Maternity Monday: Elbow-Sleeve Dress
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I hadn’t noticed JCP’s maternity line before, but some of it looks really great, particularly considering the price. This simple dress looks lovely for multiple seasons, and I think the neckline and hem length are flattering. It’s available in blue, red, white and black, and it’s $56 full price — but it’s marked to $33 today, and you can try code DECFRND for another 30% off. Maternity Elbow-Sleeve Dress
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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?
I had to close an email from my daughter’s daycare because I was about to cry. The reason? It was announcing that all children over the age of 18 months will “sing” a song for the Christmas program. I just started thinking about all those cute tiny children singing, and WATERWORKS.
I never though I’d be that overly emotional mom, but here we are, apparently.
Ladies, any recommendations for a mat to put underneath a high chair? My almost 8 month old daughter is starting to get messy with solids. Right now we’re putting a towel underneath, but I’d rather find a mat that I can wipe down instead of a towel that I have to wash each time. Would prefer either a plain mat, not something with bright colors that looks “baby-ish” if you know what I mean. Thanks for sharing what works for you!
Looking for a little moral support: Earlier this year, I jumped from a lawyer-centric government organization where I was surrounded by working professional/lawyer mothers, to the private/in house sector. Suddenly, I have found myself to be the only professional working mom with young kids among my cohort (mid-to-upper management). There are some working parents around, but they are either men (with older kids) or worker bees (I don’t mean that even slightly pejoratively). No one wants to see their lawyer frazzled from daycare drop-off or desperately needing advice on a toddler who jumped out of the crib. The other lawyers or managers are older, single, childless and/or all of the above. I have found it to be lonely and tough to act like I always have my stuff together!
I feel silly posting this question with all the really deep questions above (thank you to this awesome community for making it OK to share these tough thoughts), but I would appreciate thoughts on pull-ups. My kiddo is interested in the potty and wants to sit on it all the time. I picked up some 2T-3T Target brand pull ups and now she won’t wear her regular diapers. But the pull-ups seem too small; they don’t quite cover her butt. And she is immediately aware of having peed in them, which tells me they are not as absorbent as her old diapers (which maybe isn’t a bad thing).
So – favorite brands? Sizing? What do you do for night time? And the sticky tabs on the side; do you unstick those so you can put them on like a regular diaper, or do you slide them on like regular undies and use the tabs only in case of an emergency?
Has anyone tried booking a night flight with a baby? My 11 MO goes to bed 7:30 / 8pm. Would it be genius, or completely ill-advised, to take him on a 2-hour flight that leaves at 8:30pm? (To visit family, so he’d be home & in a crib within an hour of landing). I figure he’d either sleep through the whole thing, or, just be REALLY cranky and a terror.
Hi ladies. I have a Medela Freestyle. It’s such a pain! I keep getting this hissing sound in the spare parts (the joints that connect the flanges to the bottles) — it sounds like air is leaking, so it’s not getting a good suction, and whenever it happens, I get less milk. I am already just barely keeping up with my babe’s needs. I’ve called Medela a few times and they have sent me new parts, but it hasn’t helped. If I squeeze the parts together (so, force a tighter seal), the suction increases and it’s better, but that’s not at all convenient to do every time I have to pump. Has anyone had this problem? Have any advice?
I miscarried at 12 weeks in April and I’m pregnant again! (Yay!) I’m waiting for my OB’s office to call me back so I can go in for bloodwork.
Hive, I need some moral support (regular poster here) and maybe some stories from people who have survived.
I found out last week that I am – surprise! – 5 weeks pregnant with #3…#1 & 2 are 6 and 4 and we.were.done. We had finally come to this decision this year – and literally over the last 3 months have been giving away all the baby stuff. I’ve spent the last 6 days in shock. And nauseous. There was always a part of me that wanted 3 kids but I’ll be 40 shortly after baby is born, we were in the home stretch – it was getting easier (we had 2 really tough babies, sleeping issues, etc…). Husband is several years older than me. I’m at a critical point in my career. I can’t tell a soul about this in real life yet. I know we will get excited and of course we are going to love this baby. But I am first of all shocked and so scared. I’m scared:
– That it won’t be healthy. We rolled the dice twice and won – perfectly healthy babies. Now we’re both older and there could be something wrong. I’m terrified of this (to be honest this fear was the main reason that I didn’t try for #3).
– That this will break our marriage. We had a tough 4 years wading through the baby and toddler years and are just on the other side. I know multiple people whose marriages have been broken by the 3rd child. Of course no one regrets or blames the child but they can see that the challenge are what made it happen.
– That it’s going to affect me professionally in a negative way.
I don’t want to talk to anyone who knows me IRL until DH and I have fully processed the news. We WILL be happy about this, we just need some time to let it sink in. I’m looking for moral support here. Please tell me happy stories of 3 kid families and feel free to tell me that I’m being irrational and that it will all be OK.
Does a will need to be updated if you move states? Where do y’all keep important documents like this, and do other family members know where to find them, in the event they become necessary? I know my husband and I need to just DO this, but it all feels very complex. In reality, I’d like to just write up a one-pager myself and have a notary witness it. We have no complicating factors; we just need to specify who gets the kiddo if something happens to us.
I have some airline miles that I need to use by the end of the year. My husband and I are thinking of going on our first family trip sometime in the summer, when my daughter will have just turned one. Our problem is that we’re going around in circles as to what would be the “best” vacation to take – beach, city, what sort of flight/time change, and on and on. Pre-kid, we had really varied and adventurous travels. Obviously the overall pace of any sort of vacation will be much slower and any type of sight seeing will by impacted by my daughter’s schedule, but I’d appreciate any thoughts on what is both doable and enjoyable with a 1 year old!
Looking to see if others are more affected by extremely sad news stories of child abuse and death after having children? It seems that I can no longer read or hear about these types of stories without crying and being deeply sad for the rest of the day. I cannot imagine how anyone could harm an innocent child, especially now that I have little children of my own and know how sweet and wonderful children truly are. Sorry to be a downer, just heard a horrible story on the local radio and saw it again in the paper this morning. Can’t shake this sadness off and wondering how others cope.