Make My Life Easier Thursday: Convertible Bean Bag
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Need an extra bed for guests, but tight on space? This convertible bean bag chair looks like a great solution.
Use it in any room as an extra spot to relax. The chair’s soft corduroy cover is completely machine washable, so no worries if you spill your morning coffee. When guests arrive, simply unzip it to reveal a full-sized polyfoam-filled bed.
Cordaroys’ bean bag is $349.99 for a full, and the convertible chair also comes in other mattress sizes and fabric covers. Right now you can save 30% in the company’s Labor Day sale.
Sales of note for 8/6/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 8/6 ONLY: Extra 60% off sale and style steals starting at $25
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off wear-now styles & up to 60% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything and extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off all previous flash sale items! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – 9,800+ new women’s markdowns
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – $15 & up all markdown tops & 50% off all other markdowns
I could use some perspective from moms who have been here before. Right now, both of my kids are in daycare, and while we like it overall, I’m feeling really stretched trying to juggle everything — packing bottles and lunches, the hectic mornings, and the constant logistics on top of work and family life.
I’m considering whether moving our baby (10 months) to a nanny might be the right call. Part of me thinks it would ease the day-to-day stress and give her more individualized attention, but I also worry about losing the socialization and structure daycare provides. I don’t want to make a decision I’ll regret bc I think I would burn the bridge with the daycare. Though I am already quite annoyed at them.
For those of you who’ve made the switch (either from daycare to a nanny or vice versa), how did you know it was the right move for your family? What were the biggest pros/cons in your experience?
We’re spending Labor Day weekend at my SIL’s in the super rural Midwest (like a place so rural that driving to the Walmart 30 minutes away is considered entertainment). My second grader is the only kid and historically these trips have been rough. She plays really well alone at home but having a roomful of toys facilitates it. We bring a few toys with us but it’s not the same. Fortunately she’s now more into reading and arts and crafts than she was the last time we visited, and I placed an order for a ton of library books and some new activity books and paint by sticker books. Any other suggestions for getting through the weekend? My husband and his sister are also not really getting along right now, so I’m dreading this on many levels.
We’re considering two candidates for a part-time nanny. One is early 20s and has a car, the other is late 40s and would rely on public transit. Otherwise they seem pretty similar on paper, both had a recent nannying job with a good reference. Which would you choose?
ridiculous things posted on my neighborhood facebook group lately – one person is seeking a tutor in math and reading for their 2 year old, another person wants a tutor for their 3 year to supplement their preschool curriculum and another wants a tutor who can help a “kindergartener learn how to break down writing prompts in a way that’s fun.” these poor children
this morning my second grader said to me and DH “I feel like I’m becoming too popular at school.” while i’m glad she has such confidence, she can actually be a bit of an annoying kid around peers, and i hope she does not go around saying this to other people
Safe space because I’m definitely not going to tell people in real life, but my first grader started a new school and has seemed very happy and to be adjusting well – and then had an accident at school yesterday? Which is very out of character and something she has never had happen before. I don’t think other kids knew and teacher sent her to the nurse and they handled it, but I am mortified and also worried! She seemed okay at pickup. Hopefully this was just a hiccup. Just posting here to share with someone.
Tried to reply to yesterday’s poster about the laughter and hitting. I wrote something long, but my essential reply was to say “ouch! That hurts my body!” every time it happens while moving yourself away from her and/or moving her body away from yours. I have found that standing up and moving away helps and using the specific “hurts my body” language helps make the connection for a two year old. FWIW, my oldest who is now in K used to laugh while hitting me, but we realized this laughter appeared in any situation when he felt he was not in control of himself or his actions. He would sometimes laugh if I yelled. The laughter reaction has mostly gone since he doesn’t do the hitting anymore, but he still laughs nervously in other situations.
The awfulness is really getting to me the past couple of days. Minneapolis is hitting me hard. A federal decision is impacting work. Our washer broke. I’ve been having to deal with multiple minor “customer service” things that have all be not satisfying. (I recognize these things are not equally important.)
How have you all been doing? Please share your joys or your sorrows, I feel like I need to hear both.
I haven’t been able to post the last few days… let’s see if this works!