Maternity Monday: Empire Waist Maternity Maxi Dress
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This dress looks great if you’re expecting and you’ve got spring break or babymoon plans coming up — and I feel like a maxi dress is always flattering on pregnant ladies! This one is available in navy (pictured), black, and a fun hot pink, in sizes XS-L, for $118. Empire Waist Maternity Maxi Dress
Here’s an option in plus sizes.
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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?
Am I right to be a bit miffed?
I’m currently the hiring manager for a position, and a gentleman started his cover letter with “Dear Sirs”. I’m not a sir! and my name is on the announcement as the hiring manager!! Grrr. (regular commentor but changed my name for this)
Sadly, my time with my current awesome boss (who is a working mom) is coming to an end due to a reorg. This made me wonder – would you rather work for a man without children or a man with children and a SAH partner, all other things being equal?
Has anyone had a kid diagnosed as having autistic tendencies, but not autism? My son just turned 3. He has a speech delay and seems to have some sensory issues. For example, he doesn’t like wearing shirts, but really likes soft fleece blankets. (Although he’ll put on a shirt to go out, and wears a shirt two mornings/week at preschool.) He only just started putting a few words together, and only in the last 2 months or so has been using language to ask for things. But still it’s just one word — like “cheese?”. He makes good eye contact, is very snuggly, often brings us toys to show us, asks us to sing songs with him, has zero trouble with transitions (well, not zero, but much much less than most kids at that age), is not at all picky in his eating, rarely has tantrums. But he doesn’t really obey any commands, doesn’t often respond to his name (we’ve had his hearing tested — it’s fine). We can’t really get any more of a diagnosis than we have, but it’s frustrating because no one can tell me what any of this means. We’ve had him seen by a developmental specialist (and an appointment for that kind of doctor takes a YEAR in our area, literally) and he has speech therapy and occupational therapy. So we’re doing everything we need to do. But just frustrated that I don’t really know what this means long term. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.
This is maybe a silly question, but what do you do about car seats if you and your partner each have your own car and are going to split daycare drop-offs and pick-ups? Probably it will work out that that one person is doing both pick-up and drop-off MWF and the other person doing everything T/R although that might change. A car seat for each car seems excessive to me, but moving the seat back and forth seems like a huge pain. I guess we could have one “baby-equipped car” and rotate who drives that one but I can see that leading to problems (i.e, the person who’s not on baby duty leaves the house earlier and drives off in the baby-equipped car leaving the other parent and baby at home with no car seat…). Curious what people do.
My son is just past two and he’s always gone to a variety of baby programs. In the last four months there has been a rapid decline with him in terms of listening and participating in class. He’s usually the one kid trying to steal the ipod from dance class or doing his own thing entirely at swim class. He’s perfectly fine at home, plays nicely on playdates and on his own he just doesn’t seem to be able to participate in classes. We’ve tried mixing up the times, no dice.
First day not pumping at work — YAY! Daughter turns one in a week; this is my early present to myself. I’m going to try to keep BFing in the AM and PM; we’ll see how it goes. I headed out the door with only a purse today and it was SO EXCITING!!! (of course, in the excitement I also forgot to bring my lunch. oh well.)
Wrote a long post this morning that appears to be caught in moderation so I’m trying again: looking for anecdotes on mesh or vertical crib bumpers for my 7 month old baby. He’s fully able to roll over and is very active. I have done all of the research on safety, etc. but my husband is convinced he’s going to lose a limb from it getting caught in between the slats so I agreed to research the issue. I won’t buy a traditional (padded or full cloth) crib bumper, no worries – I’m just interested in anecdotes about the “safer” iterations.
We find out this week whether the low level intervention for my son’s Crohn’s disease is working or whether we need to go to the next, more aggressive treatment. I’m nervous and trying not to show it, especially to my son. I think he is doing really well, but I completely missed the fact that he had the disease so I don’t trust my own perception of this issue. Ugh.
Is it appropriate for me to ask the doctor’s office to call me with the results of the lab test before the appointment? I want to have time to process before the appointment and outside of the view of my son.
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Can I get some feedback from posters who work or have worked from home? I’m considering a consulting job with tremendous flexibility in where I work, and to a slightly lesser degree, when I work. I’m currently in a position where I have very rigid hours, and I have a lot of anxiety around daycare drop-off and getting to the office before my start time. I really enjoy my boss and the work, but there also is not a lot of flexibility to take time off for kid sick days or school stuff.
Eliminating the commute and a structured schedule seems like it would eliminate a lot of stress from my day, but I know a lot of people who have struggled with working from home. Also, I would be client facing and billing in the new job (I’m not in law, but it’s consulting work). If it matters, the new consulting job would be part time, so I’d be aiming to bill between 3 and 5 hours per day.
Looking for flying tips. We’ve flown with baby when she was really little and it was easy. Now she’s 15 months and I’m wondering how different it will be. Short flight of around 2.5 hrs. All tips welcome.
Does anyone have a recommendation for slippers for toddlers? Not too clunky (my guy still trips over his feet), and preferably with something cute on them (like an animal face, not a character). The Eater Bunny has been looking and is striking out. Thanks!
MORNINGS!
Last week was my first week back at work after maternity leave and I’ve already almost forgotten the baby’s bottles for school twice and today forgot the delicious and amazing lunch I managed to make myself this weekend. Other than just taping a list to the door (which I’m going to do the second I get home), looking for some good ideas for morning organization/ not forgetting things. Or maybe just assurance that our routine will get easier. FWIW, Husband takes the baby to daycare and I pick him up.
(P.S. I’ve been lurking here for awhile and posted some anonymously and finally just going to choose a name. )
Just gotta get this out somewhere. My husband found out today that he got a job that’s 50% travel. I have such mixed feelings.
On one hand, he’s been so miserable at his current job and it’s affected a lot of things in our life. He’s so so excited about this new opportunity, so I’m excited and happy for him. I haven’t seen him excited in a long time. It’s definitely a step in the right direction for his career.
On the other hand, I have to solo parent a lot. Again. And I’m so apprehensive. Because this time it’s with a toddler, not a baby. Ugh, it’s going to be okay right? I kind of think maybe it will. Maybe we can go to the playground every night after daycare and eat a picnic there or something.
On the third hand we agreed that if he got this job, I could get cable to “keep me company”. We haven’t had cable in 5 years, and I am SO EXCITED to watch HGTV and TCM and the cooking channel until my eyes fall out.
Ugh, so many conflicting feelings.
Do you cut your cuticles? I recently read that it is bad for your nails and that they actually look better if they are pushed back and constantly moisturized.
I know this is a heated topic but would love everyone’s thoughts on either mesh or vertical crib bumpers for our son’s crib (I will NOT buy a traditional crib bumper, no worries). He is almost 7 months, so actively moving around and rolling over (thus, risk of SIDS is significantly decreased). My husband is very concerned that he’s going to hurt himself by getting a limb stuck in between the slats, and while I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, I agreed to at least research the mesh or vertical crib bumper options. Did any of you use a mesh or vertical bumper? Did you have any issues with it, either with kiddo getting stuck in it, or using it to pull himself up? Any other options for keeping kiddo’s legs/hands inside the crib that I’m not thinking of? I’ve looked at the AAP research on this issue (which is inconclusive on the question of mesh/vertical bumpers) so I’m looking for more anecdotal advice. Thanks!