Family Friday: Alex Toys
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Amazon’s best deals on toys, in my experience, are the week before Black Friday — but there’s a nice little sale on Alex Toys like this kit today. This one was $45, but now comes down to $19 — there are other kits for science and the like. It seems steep, I’ll grant you, even on sale — but when it’s a rainy day and you’ve got ready-made projects you’ll be thankful for them. Ladies, are you all set for presents for your kiddo(s) — or are you still researching and ordering things? ALEX Toys Little Hands My Giant Busy Box
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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- 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?
My two year old has a strong Dad preference and it is breaking my heart. He has a 3.5 month old baby brother who monopolizes my time, so I certainly get it to some extent. But it’s become really stark lately and I don’t know why. His preference for Dad started toward the end of my pregnancy when I was too exhausted to do my fair share of toddler parenting, and it continued after we brought the new baby home and I spent much of my time breastfeeding and recovering from my c-section (couldn’t pick toddler up for weeks, etc.). But it has intensified drastically in the past few weeks, even though nothing has changed that I can tell. I’ve seen advice suggesting I lean in and spend more time with him, which I’m trying to do (while also balancing the demands of the fussy breastfeeding infant who doesn’t sleep well). What else can I do? I end up in tears every night. I hate this so much.
There’s so many of these! (Currently browsing while on a conference call). I may order a few to have on hand to entertain my older one when the baby comes
Daughter is 13 months and leaving a trail of toys in her wake. How old was your child when you started teaching them to clean up, how did you do it, and best tips and tricks for success? I really really really don’t want her to think mommy’s job is to pick up after her.
In the same boat (3 year old and 4 month old). The Dad preference was really strong for a couple of months and then 3year old got sick and started clinging to me. It has since balanced out a bit. We also do an “adventure” together like a 1 hour trip to a museum or Trader Joe’s while DH feeds the baby with a pumped bottle.
I just need to share something that is bumming me out today. I foolishly agreed to be the class parent for the two rooms my kids are in at daycare. I just wanted to make sure the teachers were taken care of – they do so much! Anyway, I did all the work of collecting money for holiday gifts, annoying people with reminders, shopping, writing the heartfelt notes, etc. and didn’t even get to deliver the gifts. Major working mom disappointment.
Morning Help!! I need any and all advice about getting young elementary-age kids ready in the morning. I get the kids on the bus in the morning (DH leaves about the time they wake up), and the last week has been horrible for all involved. I had a new boss start this week, so I know that I am a bit more stressed but I also cannot be late right now.
I get the kids up (if not already) about an hour before the bus arrives. I give them time to wake-up, and then we do breakfast. It seems to be when it is time to get dressed that everything goes off the rails. They don’t want to get dressed, complain and delay. The temperatures have plummeted in New England this week, requiring a whole new requirement in the morning of snowpants either in the backpack or worn on the bus. Any tips?
Is it fair that my bonus was paid pro-rata because I took maternity leave this year and was specifically told it was because of maternity? A part of me thinks yes, I did not work those weeks, but everyone I talk to seems to think it’s absolutely absurd and unfair.
Talk to me about reverse cycling.
Kiddo was on track to go down to 1 feeding at night and then I started back at work. The last two nights he’s been up essentially every 3 hours.
He is eating pretty well during the day; I think he just prefers to nurse. I do nurse twice in the evening but last night he woke at 10:30 and resisted all forms of pacification by Daddy. Ditto 3am and 5am.
Not only do I not sleep but when he wakes up later than 3-4, he won’t wake up on his own til well after 8. Some of us have to work, kid.
It gets better, right? I’ve only been back for two weeks.
Breastfeeding help please. I have a cracked nipple and it’s extremely painful. Pumping hurts, wearing a shirt hurts. I put nipple cream on, but it seems each time I put a nursing pad over it it forms a scab on the nursing pad, and when I take it off it never heals. Do I just need to air out and let it dry? I work full time and have a 2 yo and 4 month old. Do I just walk around topless when I get home? Is this going to scar my 2 yo?
My lactation consultant had me use a homemade APNO all-purpose nipple ointment. Equal parts OTC cortisone cream, neosporin, and lotrimin. Apply after each feed, go topless if pratical, and wipe off before next feed. It healed things pretty quickly.
And yes, the 2 year old will be fine. Nudity generally doesn’t bother them for several more years.
My kids are 3 and 5, and I just have this nagging feeling that I’m not parenting intentionally. I’m trying to get them to the bus/get myself to work/whatever it is and it’s easy to lose track of the guiding principles…I’m not sure they’re even clarified enough to remember them. My husband and I are generally on the same page but we do struggle with our intense 3 year old. So – do you have an explicit parenting philosophy? If so, any resources for developing? Advice for sticking with it when you’re rushing out the door? Parenting those tiny babies was so easy…just feed them and change their diapers (haha).