the form of trying to clear this from her throat.
Doctor wasn’t concerned about pneumonia – lungs, ears, etc were clear. She didn’t xray lungs but didn’t think it was necessary. No asthma history, no wheezing. No fevers. She does have seasonal allergies. She’s been tested for covid every other day for 2+ weeks (she did have an exposure, which prompted the testing but this issue predates exposure then we kept going convinced this was covid related, but evidently not).
We’ve done local honey, nasal spray, allergy medicine, humidifier, avoiding dairy/anything to thicken mucus. Any other home remedies?? Or something else I should be pushing at the pedi? She’s struggling so badly and it’s been at least a month, and getting worse. She’s not choking this stuff 24/7, but it is multiple times a day. When she coughs once though it becomes a chain reaction and she’ll gag (or throw up) multiple times until the “episode” passes. What could possibly be generating this much snot and not come with a cough or full blown cold?!
does anyone else have moody kids? sometimes in the mornings my kids are in a great mood and it is a nice way to start the day, other times it feels like they are whining/complaining 24/7. is this just kids or is there something wrong with mine?
Whoever posted yesterday about when your kids start sleeping through the night, curse you! I was reading the thread and feeling so smug about my two year old’s consistent nights and of course last night I had to get up TWICE for the first time in months and months. That’ll teach me to get too big for my parenting britches.
Gearing up for potty training with my almost 2.5 year old daughter this weekend. I’m planning on loosely following the Big Little Feelings plan (gentle parenting seems to be the hot topic today!), which is basically 3 days set aside, 1 day naked. Any advice, positive experiences, etc.?
Related to the gentle parenting thread above, what are your favorite books/resources for kind but authoritative parenting? I like some of the elements of kindness/listening from gentle parenting, but when it comes down to it, both my husband and I want more structure and parent-led approaches.
I like gentle parenting for the scripts I tell myself (“I have a good kid who is having a hard time”) and the idea that I have to regulate myself and my emotions before I can parent my kid. But, I don’t have much success with using the gentle parenting scripts for my kid.
I’ve also found that after I made the transition from one kid to two, I just don’t have the same bandwidth as I did when I just had one kid. Sometimes things just need to get done, we need to get out the door, etc. I like the tricks like using a timer, trying not to get into a battle of wills of stupid things, and remembering that I am the “strong confident leader.” And I try to do the talk about feelings and what is driving the behavior after the fact rather than in the moment.
We do do timeouts, for hitting or anything more “serious,” or when my kid is just out of control. I think of gentle parenting as just one of the tools in my toolbox.
I’m a little scared to ask this, but is anyone else struggling with “gentle parenting”? I bought into this completely and have spent hours reading Dr Becky, BLF, Dan Siegel etc., and while there are aspects of it that I like, it is not working with my 4.5 year old who is in a really tough phase. He’s been hitting, kicking, etc., and none of the scripts seem to change his behavior. He’s a good kid but I’m worn out trying to figure out what emotions are underneath the behaviors all the time.
I think there are really good things about this movement (trying to avoid yelling) and I would of course never hit my kid. But if I’m being honest, it’s really really hard and I’m starting to wonder if there’s a better way. Are time-outs really all that bad? Is this whole movement just the latest parenting fad anyway?
Anyone else struggling with this?
How often are folks offering desserts after dinner? We are having nearly nightly meltdowns after dinner about wanting dessert from our 5 year old. We don’t use desserts as rewards, try to be neutral about it (“sometimes we have desserts and sometimes we don’t, it’s just on the menu tonight.”). I hate to be too rigid about it, but I almost think we need a schedule (dessert Tuesday and Thursday during the week, and then whatever goes on the weekends). Does anyone do that? Does it work OK?
Our daughter is starting K in the fall, and she’s had a lot of friends leave her preschool program to do something else in the summer. We are having a lot of outbursts generally, which we know is connected with all this change and the anticipation of starting K. Relatedly, how has the transition to K gone for folks? When should we expect her to settle into a groove and be back to her normal self?