Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Cotton Skin to Skin Top
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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+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- 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?
Any tips or resources to nip biting behavior in the bud? Got an incident report that toddler bit a friend at daycare. First time parent and toddler is 16 month old.
Just wanted to post here to say that I will probably make partner at my firm this year. It’s obviously a major achievement that I should be so proud of, etc etc. But all I can think of is that with the Big Jobs that both DH and I will have, we will not have the time and space for a third child. I think of this promotion as closing off the size of our family, and I am having a hard time letting go.
Probably a weird question, but my toddler is starting daycare soon. The daycare schedule has them outside for over 3 hours a day, which I feel like most parents would love, but I’m very worried about the sun exposure. She’s very fair and has spent very little time in the sun, and even with diligent sunscreen application, using shade as much as possible and minimizing time outside especially during mid-day, she’s already had a couple of sunburns (which I feel terribly guilty about). We and the teachers will obviously apply lots of sunscreen, but I still have no idea how her skin is going to handle 3 hours/day outside, most of it in direct sunlight. It gets really hot here in the summers so using lots of protective clothing isn’t really an option. I’m not really sure what I’m asking, just interested to hear from other parents of super pale kids how you handle so much time outside or reassure me that it will be ok.
Does anyone have a very portable sleeper or other baby holder they like? I was a big rock and play user with our first (she even slept in it at night on occasion when congested) and am due with number 2 in 8 weeks. I like that the rnp was super portable so I could move it from room to room while doing something, but after the recent news (especially last week’s wapo story) I don’t want to use it again. I will probably set up a pnp for daytime naps but it’s not as portable around the house.
Just found out that I’m expecting baby #2 and I’m so excited and also completely stressed about finances. Does anyone know whether putting 2 kids in daycare for half a day 5 days per week is the same price as one kid for 5 full days? Trying to think of creative solutions!!
Picking up on a comment from yesterday, can we talk about the trade-offs of work-life balance? People talk about it like the fact of work-life balance is the ultimate goal, but for me having a job with good work-life balance has meant losing a lot of what I like about my career: highly challenging work, prestigious and important roles, and good pay. Sure I get home at a reasonable hour and rarely work on the weekends, but y’all I am BORED. So for those of you with “good” work-life balance, do you feel like you’ve traded away other aspects of yourself or your career? How do you make up for those trades? Have any of you left the work-life balance behind in favor of other opportunities?
Any strategies for reminding myself that my pregnant friends aren’t making (and discussing) their different choices AT me? I am pregnant, and two of my medium-close friends are similarly far along in their pregnancies. We got together this weekend and they both discussed how they don’t want epidurals, aren’t having showers, are avoiding fluoride, etc. etc. (i.e. making choices different from my choice). I respect their choices and did not say anything other than a vague “these are very personal choices” but I could not help feeling a little attacked. They were fine and weren’t actually being mean, I’m just being sensitive but it’s still bugging me.
My nearly 3 year old has had some sort of terrible stomach bug since Friday. His whole daycare was knocked down. He’s STILL having diarrhea today and they request two days symptom free before we send him back. Our ped just told me he could have diarrhea for two weeks. Please remind me we’ll get through this.
My boss has a college-aged daughter who has offered to babysit for me on the weekends. I am all about taking all of the help that I can get, but is it weird to have my boss’s daughter babysit my kids?