Finally Friday: Crossbody Clutch

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A woman holding a Halogen Saffiano Crossbody Clutch Crossbody purses are hot right now, and they can be great for moms used to toting around MUCH larger bags, because you can keep your personal items in there (e.g., money, lipstick, phone), then grab it and go if you don’t need the larger bag. I like this highly rated Halogen crossbody clutch; readers at Corporette have also been singing the praises of Lo & Sons’ new Pearl crossbody. The Halogen clutch is $68, and available in 8 colors. Halogen Saffiano Leather Crossbody Clutch  

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Kid/Family Sales

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  • 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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Not sure if it’s too late to post here, but looking for some general working mom advice. I was laid off while I was pregnant (awesome, right? and, no, there’s no legal cause of action) and have had a rough time finding a new job. While that’s been tough, it’s been amazing to be home with my son these last 10 1/2 months. I finally found a really great new position and it will likely start in March, shortly before my son’s first birthday. The job has flexible hours and probably won’t require much more than 40-50 hrs/week. So basically a working mom’s dream. The thing is, I still can’t see how this all works! My son goes to bed at 7:00pm. The commute into the city is 45-60min. We’re planning to get a nanny for a bit and then most likely an au pair. So there’s not even a need to do daycare drop off/pick up. But I don’t see how I’m gone from the house for fewer than 10-11 hours/day. If I work 9-6 (which is core hours in my city), I’ll get home just when my son is going to bed! My husband and I have talked about off-setting our schedules, but it’s looking like he’s going to have a lot of travel coming up soon that he really can’t avoid. So we have to be able to make it work if I’m the only one home. I keep telling myself that lots and lots of mothers do this. That our city is filled with women who are able to have decent careers and have small children. But I just can’t get my head around the logistics. I’m thinking of shifting my son’s schedule slightly when daylight savings comes so he goes to bed at 7:30 instead of 7:00. I feel like it’s really important to put him to bed most nights. It’s not something I want the nanny to be doing regularly. So how do you all do this? I know you don’t all work 30 hr weeks. How do you make this work with very small children?

Can today be over? We’ve had some upheavals at work, I taught a class until 8 last night, and I’m just freaking exhausted and nauseous all the dang time. I’m taking zofran but that won’t help completely today.

Thank goodness I resisted the urge to commit to anything this weekend and am only having early dinner with a friend Saturday. I’m sleeping all weekend, with maybe some XBox thrown in.

GAH! I’m so frustrated. We have one kiddo and got pregnant with her the first month I went off the pill. I’ve been trying to track my cycles for the last few months because we’re going to start TTC very soon and it’s so irregular. I thought I had it figured out that my cycles are 41 days long, but then I got my period last night on day 29 of this cycle. I’m not sure what to do, other than just have s*x every day, which I’m not up for and is not feasible because of our schedules and a toddler who doesn’t like sleeping. Any suggestions? So far I’ve just been using the Fertility Friend app and watching cervical fluid (which also seems inconsistent), and then started using the ovulation predictor test strips this past month, but they were all negative which makes sense since I got my period almost 2 weeks earlier than expected. The first time around I didn’t track anything or even know when I was ovulating and it was so easy!

Would love to hear if anyone has the Lo & Sons Pearl bag – I’ve been thinking about going for it. I have the OG and would love something to tuck in it that I can grab if I run to lunch.

Immoral and child abuse for sleep training? HAHAHAHA. Yeesh. Have those people not seen what actual for real child abuse is? Sleep training using by letting your child self-soothe for minutes at a time over multiple nights is NOT that.
I’d ignore your friend, but I’d have serious concerns about your midwife practice for writing and distributing such nonsense. Are they also going to condemn you if you can’t (or won’t) nurse your child? Or don’t want to bed share? Or make any number of other personal decisions that have absolutely NO bearing on whether or not you’re a good and loving parent? Sorry, I have very little patience for healthcare professionals making such ridiculous statements.

Oh, Working Moms, I have a major vent and a request for advice.

I woke up this morning and checked Facebook to find that a friend of mine (who has no children, if that matters) had shared an article that had been posted by the midwife practice I used for my baby. The article was about sleep training and condemned it in no uncertain terms, calling it “immoral” and “child abuse.” It also described a sleep training family as enjoying beers in front of the TV while the baby screamed to the point of vomiting and no one cared.

Ok, fine if my friend wants to share this, even knowing that we sleep trained, but I’m actually pretty upset and disturbed that my midwives would post this. It makes me feel judged and like they aren’t the safe nurturing space I felt they were. It makes me not want to use them if we decide to have a second child. Any advice? I know it’s just a stupid article, and I should ignore it. But how do I let it goooooo?

I just want to say I love this community. The comments are useful, relevant, friendly and supportive. I am only 15w pregnant (yahoo! 2nd tri!), so none of this stuff pertains to me right now, but heck yeah ladies – way to make a village.

For those who are pumping: how often do you all sterilize your pump parts? I have been boiling the parts once a day on the days I pump, but a friend told me that was not really necessary. She sometimes (often?) just washes with hot water and soap. Do some count a run through the dishwasher as sterilizing? Thoughts?

I’m at my first large business conference post-babies, and am having a difficult time of getting my head back in the game. Apart from being bummed to leave the babies at home overnight and having to take frequent pumping breaks, I’m finding it much more difficult to come up with work small talk. I’m generally pretty comfortable at these things, but am feeling pretty introverted this time around. Also, every time I exchange a quick “hello, hello” with someone, I am tempted to start reciting the whole “Go Dog Go” dialogue (hello, hello, do you like my hat, no i do not like your hat, good-bye, good-bye). Not sure how that would go over with an audience of mostly men in finance :)

I posted a few weeks ago about potentially cutting my maternity leave short to take a new job. I got the offer and am trying to decide what to do. I actually wouldn’t have to trim more than a few weeks off my mat leave, so I’m not concerned about that, but I’m debating whether this new job makes sense. It would be a 9-5, 4 days a week job vs. my current job which is a mid level in big law. Obviously the new job has the pro of being a predictable, fewer hours a week schedule. The pay is fine — it would be about the same as if I went 80% at my biglaw job (which I hadn’t planned to do, but might have to if things become unmanageable and I couldn’t work out childcare on the days I had to stay late, etc.). My big concern is that this new job would be working exclusively with one senior person….and I’ve heard from friends at the new firm that he has the reputation of being a little crazy. He came across as relatively normal to me in interviews (although he did admit that he sometimes yells). The person I’d be replacing has been there 10 years, so she obviously did OK and liked it/him well enough. The senior person’s paralegal and secretary have been with him 20+ years so he can’t be that bad right? I just can’t decide whether the switch makes sense…I am definitely the “default parent” so the regular schedule is hugely attractive to me, but I obviously don’t want to be miserable! Thoughts?

Has Kat ever down a round up of cute and stylish nursing tops? And if not, can you ladies post links to really cute nursing tops that you liked wearing?

My son is three weeks old and I’m already getting reallllly tired of wearing the same 4 tops over and over again. I’m specifically looking for nursing tops (not just regular tops that can be nursing friendly, because I find those tops are often way too low cut). Specifically, I’m looking for nursing tops that have that discreet flap that pulls up, so that you’re showing as little skin as possible. I’m not interested in tanks (would like sleeved tops, since it’s absolutely freezing here in New England).

Here’s an example. I love this top, in case others are looking for cute nursing tops as well:

http://www.milknursingwear.com/store/pc/Empire-scoop-neck-nursing-top-2p3373.htm

Thanks!