Family Friday: Faux Shearling French Terry Hoodie
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Every year, I’m caught off guard as cooler weather sweeps in. Suddenly, all my kids’ jackets are too small.
If you’re in the market for new jackets like me, here’s a cozy and cuddly choice from Hanna Andersson. This 100% combed-cotton, French-terry-knit hoodie is lined with soft faux shearling. (The sleeves are unlined for easy on and off.) The durable, hand-me-down quality fabric will last wash after wash.
Hanna Andersson’s zip-up hoodie is $54 (marked down from $68) and comes in three personality-filled prints.
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+
Do clinics in your area screen for flu/rsv/covid/strep when you bring in a sick kiddo with fever/cough/sore throat? Where we used to live this was common practice it seemed. We moved and now go to a different clinic where they just sort of do a look around of ears/nose/throat and diagnose based on that.
I got a text from preschool yesterday that my almost 5-year-old was being disrespectful (their word) during nap and talking loudly and waking up the other kids. I talked to her about it but expect that to have approximately zero effect. Would you do anything else?
I am going to do a Diwali activity at my son’s preschool next week (we’re Hindu). I’ve never done anything like this before and don’t know how to engage and entertain a class of four-year olds. Here is what I have so far: talk about how today is Diwali, talk about how I am Indian and so is DS, that India is a faraway place and it takes a plane to get there, then describe my outfit (lehenga, dupatta, bangles, bindi), then show a picture of our family wearing Indian outfits, describe and pass around some objects like a marigold garland and a diya, talk about how Diwali is a celebration of light, then read a book about Diwali, and then teach them some simple dance moves, and then have some jalebis with their morning snack. The teachers said I could do even more stuff but I think this is plenty, I don’t want to take up too much of their day. I have way too many childrens’ books about Diwali so I can leave those behind so they can flip through them during their free time later in the day. Does all of this sound ok?
Can someone please provide more context about “masking”? Asking genuinely, what is the alternative?
For context, I’m pretty sure my 10 yr old son does a fair amount of masking. Like many others here, we observed lots of classic ADHD behavior at home, while school reported nothing. I got a private evaluation last year when he was 9 that came back with a pretty clear diagnosis of ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder. Since then, my son has therapy and secured management tools for his anxiety, but we otherwise have not medicated him or put in place any structural changes at school (IEP or 504).
I just had a parent teacher conference for him, and the teacher reports he is an absolute leader in the classroom with zero unwanted behaviors. He is scoring extremely well, and she counts on him to help other students fall in line when needed. He is on student council, and is turning in his work timely.
He also plays year round baseball with a pretty intense team, which requires insane concentration, which he doesn’t seem to struggle with ever on the field or at practice. He loves baseball more than anything else.
Then, at home, he can have massive mood swings — he gets extremely emotional, or can’t sit still at a dinner table – is fidgeting, moving, etc. It’s clear he saves it all up for home, and then all of this unwanted behavior comes rushing out. But….I’m struggling with what the alternative would be. He isn’t having a hard time at school or playing sports. He doesn’t want to be medicated. His teachers are shocked when I mention the diagnosis. His therapist has suggested that this is just part of adjusting to how you have to behave in the “real world.”
But I hear all the time about how hard masking is for people — and I don’t want him to struggle – but I also don’t really understand what I would change here?