Maternity Monday: Carnac Maternity/Nursing Tank Top
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I love Breton striped tops for warm weather. If you’re expecting, wear this summery top both now and after your baby arrives.
This sleeveless striped top is made in France from 100% cotton. It will stretch to accommodate your growing belly and has a nursing/pumping-friendly bodice. Pair this tank with your favorite maternity denim for a relaxed warm-weather look. You can even wear it in a more casual office with a linen or cotton blazer.
Cache Coeur’s Carnac Maternity/Nursing Tank is $69 (solid white) to $79 (white/blue and white/coral stripes). It’s available in sizes S–XL.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
when you host a bday party, do you have enough cupcakes for all kids + all adults, or just the kids with some extra? we are having 47 kids and 43 adults (yes i realize this is insane), but I really dont want to end up with dozens of extra cupcakes. Do you think 60 cupcakes is sufficient?
ever since my kids went back to school without masks (so the 2022 – 2023 school year in our case) whenever they get sick, i get sick with something more severe that lasts almost twice as long. I think I spend about 8 weeks a year sick at a minimum. Most of these are things like super bad colds, where I am so congested, sometimes get fevers, etc. I’ve talked to my doctor about it and she is just like everyone is different, etc. This past weekend I saw my sister and she said “how are you are sick again?!?” as her greeting – that is how frequent it is. I am otherwise totally healthy. Try to prioritize sleep, fluids, exercise, general eat decently healthy. Any ideas? It is just so disruptive to my life, to have the level of cold that basically makes me want to stay in bed and get the minimum done in life/work
Someone started a “three good things from your weekend” thread on the main page, and I am so stinking proud that I’m going to share my response here. Please reply with your own weekend wins!
1. My daughter, who has been in the chorus of exactly one musical in her entire life, had the lead in the high school musical. She is a cute little soubrette soprano with zero experience in a main role so we thought she’d be extremely lucky to get cast as the lead’s daughter. Instead, for reasons no one understands she was cast as the brassy mom which is really a contralto role. She rose to the occasion, absolutely owned the part, sang with better technique and musicality than she ever has in her life, and brought the audience to tears multiple times. Talk about ending high school on a high note. I have never been so proud of her.
2. My mom, whom we haven’t seen in two years because someone gets sick every time we plan a visit, came and watched every show.
3. My 89-year-old father-in-law also saw it.
How did you decide how long to breastfeed or pump? My daughter turns 8 months next week, and I am getting so sick of pumping. She was in the NICU for 2 weeks because she was born 6 weeks early and then never took to breastfeeding, so I’ve been exclusively pumping since the start. And I’m so sick of it. It wasn’t that bad when I was on leave, but after being back at work for 3 months I just feel done with it. I initially told myself 6 months, and then I said I would pump till 9 months. But I’m not sure I have the motivation to pump for another 5 weeks.
I’m 16w pregnant, and in that time I’ve had 3 different colds, covid, strep, and now pinkeye. Needless to say, this will be kid #2, and kid #1 is in daycare.
Pardon me while I throw an angry pity party for myself.
I know phonics is the preferred way of teaching reading these days. but is there such a thing as being *too* phonics-y?
My kindergartner is decent at sounding out simple words but it’s still such a struggle and slow going because she sounds out literally every word except a few very short sight words like “I”, “A,” and “the.” I feel like other kids I see reading more fluently do a mix of phonics and whole language, and sound out unfamiliar words, but also recognize a word they’ve read before or a word that’s obvious from context clues. I know it’s not a race and her speed at sounding out words will eventually improve, but I’m wondering if I should be gently nudging her to do more than just phonics.
(Caveat, I’m a whole language kid for whom it worked amazingly well – I not only did very well on reading tests, but also love to read – but I know the research says it doesn’t work for a lot of kids…)
here’s a new one — I have [whatever word indicates the opposite of shy] 4 yr old twins. They *love* to “be silly” with adults. In practice, this means they frequently basically mob whatever adult is nearby – coaches on their soccer teams, dads at the bus stop, etc.. Twin A will start by giving a high five to an adult or something similar to get their attention, and especially if the adult reacts in a kind and engaging way, twin A will just view that as open season to (a) give more and more high fives, (b) run through the person’s legs, (c) give hugs to the person’s legs, and at some point, Twin b sees how fun this looks – and joins in. It’s … a lot. I’m struggling with how to curb the behavior — so far, we’ve focused a ton on when I say “stop,” they need to stop, but often they are so charged up it takes a minute to stop and gets awkward. My husband thinks we need to set a firm rule that they shouldn’t be allowed to do anything but give high fives to other parents, and as I type this out…I think he’s probably right. But I guess I leave the comment as is, and just curious if anyone else has experienced this, and found a good way to curb the behavior without killing the spirit….
Have any of your kids had growing pains, especially if they also occurred intermittently during the day? My preschooler is having pain in his leg- sometimes one leg, sometimes both. We had it checked out by the pediatrician and x-rayes etc. But I’m just really surprised to hear they think it’s growing pains. I sort of thought they were just a myth?
I’d like to hold an end of year playdate/party for the girls in my daughter’s Girl Scout troop (that I co-lead) so they have a chance to hang out in a less structured setting, but every weekend from now until the end of the school year is fully booked with birthday parties and end of year recitals and events. Our school gets out on a Wednesday so I was thinking of holding it the next day, Thursday. Is that weird? Camps in our area mostly don’t start up until the following week so I imagine there are some parents who will be WFH that day and would appreciate getting their kids out of the house for a few hours, but I don’t want to appear tone deaf to working parents by hosting an event on a Thursday afternoon.
Also, for activities I was thinking of having beads for friendship bracelet making and sugar cookies to decorate, and of course we have a playroom with toys. Does that sound like enough stuff to do? The troop is ten 6 and 7 year old girls.
I just I found I’m pregnant again. I have one healthy toddler, but I’ve had two losses since. Please send sticky baby vibes and any useful advice on surviving the next few weeks. I’m both cautiously happy and terrified that I cannot handle the grief of another loss.
We toured a local daycare that is part of a large chain and liked the look of the place, but in reading the state mandated inspections later, there were two different citations for a staff member yelling at a kid and a staff member being “rough” with a kid from about five years ago. Several negative Yelp reviews speak to the incidents as well, but without a lot of detail as to circumstances. Best I can tell, these weren’t to prevent a child from running in front of a truck. Would you write off this place or ask for more information about how they were handled and if the staff are still there?
My kindergartener’s class is doing a musical performance in late May. They will sing a few songs, it’s very cute — my older one did it two years ago. But he really, really does not want to be on stage.
I’m really torn — do I “make” him do it? Part of me thinks it would be good for him to be pushed, and to see that he can overcome his worries around this. So far we’ve taken the “yes, we recognize this is hard, but you have to do this” approach. This is our default approach when he gets super nervous about things like going to camp, going to birthday parties, etc, and it has worked well so far.
But it is really hard seeing him sobbing in genuine distress (way more than the usual birthday party anxiety) when he talks about going on stage. I’m wondering if instead, I should suggest he talk to his teacher about other ways to participate (e.g. by helping with costumes).
Sigh, I don’t know. Probably the answer is that there is not a right answer but I’m hoping some of you with similar kids could advise. Thank you!