Washable Workwear Wednesday: V-Neck Sheath Crepe Dress
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Ooh: This simple sheath dress is machine washable (and tumble dry!), and it’s only $105 as part of the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. I like the elbow-length sleeves, the work-appropriate length, and the flattering V-neck. It’s currently $105 (sizes 2-16), but after the sale it’ll go back up to $158. Eliza J V-Neck Sheath Crepe Dress
Here are two plus-size options in black and gray.
Psst: We’re giving away TWO $250 Nordstrom giftcards through tomorrow morning — check out full details for the giveaway here!
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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?
Does anyone have a good recommendation for parenting a six year old? My daughter is now almost in first grade and I feel like there were tons of great recommendations for younger kids, but I need some resources for parenting elementary-aged children. I’m familiar with “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen . . .” and “From Parent to Child,” but am looking something that’s focused on child development, etc. Any recommendations?
At one point, someone asked about toddler parenting books. At the time, I was reading a book called “The Emotional Life of the Toddler” and not loving it. I wanted to update that report; I found the parts of the book about toilet training, divorce and daycare laughable and sexist (book was published in 1993, so some things have changed). The beginning of the book includes some very basic descriptions of attachment theory that are now so mainstream, I didn’t need them rehashed.
BUT – the middle chapters, especially those on the “Active Child” and the “Shy Child,” including the case studies, were life altering for me. I now understand why I was completely unprepared for my kiddo as a baby, what to reasonably expect with regard to self-regulation, and why I get so frustrated sometimes when I spend time with her. I also feel like I understand more about my childhood, in ways that are a little disturbing but also comforting.
In summary, I highly recommend finding a copy of this book. Skip the chapters on toilet training, divorce and daycare (unless you want to be angry). Skim the chapters on attachment theory, if you already have good grounding in that. But the middle chapters are worth the read.
To my dismay, my 14-month-old has started going to bed later and later and later this summer. It started off around 7.30pm, and is now 8.30pm. Wakeup is still 6am. I figured out that he sleeps about 12 hours in a 24-hour period, all told – if he goes to bed later he just takes longer nap/s (it is either one or two, daycare infant room doesn’t have set schedule yet) during the day. If he goes to bed earlier he WAKES UP EARLIER.
I miss being able to settle down on the couch and watch a movie with my husband, or get a bit of extra work done, before we go to bed. Is this normal and do I just suck it up and accept that kid *will* distribute his 12 hours of sleep as he wishes, no more, no less?
Anyone have a child that is not a great eater, and on the smaller side weight-wise? How proactive are you on getting your child to eat?
My older one is a champion eater, my 1.5 year old not so much. He’s in the 15th percentile for weight. Dinner can often be very challenging. He doesn’t want to sit in one place, which is part of the problem (although at daycare he very obediently sits in his chair, no problem). My mom, with good intentions, would essentially follow him all around the house trying to get him to eat something. I think that created a bad habit because now he is very resistant to sitting in his seat.
How much should I be worried about this? Part of me thinks that if he isn’t willing to sit at the table, he doesn’t get to eat. But then he’s so little to begin with that I cave and feed him even when he’s not in his seat.
And even when he is in his seat, there are times where he will only eat plain yoghurt for dinner. and maybe two or three spoons of soup. I feel that’s hardly anything, but getting him to eat more doesn’t work.
How much should I be worried about this? His diapers are full so he’s certainly eating something, just not as much as I would expect of a child his age.
Do any of you ladies have different dinner schedules for your kids and if so, how do you get them to eat and keep the non-eating one occupied? I have a 2 and 4 year old. The 2 year goes to bed very early (6:45 pm), the older one not until 8:30 pm. So, as a result, we have been feeding the 2 year old around 5:30 pm and the older one around 6:30 pm.
This has worked out very well in the past because our sitter used to pick up the little one, and feed and bathe him before I came home with my older son. But now, the kids will be in the same preschool so the sitter will pick up both kids at the same time.
Yesterday, it was pretty much impossible to get the little one to eat. He was seeing his brother play and goof off and had no interest in sitting in one place to eat. And the older one was bored and therefore distracting the younger one from eating. It was a mess.
Is the solution simply for them to eat at the same time? Is there another creative solution?
How do you deal with small differences in parenting styles as between you and your partner?
My husband does/says things to our toddler that grate me, but I’m not sure if I should address it or not. Example 1: he’ll firmly say “leave it,” when she touches something she shouldn’t be touching, which is language he picked up from our friends who were training their dog (i mean, right?). A) she is not a dog, don’t treat her like one (but counterpoint, she doesn’t know he got it from a dog), and B) model complete sentences and real human interaction you want her to emulate, like saying please and thank you and giving an explanation as to why (but, counterpoint, it is effective at stopping the behavior immediately). Example 2: she likes to dress herself in the mornings and he insists on fixing anything that’s wrong, like a backwards tee or an upside down sock. I feel like it doesn’t matter if her shirt is on backwards, I am more interested in celebrating her independence than having her dressed well. So long as she’s got all the pieces on and is comfortable I would leave her be. (But, counterpoint, we do want her to know how to put on her shirt “the right way,” I suppose, as at this stage it really is that she did it incorrectly, not that its a sartorial choice.)
So, broadly, how do you decide when to address these kinds of things? When do you feel like you need to be on the same page and when do you feel like it’s just a difference in style that doesn’t matter?
Any suggestions for applying to an in house job for a current client of your firm? I don’t know the client well, but the partners that I work for do. I’m a midlevel and don’t want to burn bridges at the firm, but it could be a great opportunity. I’d rather it not get back to the partners that I’m interviewing/applying.
Kiddo had HFM last week and luckily it was so mild we (and his very vigilant daycare) didn’t even realize that’s what it was. Just a one-day fever and two spots on one hand. That’s where our luck ran out. He gave it to me and my case was SEVERE (fever and sores everywhere) and I got hit with a sinus infection at the same time. It is finally starting to clear up and I realized last night that the antibiotic for the sinus infection gave me thrush in both n*pples. I have calls into my OB and the ped for meds for us both, but anything else I need to know about thrush?
Just planned a last-minute weekend trip to Maine with my husband, which I think guarantees that I’ll end up needing to go back to the clinic for monitoring this weekend.
For those of you who did an antagonist IVF protocol, how often did you go in for monitoring once you started the antagonist – every other day, every day?
Ok I feel like I post here every day about my bar exam anxiety and obviously I should just be studying BUT
walk me through what happens if I DON’T pass the bar. Just so I have a “worst-case scenario” plan (you know, to do “worst case/best case/most likely” contingency planning). I have an offer to start in November at an AmLaw 100 firm where I had a great summer…