Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Caroline Diaper Bag
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This new-to-me brand has some fabulous diaper bags that you could tote to the office.
My pick is the Caroline diaper bag. This lightweight bag has a vegan leather outside, and a stain- and water-resistant liner on the inside. It also features wide, exterior side pockets for quick access to essentials, and can be carried as a tote, shoulder/crossbody, or backpack.
It comes in 13 dare I say professional colors so you can use this bag long after baby reaches childhood.
Lily Jade’s Caroline diaper bag is on sale for $170.10. Note it does not include an organizer or changing pad.
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
I’m just here for a slice of humble pie: I swore I would never over-schedule my kids. And here I am with my oldest in martial arts, yoga and now I’m signing him up for swim lessons alongside his little brothers. Oh well. All in the name of safety (we have a pool). What’s a parenting thing you swore you’d never do that you had to go back on?
Looking for suggestions for a 4-ish day trip to a single European city within a <7 hour flight of Philly this October. We're probably going to take my mom, so it would be 3 adults (we'll need a 2-room hotel suite) and 2 kids (who will be almost 4, and 1.5).
Beyond specific city suggestions, has anyone managed to do this kind of trip WITHOUT taking carseats? Wondering if it's crazy to just take two small strollers (Colugos), and rely on public transit to get to and from airport, and stay at a very central hotel where we can walk to everything. I'm well-traveled in Europe, but never with kids. Bringing 2 car seats plus 2 strollers seems like it would just completely ruin the experience and add a ton of stress.
TIA!
Any recs for an insulated water bottle that doesn’t break the bank? DD needs a couple for summer camp. She has some 12-ounce plastic bottles but has complained that they don’t stay cold very long, even with ‘icicles” in them. I’m thinking stainless steel might be the way to go but there’s no way I’m buying, say, a Yeti that might get left behind.
I’m really bummed out that I have to miss my industry’s in-person conference this week since we’ve been sick. It’s the right call, since my husband and I are both coughing and sneezing, but I really wanted to go. Boo.
I have a five year old and 15 month old twins. Is getting a dog insane? I know if I have to ask the answer is yes, so give me all the stories of how your kids love your dog, and vice versa. I didn’t have dogs growing up, but we had a dog before we had kids and I miss him dearly.
Sunscreen recs for squirmy toddlers who hate hats? We’ve used Babyganics until now but I hate how thick it is and it’s really difficult to rub in. I’m feeling inspired by all the pool posts today!
What are your favorite baby board books? We are so deeply sick of the ones we have after reading them to two separate kids. Fortuitously, I just got a Barnes and Noble gift certificate and was thinking I would buy a bunch of new ones for baby #3 (and for us!).
Mamas, help me think through a situation that has been weighing on me. It’s becoming clear that a close friend really hates being a parent. She has two children in elementary school, and spends as little time as possible with them. Her husband (a saint) does all the sports practices, meal prep, bedtimes. Friend spent mothers day away for 3 nights by herself — her third such weekend since the start of the year. She is spending more and more time at after-work social events so that she can get home after bedtime. Her children never see her. The older one is showing bullying behavior, both at school and toward my child when they are together. Friend claims her marriage is not struggling. Her own mother was fairly absent and I fear the pattern is repeating. She has a therapist. Obviously I can’t change her behavior, and I want to support her kids the best way possible. WWYD if you were me?
LO comes from a long line of women with narrow feet, and it’s looking like her feet will also be narrow. Anyone have any shoe recommendations for toddlers with narrow feet? We’d been doing ok with Stride Rite, but as her feet have gotten longer, they haven’t been getting proportionally wider – the whole shoe is too wide, so it’s not just that she has a narrow heel. I have so many rejected tiny shoeboxes next to my desk that I could probably open my own shoe store for kids.
First year with a membership to the neighborhood pool with our 2 year old. We live a very short walking distance (practically across the street) and plan to go a lot this summer. Kid loves the water and enjoyed the pool where we went for a spring trip.
Hit me with your best tips!
SOS, completely lost track of time. I need presents for a 4 and 5 year old birthday party (2 different parties) this weekend. Needs to be Prime-able. I also have two parties next weekend for 4 year olds, so I’ll probably just get 4 of the same thing.
Suggestions? These are pre-school friends who I don’t personally know. Looking for $25-ish range.
Daycare needs us to start sending a water bottle every day labeled with kiddo’s name and the date. Any recs for bottles? And I assume we should buy baby bottle labels to make the labeling easier? We’ve been spoiled by daycare providing all food and drinks the last 4 years, but I’m not excited about having to keep track of this.
I have a bday party idea and want to bounce it off y’all before proposing it.
My daughter has two friends in her class that all turn 6 within 3 days of each other. They are all summer bdays and we were fairly recently considering how hard it is to do a summer bday party where people actually show up.
I was thinking of suggesting we do a combined party for all 3 girls on one of the weekend days that falls between their bdays this summer. We could host it (huge yard), another of the girls (who has a pool) could host, or we could rent somewhere locally. We’d get a bounce house, maybe a magician or something, have a separate cake/dessert for each girl. If we rented, we could do a movie theater or roller rink or something big.
Advantages are we don’t have 3 families planning for a party over the same summer weekend, guests won’t have to manage 3 parties, and we might maximize the attendance.
We’d invite the class + anyone else that the girls wanted to, and the invitees wouldn’t need to know all 3 girls.
For presents, I was considering suggesting “in lieu of a traditional present, we’d like to suggest a card and $5 or a nominal target gift card as we are taking the girls on a shopping spree to target after! If you don’t know one of the birthday girls, just bring a smile and your good wishes.”
1) would this be weird to suggest to the other bday girl parents? What would your concerns be?
2) would this be weird to attend? Esp if you only know 1-2 of the kids?
We live in a fairly small town so it’s extremely likely all guests will know at least 2/3 girls, and they all go to the same elem school. These 3 are all in the same class but there may be kids invited from other classes. The typical spend around here for a bday party present is $20+ so I thought by doing the gift card option we cut down on crap, minimize the burden to parents, and the girls get a target trip.
Thoughts?
I’m the poster from last Friday that was placing an offer on a house after being outbid several times in a tough market. Well — we got it! Thanks so much for all of the good thoughts and wishes!
We saw the house at 11:15, placed an offer at 4:30 and heard back at 7:15 right as our son’s baseball game was ending. The listing agent knows my parents, and the current owners, who have been there for more than 40 years, wanted a young family to move in. We went in with a bid slightly above ask and an escalator clause, and honestly we didn’t even think that the top number would do it, but the owners countered a few thousand under our top number and said it was ours. Our realtor was stunned — he expected it to go for much more than what we’re getting it for. The house location is basically our dream neighborhood, it’s a block away from one set of grandparents and only a few miles from the other, and it’s a short bike ride away to our swim club and church and school.
We plan to have the hardwood floors throughout the house refinished shortly after close and expect to move in sometime in late June assuming all goes well with the inspection and appraisal this week.
House buying is so stressful and we were getting very frustrated and feeling hopeless when our luck turned. Still can’t get over it! Just putting a positive anecdote out there who are in the trenches of trying to find a house — sending positive thoughts your way if you are!