Washable Wednesday: Cowl-Neck Waffle-Knit Top
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My mom and I are big fans of the Calvin Klein Performance brand. They have a lot of well designed activewear, and most importantly, it is almost always on sale. After I complimented my mom when she came over wearing this top, she bought me one for my birthday. I’ll be honest, it doesn’t look great on the model on the website, but I really have been liking wearing it during these days at home. The cowl neck is flattering, and the drop shoulder is cute because all of the colors meet where the sleeve meets the drop shoulder. I also like the in-between length of the sleeves when I am at home, since I am constantly doing art projects, typing, or washing endless dishes. One weird note about the website is that I think they’re using the same photo of the back of the top for both color combos. This top is on sale for $20.82 (gray) and $25.57 (black) at Lord and Taylor, and you can get an extra 20% off with code DETAILS. Cowl-Neck Waffle-Knit Top
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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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How did you know when it was time to wean? DS is 9 months and so active. He’s easily distracted during nursing, climbing all over me, pulling hair, etc. At the same time I really enjoy it (more than I expected to) when he’s not being a nutcase. He’s our last baby and I EPed with kid 1 for 6 months. When I weaned off pump with kid 1 I had emotional swings, which makes me reluctant to wean in this weird state of the world when is already harder than normal. And it feels like while I’m WFH I should just nurse. But I’m tired of fighting his distractions and it takes up a lot of time that I wish I had these days while DH and I both try to WFH with daycare closed.
I know many give up daytime sessions and just nurse morning and night but I dried up pretty quick last time when I reduced sessions do I’m skeptical. Just looking for perspectives.
To me this looks like the Belichick hoodie – just not feeling it.
What are some things you all do to make your spouses/SOs feel appreciated?
My husband is basically functioning as a SAHD — doing almost all childcare and home-schooling and cooking, plus a few hours of his own work after the kids go to bed. My job requires regular business hours and is busier than usual, so I’ve been hiding out in my home office working business as usual. He’s 100% okay with this arrangement and I want to make sure he knows how much I appreciate being able to work seamlessly, because of him. My usual go-to’s of arranging babysitter + date night or picking up a little treat from the grocery are not an option, obviously. Ideas?
Advice on WFH with a 3 yo and 10 mo? My husband and I are both fortunate enough to be able to work from home, but it’s v hard with our 2 kids home. We’ve been having a babysitter come a couple times a week and it’s helped a lot but I’m getting concerned about it for a couple reasons. First, soon I think we’ll go over the $ limit for domestic employees and we haven’t ever had a nanny or anything so not even sure what we’d have to do. She’s a laid-off daycare teacher, so this has been a really mutually beneficial set up so far, but I’m worried about any repercussions. Also, this technically violates the stay at home order – she lives with her parents and siblings and she just mentioned in passing something that makes me think that her whole family isn’t isolating. So I’m concerned about exposure. Ugh I already feel like I’m not doing my best at work. Any advice? What would you do? (We’ve also become pretty close with the babysitter over the past few weeks so I’m worried about taking away some income if we were to stop having her come…)
Okay, somebody talk me out of buying a Tripp Trapp.
We have a perfectly fine high chair – Chicco 3 in 1 Stack. It’s been great for 4 years and looks fine (cute seat cover from Etsy helped a lot).
But why, oh why, am I currently lusting after a high chair when I already own one??
FWIW, currently 3 kids – newborn, young toddler, and preschooler. Because we foster, highly likely but not guaranteed that we’re looking at 4-5 more years of high chair usage.
i have 22 month old twins, who are trying to figure out the concept known as sharing. Twin A is my dominant one – less verbal, will grab things out of twin B’s hands, more prone to tantrums, impatient, but is also cuddly and loves to hug and kiss. Twin B will express verbally that she wants something Twin A has, but doesn’t quite understand how to ask, if someone doesn’t intervene, generally lets Twin A take stuff without putting up a huge fight. Janet Lansbury has a podcast episode on this, but to be honest, i did not find it to be particularly helpful. She says to try to intervene by saying to the aggressor “you want that. i see you really want that, etc.” It is exhausting doing that all day and sometimes I feel like Twin B gets the short end of the stick. Like this morning, I was reading a book to Twin B, Twin A decided she wanted a different book to be read at that second and threw a major tantrum, trying to take the book from me, etc. and so for me to deal with Twin A, means I need to stop reading to Twin B. I can’t just fully ignore Twin A if she is trying to lay down on the book. Twin A also says the word “share” and then takes something out of Twin B’s hands. Or Twin B (who has more of a sweet tooth), will finish her cookie first and then insist that Twin A has to share, since they do not fully get this whole sharing/taking turns thing yet. In the half hour I spent with them this morning, there were probably 4+ instances. Help!
I’d like to send a care package to my nephews (aged 3 years and 15 months). Any ideas on what to include?
What are people’s favorite learning towers? I’ve seen the Little Partners one, but are there others that people like? I’m particularly interested in a slim one since our kitchen is long but slim.
I feel like a new woman today, y’all. DH is still having to go into the office, but he’s been able to work out an alternative schedule where he can go in around lunch and work late into the evening. This means that starting today he’ll cover the lion’s share of “virtual preK” in the mornings, and I won’t have to wait on him to get home before really starting my workday. I’ve moved my home office into our bedroom where I can shut the door and have swapped out my usual NPR podcasts for Spotify jams. Ah-maz-ing. Just needed to celebrate this small win! Also, it took me way too long to ask for more help and to admit that the setup I created when this first started wasn’t working. So, for anyone that might need to hear it, it’s ok to admit defeat and regroup! You’re doing a great job!
I am currently on mat leave and I want to ask to extend it (unpaid). I don’t know anyone at my employer who has done so. What questions should I be asking HR?
I’m due with #2 soon and just had my last growth scan. Baby Boy is measuring 7 pounds 5 ounces at 36.5 weeks with a head in the 95th percentile already. My daughter was 8 pounds even with a large head, but that was at almost 40 weeks. I had a bad second degree tear with her and my recovery was rough. I’m freaked out about having such a big baby. My doctor doesn’t seem concerned about his size but even if I deliver at 39 weeks, as is our plan, this kid could be 9 pounds!
Does anyone have any “I had a giant baby and it was okay and everyone recovered fairly easily” stories to help reassure me? I know ultrasound measurements can be notoriously off at this point in pregnancy, so I’ll take any “I was told the baby would be big and it all turned out fine” stories too.
What sort of foods should I be feeding my 8 month old to move on from oatmeal/purees to finger foods? I haven’t been able to get avocados at the store. We’ve done bananas, black beans, and sweet potatoes, with varying success. He can definitely handle puffs but still seems iffy on real foods, usually spitting them out unless I mix with yogurt.