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Just moved to a new city in the South for my husband’s career. I’ve never spent any time in the region and I don’t know anyone here. I’m on the job hunt and, through some networking at my former firm, have lunch scheduled next week with two VIP partners at one of the big law firms. What do I wear??
I obviously want to impress and will be treating this like a job interview. But since it’s not, in fact, an interview, I worry that a suit will seem too stuffy. I don’t have a job here, so it will be clear that I dressed just for the lunch. My instinct is a semi-conservative dress (not a suiting sheath but nothing too colorful) with a black or maybe white jacket. That’s definitely what I would have worn in a similar situation in Boston, but I really have never spent any time in the South and I don’t know if the expectations are similar. TIA for any advice!
Anon
Aug 27, 2019 8:45 am
For those of you who potty trained your kids later, did you follow the oh cr*p/pantsless method or no? Seems to me like that method is meant more for kids training on the younger side who don’t recognize their urges. We plan to put DD in underwear this weekend. She already tells us probably 4-5x per day that she needs to go so I’m wondering if we can skip the pantsless mess?
anon
Aug 27, 2019 9:05 am
Ideas for protein heavy/substantial snack I can give the kid in the car ride home from kindergarten? She’s tired and hungry and I think a snack might help. I pick her up straight after work, so something self stable is best, but I can also put stuff in my office fridge.
shortperson
Aug 27, 2019 9:09 am
we have this and my kids are constantly taking it. usually it becomes a zoo for their little animals.
Anon
Aug 27, 2019 10:01 am
Second baby gifts? My best friend is 8 months pregnant with her second. I showered her with a zillion gifts during her first pregnancy, because I was childless and none of my friends had kids. Now I have a toddler of my own and have bought baby gifts for everyone in my circle and I just haven’t been as motivated to buy stuff for her this go round. I think she understands but I still feel guilty about it. I’d like to buy the baby something really nice (maybe monogrammed?) once she’s born, but have no idea what to get. Budget is up to $200.
Woof!
Aug 27, 2019 10:08 am
Just whining briefly. I’m 10 weeks today and “morning sickness” seems to be mostly manifesting itself as horrific headaches. I imagine it’s because of the increased blood volume, but it’s so intense and distracting. End rant.
changing obgyn mid pregnancy
Aug 27, 2019 10:16 am
I’m about 25 weeks pregnant with my second child. I’m 40 yo but so far everything has been pretty standard with this pregnancy, no complications, just like last time (fingers crossed it stays that way!). I’m also pretty new to my city and I choose my Obgyn based on the fact that her practice was in the same medical group as my 3 year old’s pediatrician and it was convenient. So far, I like her a lot and have had a good experience with her and the staff. however, as i’ve gotten to know more moms in the area, I’m hearing bad things about the hospital my obgyn is affiliated with–run down, old equipment, generally not nice or state of the art. I haven’t set up a tour yet, but this is of course giving me pause. These same moms, some of who have given birth in the last year, have been recommending another hospital that is a much nicer, newer, up to date facility, that also happens to be closer to where I live and work. One of the practice doctors has come highly recommended from several people and I’m waiting to see if she’ll accept me at this late stage in my pregnancy. My insurance would cover it, so that’s not an issue, but is it weird to change doctors this late in the game? Has anyone else done this? Thanks for any advice!
pregnant anon
Aug 27, 2019 10:17 am
I’m very newly pregnant with my second (5 weeks) and was not planning on telling anyone until I’m 12 weeks plus if I can get away with it. Last time, I told my job at 14 weeks. I work at a smallish law firm – 4 partners, 12 attorneys plus staff. I have been told that I will be making partner in early October. It wasn’t such a shock – the managing partner with whom I work most closely has been telling me for the past few months that she was pushing for this and that the other partners were aware and on board. Yesterday, she told me that that have scheduled a meeting with all the partners to review and discuss once everyone returns from vacations (they all take staggered long vacations this time of year) and that they expected to make the announcement in early October. My question – do I disclose this pregnancy before they decide / announce? The MP that I work for is about to leave the country for 2 weeks so I thought I had more time before anyone would notice or need to know (not sure how much I’ll show with this one). My firm is relatively new – I was the first person to ever have a child here and they gave me 12 weeks paid time off, a big raise upon my return, and we’ve had a bit of a baby boom since with babies being born to attorneys and staff but this is unchartered territory for me. I don’t know if I’m overthinking this? I don’t want to ruin my chances at partnership, but I also don’t want to come off as hiding something from my soon to be “partners”. Help!
AwayEmily
Aug 27, 2019 11:56 am
Yesterday’s discussion of TV shows got me thinking…any recommendations for light/funny TV? Along the lines of Brooklyn 99 or Parks and Rec. I feel like so much TV these days is good but really heavy, which is sometimes not what I need after a long day. Even Fleabag, which is quite funny, is also so dark.
Anonymous
Aug 27, 2019 1:17 pm
Hoping it isn’t too late in the day for this. We are hiring a short-term nanny (2-3 months) while our daycare is unexpectedly closed for some building repairs. During this time we will be going on vacation for a week. What would you all do re: nanny payment during that time? If she were a long-term nanny I would definitely figure we needed to pay her, and am leaning toward that being the right thing to do here too, I just am struggling with the cost of it in the scheme of how long we need her.
Anonforthis
Aug 27, 2019 1:51 pm
Mostly just looking for sympathy since I can’t share w anyone IRL. My period is a week late and I got positive pregnancy test over the weekend. We were delighted, if a little overwhelmed, as we have a 9 month old. I’ve become really excited about the idea of babies so close in age. The lines on the tests were super faint, and I’ve retested since and they seem to be getting lighter. So I braced myself for loss. Last evening I started spotting and cramping and expected that was “it,” but haven’t had any bleeding all night or day. So now I’m back to getting my hopes up. It’s so hard to concentrate at work – if I’m going to MC, I hope it is just over soon. Anyone been through this? I should start bleeding in earnest soon right?
Just moved to a new city in the South for my husband’s career. I’ve never spent any time in the region and I don’t know anyone here. I’m on the job hunt and, through some networking at my former firm, have lunch scheduled next week with two VIP partners at one of the big law firms. What do I wear??
I obviously want to impress and will be treating this like a job interview. But since it’s not, in fact, an interview, I worry that a suit will seem too stuffy. I don’t have a job here, so it will be clear that I dressed just for the lunch. My instinct is a semi-conservative dress (not a suiting sheath but nothing too colorful) with a black or maybe white jacket. That’s definitely what I would have worn in a similar situation in Boston, but I really have never spent any time in the South and I don’t know if the expectations are similar. TIA for any advice!
For those of you who potty trained your kids later, did you follow the oh cr*p/pantsless method or no? Seems to me like that method is meant more for kids training on the younger side who don’t recognize their urges. We plan to put DD in underwear this weekend. She already tells us probably 4-5x per day that she needs to go so I’m wondering if we can skip the pantsless mess?
Ideas for protein heavy/substantial snack I can give the kid in the car ride home from kindergarten? She’s tired and hungry and I think a snack might help. I pick her up straight after work, so something self stable is best, but I can also put stuff in my office fridge.
we have this and my kids are constantly taking it. usually it becomes a zoo for their little animals.
Second baby gifts? My best friend is 8 months pregnant with her second. I showered her with a zillion gifts during her first pregnancy, because I was childless and none of my friends had kids. Now I have a toddler of my own and have bought baby gifts for everyone in my circle and I just haven’t been as motivated to buy stuff for her this go round. I think she understands but I still feel guilty about it. I’d like to buy the baby something really nice (maybe monogrammed?) once she’s born, but have no idea what to get. Budget is up to $200.
Just whining briefly. I’m 10 weeks today and “morning sickness” seems to be mostly manifesting itself as horrific headaches. I imagine it’s because of the increased blood volume, but it’s so intense and distracting. End rant.
I’m about 25 weeks pregnant with my second child. I’m 40 yo but so far everything has been pretty standard with this pregnancy, no complications, just like last time (fingers crossed it stays that way!). I’m also pretty new to my city and I choose my Obgyn based on the fact that her practice was in the same medical group as my 3 year old’s pediatrician and it was convenient. So far, I like her a lot and have had a good experience with her and the staff. however, as i’ve gotten to know more moms in the area, I’m hearing bad things about the hospital my obgyn is affiliated with–run down, old equipment, generally not nice or state of the art. I haven’t set up a tour yet, but this is of course giving me pause. These same moms, some of who have given birth in the last year, have been recommending another hospital that is a much nicer, newer, up to date facility, that also happens to be closer to where I live and work. One of the practice doctors has come highly recommended from several people and I’m waiting to see if she’ll accept me at this late stage in my pregnancy. My insurance would cover it, so that’s not an issue, but is it weird to change doctors this late in the game? Has anyone else done this? Thanks for any advice!
I’m very newly pregnant with my second (5 weeks) and was not planning on telling anyone until I’m 12 weeks plus if I can get away with it. Last time, I told my job at 14 weeks. I work at a smallish law firm – 4 partners, 12 attorneys plus staff. I have been told that I will be making partner in early October. It wasn’t such a shock – the managing partner with whom I work most closely has been telling me for the past few months that she was pushing for this and that the other partners were aware and on board. Yesterday, she told me that that have scheduled a meeting with all the partners to review and discuss once everyone returns from vacations (they all take staggered long vacations this time of year) and that they expected to make the announcement in early October. My question – do I disclose this pregnancy before they decide / announce? The MP that I work for is about to leave the country for 2 weeks so I thought I had more time before anyone would notice or need to know (not sure how much I’ll show with this one). My firm is relatively new – I was the first person to ever have a child here and they gave me 12 weeks paid time off, a big raise upon my return, and we’ve had a bit of a baby boom since with babies being born to attorneys and staff but this is unchartered territory for me. I don’t know if I’m overthinking this? I don’t want to ruin my chances at partnership, but I also don’t want to come off as hiding something from my soon to be “partners”. Help!
Yesterday’s discussion of TV shows got me thinking…any recommendations for light/funny TV? Along the lines of Brooklyn 99 or Parks and Rec. I feel like so much TV these days is good but really heavy, which is sometimes not what I need after a long day. Even Fleabag, which is quite funny, is also so dark.
Hoping it isn’t too late in the day for this. We are hiring a short-term nanny (2-3 months) while our daycare is unexpectedly closed for some building repairs. During this time we will be going on vacation for a week. What would you all do re: nanny payment during that time? If she were a long-term nanny I would definitely figure we needed to pay her, and am leaning toward that being the right thing to do here too, I just am struggling with the cost of it in the scheme of how long we need her.
Mostly just looking for sympathy since I can’t share w anyone IRL. My period is a week late and I got positive pregnancy test over the weekend. We were delighted, if a little overwhelmed, as we have a 9 month old. I’ve become really excited about the idea of babies so close in age. The lines on the tests were super faint, and I’ve retested since and they seem to be getting lighter. So I braced myself for loss. Last evening I started spotting and cramping and expected that was “it,” but haven’t had any bleeding all night or day. So now I’m back to getting my hopes up. It’s so hard to concentrate at work – if I’m going to MC, I hope it is just over soon. Anyone been through this? I should start bleeding in earnest soon right?