Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Diaper Caddy
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I haven’t looked at diaper caddies in a while — this pack-and–play caddy would have saved me countless trips up and down the stairs for diaper changes.
Keep your baby’s essentials where you need them most. This caddy attaches to all pack-and-plays with study C-clip hooks. Easy-to-access pockets and shelves keep diapers, wipes, diaper creams, and toys at the ready.
This diaper caddy is $15.99 at Target.
Psst: Looking for info about nursing clothes for working moms or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
Sales of note for 9/23/25
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- Ann Taylor – 30% off tops and sweaters
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + extra 15% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles with code
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off sale styles, plus up to 50% off layers they love
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Fall savings event! Also get 15% off select beauty items and 6x points on beauty.
- Talbots – Anniversary event! 25% off entire purchase, plus fresh fall classics from $34.50
Kid just underwent a complete evaluation looking at everything from Autism to ODD to ADHD to learning disabilities to anxiety. It is going to take about a month to get the results back and in the meantime everything is just very tense with school and at home because of behavior issues. Any suggestions for how to cope for the next month? I’m having a hard time and I know that me being on edge is not helping kid or any of the issues.
Re: yesterday’s discussion from BLE about non organized sporty time… what aftercare options exist? My kid has lots of unstructured sports time in that
I have a teen who is making some stupid choices, often in the heat of emotional moments, that are causing real problems for him. With friends, with teachers, with his family. It is so disheartening. We have taught him better than this, I swear. ADHD is a factor, and he’s been treated for years (medication and therapy). I also have to frequently remind myself that he’s 2-3 years behind his peers for social-emotional things.
My confidence as a parent is at a very low point. I literally do not know what to do for him anymore, other than to let him live with the consequences of his decisions. DH feels just fine about that. I, on the other hand, feel so sad, and even angry sometimes, that it has to be this way. Because at this point, it’s just sad to see him getting in his own way all the time. And, honestly, I’m embarrassed that people may think we don’t parent this kid very well. Maybe we don’t! But I know we’re TRYING.
I am not sharing any of his with my kid, of course. If anyone has any wise words on how to not spiral as a parent when your kid is giving you every reason to, I’d love to hear them. Because I’m not actually sure that this bright, talented kid is going to be okay as a person.
This post is tongue-in-cheek. I know it is normal. :)
Something shocking happened this morning. My mama’s 2.5 year old tripped while running this morning and, as I was running to pick her up, she said dad, dad picked me up. Omg. I know that these types of things happen, but it has not usually been happening in my house.
I know it’s normal, but it kind of came out of nowhere and I feel a little stunned by it. Anyone care to share their experiences and feelings with your toddler saying no, dad pick me up right now?
My poor kid is home sick today with a cough and fever. But he’s an energizer bunny who hates rest, so we’ve bounced between crafts, TV, board game, and race cars already and it’s 10:15. It’s gonna be a long day…
Thread idea: tips for creating the village you want/making mom friends.
I’ll start – I started texting an acquaintance I like when I sign up for a time slot to help at school PTA events, and let her know the day/time. Usually she’ll sign up too. Then, we get to chat and I’m not stuck doing pizza duty by myself. We’ve gotten to know each other this way, and it was a pretty low-risk, low-time commitment to put out an invite. Since then we’ve met up outside of school now, but it gave me a way to get to know her a bit first and an easy way to get to catch up now.
For our baby shower, we asked for books including used books. We’re the last of our friends to have a baby, so a lot of friends and their families had beloved books that they wanted to give to a good home. We were excited to stock our nursery with so many fond memories.
I’m sure people hadn’t looked at some of these books. Upon a casual review of the books, it’s clear that some of the books have racist content and likely other problematic content. There’s a large stack of Disney books that includes a copy of “Little Hiawatha,” for example.
We have a nanny starting in a few weeks. I don’t want to subject her to this content. I especially don’t want her to think that we agree with these books. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll have enough time to go through all of the books to screen them. Is there a list of problematic books that I can cross reference? Or should I just sequester the books until I can review them (which may be never)? And what should I do with the problematic books?
We host Thanksgiving. I found out this morning via my husband that my MIL already bought the turkey. A little presumptuous I thought, but whatever.
Turns out she bought it last year before Thanksgiving. The internet tells me that a frozen raw turkey is good for over a year, but the quality may go down.
What would you do? The thought of a year-old turkey is unappealing to me but maybe I’m a snob.
What are some things you opt into or out of as a mom?
I opt in to heavily embracing Christmas decorations/festive spirit, introducing my kids to the hobbies I love in the outdoors, embracing jarred pasta sauce and pouches and other easy meal options, and dealing with the logistics to get to the fun thing (i.e., taking the “it’ll all be worth it even if he has a tantrum” mindset).
I opt out (or opted out) of professional photos, homemade everything baby food, breastfeeding for a year (and its close relative, pumping at work), screen time for under-3s, and homemade Halloween costumes.
Overall, I guess I opt into a “good for you, not for me” mindset for parenting. I haven’t always been the most accepting person (I honestly think celebrity and diet culture of the early 2000s encouraged me to be really judgmental…), but for some reason, it’s so inherently obvious to me that there are a million ways to be a good parent. I don’t think it makes one iota of difference whether you do purees or BLW! I like hearing what other moms do and picking and choosing what sounds good for our family.