Maternity Monday: Faux Leather Joggers
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When I was pregnant, my favorite pants were a toss-up between maternity skinny jeans and cigarette pants. Now, I would definitely choose these faux leather joggers from maternity favorite Ingrid and Isabel.
These cool joggers feature an under-belly elastic waistband, functional pockets, and (unlike many other faux leather pants) a soft fabric lining. These pants will work with pretty much everything in your fall wardrobe — snuggly sweaters, soft flannels, and even work-friendly button-downs for a edgy office look.
Ingrid and Isabel’s Faux Leather Joggers are $98 at Madewell. They are available in sizes XS–XL.
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+
someone posted the other week about a missing teen in their community. any updates? i’ve been thinking of the family.
What is the line between shy and social anxiety that needs intervening? We’re pretty chill parents TBH, but this has been tugging at my “Mom Gut” lately.
4.5 year old DD is a nut, if you ask me. Huge personality, fearlessly climbs/jumps/gets hurt/does it all over again. Of her three similarly aged cousins, she’s the “wild woman.” She’s funny, dynamic, smart, clever, all the stuff. She’s also like this around a small-ish group (6?) of peers she sees weekly with her nanny during the day 1-2x/week.
At school (and this is her second year at the same school, same teacher/routines, 50% same students this year as last in a class of 12) she is shy – like, she doesn’t even seem like she’s my kid. The reports we hear are that she will sit in circle time but not participate, or if she does, she barely does. She’s conscientious, has gone to “help” a kid who is having a bad day, or help a friend clean up, so she is empathetic, which is great. But the interpersonal is exceptionally timid.
We’ve been to a few bday parties (at familiar locations) for her school friends and she won’t play with other kids. Not even playing along side – at the last one DH told me that all the kids were at one corner of the trampoline park and DD was at the other for an extended period of time. At soccer, now 4 weeks in, she barely participates. Loves to kick the ball with me, but won’t go be with her team unless mom or dad are within like 10 feet of her, and even then she may not participate at all (but LOVES playing at home!).
This all may be very typical of 4.5 year old behavior, but it definitely has had me second guessing my gut more than ever, especially after observing the soccer behavior this past weekend. It’s like she has two personalities. I know that family familiarity is different, so clearly she has strong comfort with us and cousins, but school? I feel like that should be old news by now.
Anyone have any thoughts? Is this some sort of social anxiety we should be considerate of and deliberate about or is this all just normal stuff?
I make a lot of baked oatmeal. My kids wolf down a pumpkin baked oatmeal with raisins on top, and I also make one with berries. My strategy is to bake over the weekend, put the whole pan in the fridge, and then microwave individual servings as needed during the week. They’re fine on their own, but especially good with a bit of plain yogurt and some maple syrup. It’s a nice break from toast etc.
We had about 10 days of my 3-YO being really sweet and cooperative, and my husband and I were like “ahh, he’s turned the corner and everything’s good now!” but this weekend he was back to being cranky, upset by everything, really bad with transitions, etc. We went to a birthday party and the aquarium, so maybe it was too much stimulation when he needed rest. He also bit me when we were leaving the party, for the first time ever. Any advice, or is this just how 3-4 goes?
Since Covid I wear only flats. I now have 3 pairs of Rothy’s which I love! Any leather flats people like that are similarly comfortable?
Has anyone bought maternity clothes from Seraphine? According to their size chart and my measurements I’m a US 2, but as I’m a US 10 in most US brands, I find that hard to believe. Should I trust the measuring tape?
I am in such a breakfast rut for myself. I want something relatively healthy and easy to prepare. I usually do some kind of toast but am finding nothing really appeals to me. Is there some kind of overnight oats I should be making? Other ideas? What are you all feeding yourselves for breakfast?
My almost 5 year old is in her second year of a mixed age (3-5 year old) classroom at our play-based university daycare. They’re doing the same curriculum they did last year, learning to recognize all the letters through a letter of the week. My kid appears to be pretty average academically, not gifted or anything, but she learned her letters when they did this last year and is now complaining quite to us a bit about being bored at school. My instinct is to (gently) tell her to s*ck it up but I wanted a gut check? They spend at most 30-60 minutes on academics per day, it’s not like she’s being made to fill out worksheets all day. Since she spends most of the day reading, playing pretend, running around outside and doing arts and crafts, I feel like being slightly bored at group time when they do the letter of the week is not that big a deal. But I’m wondering what others think. Should I be talking to the teachers and asking them to work with her more on letter sounds and sounding out words? Although I don’t think being slightly bored for part of the day is a big deal, I do kind of wish they were doing more letter sounds and reading prep with the kids who are 4+ (although thankfully kindergartners in our school district are not expected to be reading at the start of the year). Doing anything academic at home is not happening. I have zero interest and I don’t think my kid would react well to being taught by me.
I can’t believe I’m asking this but my 5 y/o wants Pokémon cards for Christmas and I need a primer. Where do I start?
Church-goers, talk to me about kids and church. We are Catholic, and childrens programming doesn’t start till they are 5-6. So kiddos (both 3.75) are with us during the hour time of mass. We leave after communion and we bribe (chocolate if quiet) but we are seeing a lot of resistance. Do we just get a sitter? I am not here for church battles.
Faux leather joggers is about the last thing I could imagine myself wearing in pregnancy, but maybe that’s just me.
Digging out after a nearly week-long battle with stomach flu for my oldest… I finally pulled the trigger on some updates to my wardrobe that I’d been waiting to make (thanks to all who suggested searching those “millennial makeover” tiktoks!) and it is giving me some much needed joy. I also finally got on the bandwagon of those triple-barreled curling irons. What can I say… I’ve been influenced.
Anything you guys have bought recently that are making you happy?
On Friday an Anon poster had spent a LOT of time thinking about the Carribean. I need you!!
Family of 5, kids will be 4/6/9 when traveling. We are leaving from Boston (can fly out of Bos, PVD, mayyyyybe we’d do LGA or JFK if it saved a day of travel but I’d rather not).
Priorities are minimizing travel time, ideally all inclusive, and a resort where the kids and parents do not share a bedroom. This can be a suite with separation, two adjoining rooms, etc- but I’m not hauling to the Carribean to share a room with my kids! If there is somewhere with a Kids club like place, that would be awesome as long as our kids could go together.
Suggestions?
Budget is flexible; I got an unexpected bonus and plan to use some it for this trip. We are not luxury travelers so while I’m okay with the money, I want it to be worth it.