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Happy Friday! I like the look of this $37 knit blazer from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale (see our full roundup of workwear and more over at Corporette) — it looks like the perfect lightweight topper for work, the playground, and beyond. It’s handwashable, and available in 6 colors, regular and petite sizes XXS-XXL, for $37 — after the sale it will go back up to $59. Caslon Cotton Knit Open Front Blazer
Here’s a plus-size knit blazer that’s also in the sale.
Don’t forget that our Nordstrom Anniversary Sale giveaway closes in just a few hours (11:30 ET) — so if you haven’t entered yet, please do!
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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- 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?
Legally Brunette says
Hi ladies, at what age did your kids start sleeping in the same room? My 1.5 year old and 3.5 year old boys have different bed times, which is why I hesitate to put them to sleep in the same room (the older one has a bedtime routine of reading books in bed for a while before sleeping). The little one also sometimes wakes up at night, cries out for about a minute, and then goes back to sleep. I’m worried he will wake up the older one.
We have enough room to have them each sleep in their own room, but I know my older one is excited about the prospect of having a “sleepover” with the little one. :)
Anon says
No magical age – I had success at ages 2 /4 when they needed to share a room when a new sibling joined the family.
HSAL says
No experience, but why not just give it a trial? Move the bare minimum items for a “real” bedtime experience, and see how it goes for a few nights until the novelty wears off. The older might decide sleepovers were a better idea in theory. My nieces have separate rooms but the occasional sleepover night is a special treat for them.
Anonymous says
I would let the older one have a sleepover in the younger one’s room. I think it would be confusing for the younger one to be moved into the other room. If a few sleepovers go well then think about a move, otherwise just stick with allowing a occasional sleepover.
Betty says
My youngest joined my oldest in a shared room when the youngest was 2 and the oldest was 5. My daughter (the youngest) jumped out her crib between the time I went sprinting from our room to her room, and so without much forethought or planning, we moved them in together. For a while, they shared a twin day bed, with one head at each end of the bed. We decided to get them bunkbeds and 90% of the time, they still end up in a single bunk, kicking each other and playing but sleeping well through the night. They share a bedtime but it takes my youngest MUCH longer to fall asleep, but it does not seem to bother her big brother in the least. She also calls out at night, talks in her sleep and yells at her brother in her sleep, but they sleep great. If anything, I think they are comforted by each other’s presence.
EB0220 says
Wow, they shared a bed? That’s amazing. Mine would be kicking each other all night long.
Spirograph says
Mine have “always” shared a room, at least since the younger one graduated from the bassinet. They are about the same age as yours, and the biggest problem we have is getting them to GO THE @#%* TO SLEEP this summer. It really wasn’t an issue until the days got really long; the littler one would fall asleep, we’d read older one stories in our bed or on the couch instead of in the kids’ room, and he’d sneak into bed afterward where we’d sing him songs and tuck him in. Now, as I’ve complained before, they will stay up chatting/singing/playing with eachother an hour past their bedtime. I’ve given up on policing that, and am just crossing my fingers it gets better when the sun goes down before 9.
They both sleep like the dead; once they’re asleep, the other one screaming and crying will not wake them up except in really extraordinary circumstances. Seriously, they’ve both yelled at the top of their lungs for 30+ minutes on multiple occasions and the other has slept right through.
Manhattanite says
My older daughter was 3 1/2 and younger 8 months. Younger is a year now. We read stories for the older one in our room and the baby is generally asleep by the time no1 gets into bed. They occasionally wake each other up, but not often. Both sleep like logs once they are down. Really, I would have loved to put them in separate rooms, but we live in Manhattan. Space is just not something we have.
In House Lobbyist says
When the baby was one we moved her crib to her brother’s room. When she was 2, he got bunkbeds and she got the toddler bed. They go to bed at the same time – between 8 and 8:30 and we do all bedtimes routine together unless the older one has a late practice or event for some reason. It has worked really well and the older one will comfort the younger one usually. But they both sleep soundly and don’t wake up with crying, coughing fits or trips to the bathroom. They are 6 and 3 now and it has been great. In fact, it will be really sad when they move apart. We have blackout curtains and a sound machine that really help.
CPA Lady says
My parents would find me sleeping on the floor next to my sister’s crib when she was an infant. I was 2.5. They eventually decided to let us share a room and put a bed in there. We shared a room til I went off to college. I was pretty over it by the time I was in middle/high school but our grandfather had moved in and there wasn’t an extra bedroom.
DC trainer says
Posted this in the other place but thought I’d try here too, since I’m looking for a trainer that is good for moms looking to tone up/lose weight. Looking for a trainer in DC who will come to my home gym for training. Need someone tough who will push me, but obviously someone friendly and warm too. We live in NW. Any leads?
Momanon4this says
Joy of Fitness. Shannon. Can’t remember her last name. Will check
white knuckling says
TJ: When my child was 6 months old, I was diagnosed with PPD/A. Symptoms were probably typical- extreme irritability, lack of concentration, exhaustion, some rumination, some very specific anxiety related to my child getting hurt, and just generally not in a good place. DH finally convinced me to call my OB who immediately put me on medication, referred me to a therapist and things were better again.
Several years later, I feel like I am back in the same place with the same symptoms (minus the specific anxieties about my child). I’m not pregnant. Stepped up self care like sleep, exercise, etc and that’s not making much of a difference. I’m in a different city so no access to previous doctor. Worked up the nerve to call my PCP for a screening and was told the first available appt was a month out. By that point I was pretty frustrated about the whole thing and probably should have asked to talk to someone besides the general scheduler. I’m scheduled to see a new obgyn next month so I’m hopeful I can get some assistance during that visit. Vent over. There’s not really a question here, just tired of not feeling like myself.
Anonymous says
– internet hug –
Good for you for reaching out for help. If you don’t get satisfaction from your current PCP, think about reaching out to your old PCP to see if they can recommend anyone in your area.
Anonymous says
Good on you. Don’t leave that office until you have a script. You know what’s wrong. You are depressed/have anxiety. I sat in my PCP’s office and cried and BEGGED for something to help so I wouldn’t harm myself or others. You DO NOT NEED TO SUFFER.
white knuckling says
Thank you. You’re right. I know what this place is and I know that I got really good, fast results from my medication last time. Although there’s not a risk of harm, I know that continuing on in this state isn’t good for my family or me.
Meg Murry says
-hugs here too-
It’s so hard to finally make yourself make those phone calls, only to be told “sorry, you need to wait a few months”. Or even worse “sorry, no one that takes your insurance within 20 miles of your home or office is taking any new patients for the next 6 months”.
Do you have an EAP at work? Or does your spouse? If you call and say you had PPD in the past and are feeling the same depression symptoms, they can often hook you up with a therapist faster, and the therapist may be able to screen you and then get you in to see someone who can prescribe meds faster.
Or would your spouse or BFF be willing to make the call for you again, and explain that you are really feeling low, you have a history of depression and you need to be put on the cancellation list for the next available appointment? Or if your PCP is in a general practice, can you ask if you can see *any* of the PCPs in that practice that have availability?
Hugs again. The other thing I found that was helpful was to try to write down/journal what I was feeling in advance, so if I got too upset, or if I started putting on my “oh, I’m not too bad, really” act that somehow comes out when I’m at the doctor’s office, I can just hand them what I’ve written.
Momanon4this says
Eap.
And the ob/gyne, and the pcp have a list of therapists they recommend. And so does your insurance. Get the list. Start calling. “Hi. I’m Name, new in town, here is my callback number : I’d like to make an appointment. My history is this. “
Famouscait says
Ok, I am here to vent a major, horrible vent…
In the last two months, I have been asked on two separate occasions and by different people *if I was pregnant* AND I’M NOT. Seriously, what is wrong with these people. The one yesterday actually had the audacity to say “Well, your tummy is just a little bit bigger than it used to be.”
Just typing this makes me super angry all over again.
Anonymous says
What is wrong with those people!!!!! I like to say, “nope, already had the baby” and when they say, “oh, congratulations!” I let them off the hook. When they say, “oh wow I can’t believe you’re back at work so quickly!” I respond with, “oh she’s 2.5 years old.”
Some people deserve to be punched in the face. SO MUCH RAGE on your behalf!!
Famouscait says
Thank you, I really like that response. And apparently I need one lined up…
Anonymous says
I know someone who says, “nope, just leftovers!”
Anon in NYC says
That’s AWFUL. How are people so rude?!
Meg Murry says
ugh, I’m so sorry. I am still seething over a time years ago when I was standing at the water cooler and a coworker asked me “so when are you due again? Soon?” and I said “my son is 6 months old” and mentally added “and you were just in my cube cooing over his picture and asking how old he was now and how I was doing being back at work *last week*”. Yes, I still hadn’t lost all the baby weight, but I didn’t really look pregnant anymore.
I didn’t really work with this person often, and we had a lot of pregnant women that all sat in that area at the same time – but for pete’s sake people, if you aren’t 110% certain that the person is pregnant, don’t say anything!
JayJay says
I was at Target with my husband when my youngest was 9 months old and we were buying size 5 diapers. The cashier said “Oh! Congrats! When are you due?” when she rang up the diapers. I told her that I wasn’t pregnant and had a baby. She then said “Well, he must have just been born! Congrats!”
The only person that looked more uncomfortable in that situation than me was my husband. And I burned that shirt I was wearing.
Some people suck. Hugs.
NewMomAnon says
This happens to me so often. Like, random strangers at the playground or on the elevator will ask when my kiddo’s new baby brother or sister “is due” and look at my stomach. It is so incredibly awkward and uncomfortable…I’ve gotten to the point of patting my stomach and saying, “No baby, but I guess I’ll probably see that hamburger again in 12 to 24 hours.” You made me uncomfortable about my body, now I’m going to make you think about my sh*t. Fair play.
And yes, this subject leads me to profanity.
octagon says
This is similar to my response. Someone is rude, I try to make them uncomfortable. “You look pregnant!” is met with “nope, but thanks for pointing out all my flab.” Maybe they’ll think twice before they do it again.
HSAL says
Someone asked a woman in my office when she was due. She handled it extremely well and said “Oh, not pregnant, just fat.” The asker doubled down and WINKED at her while saying “ohhhhhh, okayyyyyyyyy.” I’d have killed her on the spot.
ChiLaw says
When I have the confidence, I like to say, a bit too loud, “NOPE JUST FAT!” because it makes people uncomfortable. But who was rude?! The person who made the size and shape of my body a conversation topic, or the person who pointed out that doing that was not polite?
(When I have less confidence, I say “i just had the baby. 18 months ago.” and feel like crap.)
Anonymous says
Yup, when a stranger asked me if I was having twins (I was pregnant, but just with one), I actually stopped and asked “do you understand why that question is rude?” The person looked confused so I had to explain!
Anonymous says
This is why I love pregnant women and loved pregnancy — the level of GIVING NO F#(@s cannot be outdone.
Frozen Peach says
This is old by now, but my favorite response to this question is “Didn’t your mother ever teach you that’s a rude q
Anon says
Oh my God. Please don’t talk to co-workers (or anyone, really) about what their body looks like. People used to compliment my sister on her weight loss after she’d had most of her intestines removed because of Crohn’s. Just don’t.
TTC says
Good Friday to you ladies! Question about TTC. I have a 15 month old daughter, and we are currently trying for a second. The conception of my first daughter wasn’t really planned – we weren’t actively trying, but we weren’t not trying if that makes sense. So I’ve never gotten into the nitty gritty of tracking stuff about ovulation. So, now I am starting to chart/track that stuff, but I am confused. I have always had a very regular cycle – about 29 days is the length of my cycle. No irregular periods. I have had 3 periods since I stopped nursing in April. Starting on my 10th cycle day, I started taking an OPK every day, but it has been negative every single day. Is that weird? I am now on cycle day 13, and still all negative, although I am having other signs of ovulation. I have the clearblue test which boasts a 99% accuracy. Someone suggested I should take the test more than once a day – right now I have just been taking it first thing in the morning and that’s it. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
Anon with vague memory of this says
This happened to me. Try afternoon instead. I can’t remember why, but I think I remember that the levels of whatever you’re trying to measure are lower in the morning. Also, period is usually 14 days after you ovulate, so if you do have a 29-day cycle, you may not ovulate until day 15 so that’s why it hasn’t shown up yet.
JP says
I sometimes didn’t have the surge until day 16 (with a 31 day cycle). Sometimes it was as early as day 12. It totally varies person to person and even month to month.
In terms of when to do the test, my doc told me to use second morning urine because the FMU (which you should use for a preg test since it’s more concentrated) has been sitting there all night and thus isn’t an accurate indicator of your LH at the moment.
That said, I like the cheapo Wondfo OPKs way better than clearblue–I had both.
RDC says
Also liked the wondflo opks because they were so cheap. I usually tested twice a day and agree that the date fluctuated.
shortperson says
I never got a positive on month 1 w clearblue and did not get pregnant despite my best guesses as to the right time. month 2 i got a positive result following the same testing procedures and got pregnant. so i took that to mean clearblue was accurate and i just didn’t ovulate that first month.
Momata says
Hi all. Posting here instead of on the main site because I feel y’all are a little bit more forgiving of stupid beauty questions. I am weaning my second child this month and am unreasonably excited to start upping my skincare routine now that I can use some stronger ingredients for the first time in over three years. I have purchased a retinol (Roc) and a dark spot remover (Clinique). What time of day and in what order do I use these? I plan on also applying the dark spot remover to the backs of my hands — will it work there? (I also plan on whitening my teeth.)
mascot says
The dark spot corrector is a serum, right? I think you can use that in the morning and the retinol at night.
Statia says
I am 38 weeks pregnant and have been in early stage labor since July 4. Contractions every 2-5 minutes, but dilation stalled. I think this is the world’s longest labor. I am going crazy sitting in the house, but I am also pretty uncomfortable being out and walking about (cervical pain, swelling, sweating). Any ideas of things I could do that would lift my spirits and enjoy the time before baby comes? And, hopefully, get me out of the house?? Thank you :)
Anonymous says
Omg full sympathy, this sounds dreadful! My first thought is to go to the pool. Swimming (slowly) or even just sitting in the water would help with swelling, sweating and general discomfort, and if it’s an outdoor pool, sunshine without sweat would make me happy. I hope your little one finishes what he or she started soon!