Everyone Thursday: Pearl Two Part Curved Earrings
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I’m not sure why, but there’s a TON of Rebecca Minkoff jewelry marked way, way down at Amazon. Like, under $10 low — “add on item” low. Now the stuff wasn’t extraordinarily expensive to begin with, but it’s still trendy. I got these earrings a week or so ago and while they’re not 100% my style, I’m happy to have a newer, trendier pair of earrings to wear for $8 (down from $48). (They might make great stocking stuffers, too!) Rebecca Minkoff Pearl Two Part Curved Earrings
Sales of note for 12/30:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started — up to 60% off! See our roundup here.
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase; extra 40% off + additional 30% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – The Winter Sale: 50% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- Boden – Sale, up to 60% — 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 – Semi-annual clearance, up to 85% off; extra 60% off clearance
- 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!
- Hannah Andersson – The Twice-a-Year Big Hanna Sale: Up to 60% off (even new arrivals on sale!)
- J.Crew – 25% off full-price styles; up to 50% off cashmere; 70% off 3+ sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off winter faves; extra 25% off $100+
- L.K. Bennett – All sale half price or less
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash sale, extra 30% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale, extra 40% off markdowns, and daily Red Door Deals starting at $19.50
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?
Ugh, I now understand why everyone warns against toddler screen time. My daughter watched a bit too much TV and iPad last week, and now turns into a tantruming monster whenever she gets a whiff of screen time. I swear, she actually turns into a different child.
So…. my daughter has had longstanding issues with constipation. The pediatrician has her on a low dose of miralax every day, which typically does the trick. This is partially a genetic problem, and partially because she takes a hard-line stance against hydration. The most liquid she drinks is an 8 oz bottle of milk in the morning. I should not be giving her a bottle anymore (she’s about to turn 2), but it’s the only time she drinks enough to be able to give her her medicine. Other than that she just takes a couple of sips of milk or water at meals. The pediatrician said to only give her drinks at meals hoping that she’d be thirsty enough to drink more, but that doesn’t seem to do anything to make her drink a lot.
Yesterday I got her daily sheet from daycare, which lists diaper changes, and the first two diapers of the day were dry. She didn’t have a wet diaper until the afternoon. She usually has at least one dry diaper a day out of the 3-4 that they change. Should I be concerned? I don’t know if the dry diapers are a normal part of her growing physically ready to be able to potty train or if this is something that I should be freaking out about and trying to force her to drink more liquids or *GASP* give her juice or something “bad” so she’d at least drink something. Sometimes she wakes up dry and sometimes her overnight diapers are soaked.
Help…any ideas for a 8 1/2 month old who is suddenly refusing formula (and/or bottles)?
Baby is usually a voracious eater (breast milk, formula, food). She’s easily and regularly taken bottles since birth, of pumped breastmilk primarily but since 6 months or so, 4-5 bottles of formula a week as a supplement. She’s been taking bottles at daycare since she started at 6 months.
My supply has been dwindling, pumping at work has been increasingly difficult, and I traveled across the country sans baby for a few days earlier this month. I decided it was time to stop pumping. Starting this week, I’ve been breastfeeding once before work and once after work (a half hour before baby goes to bed), but we’ve been sending formula to daycare. She has been refusing formula at daycare and even for her dad at home.
Thoughts? I already feel sad about stopping exclusive breastfeeding (previously because I was sort of mourning the slow end of breastfeeding myself, less because I think it really makes a difference for her)….now I’m worried about hydration for her (less calories as she is eating tons of veggies, fruit, yogurt, etc. and does breastfeed a couple of times a day).
Sorry if this is a weird question – I’m late in my second trimester and just need some larger bras to get me through the next few months. Any of you wonderful women have recommendations for inexpensive bras you’ve liked? Maybe under $30 or even $40? Target? Gap? Other?
Update from yesterday: my boss walked in on me pumping and immediately had a lock put on the door. So that’s a win I guess? Still doesn’t help with the scheduling issues but one step at a time I guess.
Sleeping like cr*p:
This morning I am feeling irrationally enraged about people who post on Facebook that their babies slept through the night, like it was something they did. Being up 5 times last night != rational thinking.
I’m allowed to tell myself my 16mo is a sh*t sleeper because he’s a genius, right? (He typically wakes up 1-3x, 5x is highly unusual, and we live in too small of a space to sleep train. But he hasn’t slept through the night even once.)
Someone please tell me they sleep through the night eventually. No question, just a rant.
I could use some help from more experienced parents about early wakeups…so, my 5.5 month-old had been sleeping through the night (~11.5 hours) since she was two months old, but three weeks ago she started waking up at 4:22am (she goes to bed at 6:15pm, which means she’s now only sleeping for a little over 10 hours). And she has continued to wake up at 4:22am every. single. morning. since. Like, to the minute.
Unfortunately we can’t really move the bedtime later because of her annoying daycare nap schedule (they have the kids sleep from 1 – 3, which means she won’t take an afternoon nap, which means an early bedtime). I’m fine with even a 5am wakeup, though the 5:30 – 6 range would be ideal.
She obviously needs more sleep — she wakes up tired and goes back to bed about an hour later. We’ve tried CIO (how we sleep trained her initially, so we’re fine with that), but only for about 30 minutes (until 5am). Maybe we should let her cry for longer? I don’t think she’s waking from hunger since she doesn’t cry much if we leave her be — just intermittent squawking.
Any ideas are welcome! THANK YOU.
My 16-month-old has for the past 3 nights thrown horrible tantrums during dinner. He’s never been upset about meals or being in his high chair before. He is still happily eating breakfast in his high chair, and his daycare teacher says that he’s happily eating snacks and lunch at daycare. But, for the past 3 nights, he’s been in his chair, seemingly fine, taken a bite of food, and started howling and crying and reaching for me to pick him up. He calms down after about 2 minutes, takes another bite of food, and howls again. On Monday, we thought something was wrong, like he had something stuck in his throat or something like that, or maybe that he didn’t like one particular food. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I fed him bland and easy-to-chew foods that I know he likes, same result. He’s actually eating a decent amount, because he keeps going back for more–it’s just that he then acts like that food was a complete betrayal. He’s not talking yet, and I’m not exactly sure why he’s so upset about dinner all of a sudden.
Is this just a phase? If so, any tips for dealing with the tantrums? Last night, I just left the room for 5 minutes so I didn’t go crazy, then returned and let him down, and he was happy the rest of the night. I usually give him dinner as soon as we get home, but would it help to change up the routine and do bath time first to allow him some time to decompress and maybe get hungrier?
I am switching my baby to formula at 6 months and I am wondering . . .
– Do you mix your formula with distilled water or regular tap water? I’m confused about whether I should be more concerned with the risk of tooth decay or the risk of fluorosis?
– How do I prevent all of her clothes from getting stained? My baby spits up after every feeding but her breastmilk spit-up never stained her clothes.
– How do I know how big of bottles to feed her? Coming from EBF, I never had to think much about volume. I started giving her 8 oz. bottles of formula and she chugs the whole thing, but I’m wondering now if that is too much and maybe making her spit up more? Do babies stop eating when they are full or is it a possibility that she is chugging the whole bottle just because it’s delicious?
Argh. So frustrated. My kids start pre-school tomorrow but my son needs to see a specialist for a non-contagious rash and the ONLY appointment time they have is the exact same hour as school. For some reason this is making me sit in the office and cry – I had no illusions of perfection and am not even doing drop off myself – but I hate that he’s missing the first day and that his sister will have to go alone (twins). I know it’s not a huge deal, but it’s sad. Probably more indicative at my current frustrations balancing seemingly a million different projects at work plus upcoming travel and kid-related commitments.
My husband is being maddeningly reasonable about the whole thing, which of course is extra infuriating. sigh
Another vent. My husband has been traveling for work every week (M-F mostly) for the past six weeks. So, it’s just been me and my two kids (4 and 3 yr old boys), and me working my in-house job AND filling in for a C-suite position on an interim basis while the company hires a new executive. (This totally outs me if anyone I know reads this. Hi!).
I. Am. So. Tired.
I can’t hold it against my husband because he really does need to travel for work and he would do the same for me. But sometimes it just sucks, you know? And I’m at the point where I feel like all I do with my kids when I get them home at night is make some perfunctory dinner and yell at them to brush their teeth and take a bath. So much guilt. I know others have it so much worse, but venting to my husband makes him feel awful, so I guess I need to do it here.
The discussion yesterday about wanting a third got me thinking: anyone feel sad about not having a girl? I have two beautiful boys whom I adore, but I grew up in a family of women only, and I always thought I would have a girl to bond with. We are contemplating having a third, but of course there is no guarantee we would have a girl.
Part of why I feel sad is that I am not close with my MIL and I can honestly say I don’t have a single girlfriend who is. I’m worried this would happen if and when my boys get married.
Anyhoo, first world problems I know, but I do think about it from time to time.
I need some cheering up. 20 months after I had my second, I’m still not able to fit into some of my work clothes (or if they fit, they just make my pooch look pronounced and I feel self-conscious). I was always one of those annoying girls who couldn’t gain weight if I tried, and after my first kid my body bounced back relatively quickly. This time around, it’s not been the case.
Now granted, I am not working out so I know I shouldn’t expect a miracle. It just sucks to feel like you can’t wear half of your wardrobe.
Curious: is there anything about having a natural delivery vs. a c-section, in terms of the body recovering? After my C my body went shape to its usual shape, but after my VBAC I have a pronounced pooch. Is there anyting to make of this? Obviously I wouldn’t go back and change anything but I wonder if there is anything to that distinction btw natural vs. c-section.
Vent over.