Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Fashion Heather Backpack
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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?
Another question about conspicuous consumption …
My mom has this Little People nativity set that DD loves loves loves. I wanted to buy it for her last Christmas, but it was sold out and third-party vendors were $$$. Well, it’s now available for $25. I reallly want to get it, but she just turned 5 and there’s a chance she’ll be completely over it by next year, right? If she didn’t already love it so much, I wouldn’t consider buying it. If it matters, she is all about her Little People collections.
Does Hanna Andersson ever go higher than 40% off? Like on black friday, or after christmas go to 50%?
Another gift question…
How do you handle gifts to cousins (i.e. our nieces and nephews) when you have divorced grandparents/blended families?
It’s my husband’s parents who are divorced, so my input is very little on the situation, but looking for others experiences. We have Christmas with my MIL and SIL which includes our kids and SIL’s kids. Then we also have Christmas with my FIL, same SIL and two other SIL (step and half sister of my husband and SIL) and their kids.
At the “larger” Christmas, we draw names for the cousins. Because of that, I feel like it’s weird that we get my SIL’s kids gifts at the “smaller”Christmas with my MIL. So, if we draw those kids names for the larger Christmas, we’re getting them two gifts where as we don’t separately buy gifts for the other cousins. Hopefully this example makes sense. My MIL goes overboard with gifts (despite our requests or suggestions), so it’s not like our kids or their cousins aren’t getting any gifts at the “smaller” Christmas.
I don’t know that I can change anything with how we operate because it’s not “my” side of the family but I’m just wondering if people think this is weird or if it’s just me. Or if perhaps there are other ways we should operate in terms of gift giving due to the multiple holidays with overlapping people.
My back is starting to really hurt from picking up and carrying my 3-month old all day (I’m still on leave). Any suggestions for relief? Thank you!
Since we are on the topic of the holidays, for those of you who are separated/divorced or parents were when you were a kid, any suggestions on how to handle the upcoming big holidays? (We celebrate Christmas.) My kids are with me all of the time except every other weekend during the day, and our agreement provides that we will try to share time over the holidays. I’ve read that when divorced parents try to do “joint holidays,” where there is one Thanksgiving dinner, for example, it sends a weird message to the kids that the parents are still together. Do you think that’s true? I really don’t want to spend time with their dad, but he’s given me the whole “you are the only family I have” sad song. And otherwise he will be all alone on Thanksgiving (which may or may not be true.) While I really don’t want to spend time with their dad, I’m not sure how to get around it on Christmas without him totally missing out on Christmas morning. Any suggestions?
A couple of questions about newborn clothes, as I prepare for my first. First, did you actually need any newborn sized clothes, or did you skip them altogether? I expect my baby’s birthweight to be right around average. Second, would it be worth buying any clothes from primary (either in NB or bigger sizes), or not really, given how quickly babies grow?
I’m struggling with appropriate discipline. I have an *extremely* strong-willed 9yo who recently got sent home early from afterschool care for refusing to comply with basic request (come outside with the class) and being disrespectful (basically they couldn’t handle him). This is the first time it’s happened with this particular set of caregivers, but not the first time we’ve gotten a similar call from school. Kid is sensitive, stubborn, full of negative thought patterns, and yes, he’s in counseling, and we’re working with his therapist. But sensitivity aside, he can’t act this way and there have to be consequences. For one, if he gets kicked out of after school care, I have zero options. For another, allowing my kid to be disrespectful to authority figures and not comply with basic safety rules is not good for society or for him.
Husband and I are on same page that his echo dot (favorite possession) is confiscated for a week, and no screens. Husband wants him to write a letter apologizing to the after school counselor. I am with him in spirit, but struggling with how to “make” this kid do anything, particularly write an apology (which he insists is insincere, as he “did nothing wrong” and they got mad at him “for no reason”–all of which is his typical denial reaction to anything he can’t stand to face–again, we’re working on it, but that’s a longer-term process and I need a path forward this week).
It terms of donating toys that are still age approrpiate I have no idea how other people can pull this off without major complaints from the toy giver. My mom is HIGHLY offended if I donate anything that has not been clearly outgrown by years. As in statements like ‘I spend a long time picking out xyz toy at xyz store, I can’t believe you would just give it away without talking to the kids. Suzie, did you know that your mom gave away your xyz toy? Did you like that toy?”
Does anyone have experience with personlized storybooks? I get a lot of ads for a few different brands, but would love a recommendation from someone who has actually purchased one. My kids are 6 and 3, so I’m looking for something with a bit more story. Andy recommendations?
What little thing would you get to treat yourself after getting a bonus? I’m not trying to go crazy, but would love a little pick me up! TIA!
My almost 19 month old is biting other kids at daycare 1-2x/week. Sometimes more, rarely less. It’s worse when she’s teething. We have the ‘Teeth are Not for Biting’ book but I’d like to find some other resources.
She bites more when she’s frustrated at other kids (they’re trying to take my toy away, etc). Her language skills seem very average (she has ‘mine,”no,’ and others), but I would like to try to improve them so she could default to words in the heat of the moment instead of biting. Is there something out there that helps with this?
With the Holidays coming up, how do I *NICELY* suggest to my SIL without sounding grinchy to not buy toys for her 3 (aged 9, 7, and 5) nieces and she doesn’t buy for my 2 sons? These 5 children have everything they could possibly need. They have many sets of grandparents buying gifts for them too. We both have to travel back to our respective states after the Holidays, so packing space is at a premium. I tried move fun stocking stuffers last year like movie tickets. I am trying to get away from gifts just to give something and never have it used again! Thanks!