Washable Workwear Wednesday: Floral Print Wrap Blouse
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This is a beautiful top. I love the color combination, the floral print, and the cut. I like that you can either wrap the tie around your waist for a more defined look, or tie it in a bow on the side for a more draped waistline. The wrap style is convenient for nursing, and even though it comes in XS–L (currently only XS–M are available online), it looks like it is generously cut if you’re between sizes. Unfortunately, I can’t recommend wearing the full matching outfit to work as it’s styled online (LOL), but I would wear this top with tailored, full-length, black pants and pointed toe heels. This top is machine washable on the gentle cycle, but do note that it is not dryer friendly. It is $39.90 at Zara. Floral Print Wrap Blouse
A plus-size option is at Lord & Taylor.
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- 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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I really like this blouse! Good pick!
Ladies, I need a pep talk. After a long stretch of nonsense at work that resulted in my disengaging and just sort of cruising along for the past couple of years, things have turned around and it is now time for me to step up, lean in, and take my career to the next level. Unfortunately, the project that will require the most leaning in is one that I really don’t want to have any involvement with, much less direct. This project is strategically important to the organization, I am the person best positioned to direct it, and I am perfectly capable of executing it well, but the work is of a type that I find both uninteresting and terribly stressful. This project will also take a lot of my time and attention away from the type of work on which I’d like to focus, making it difficult to prioritize my long-term developmental goals. On top of that, I am looking at near-weekly travel for the remainder of this year. I am also at a point in my personal life where, for the first time ever, I truly wish I could become a SAHM and can see myself being happy and fulfilled doing that, at least for a few years. This is just a fantasy, as being a SAHM is 100% off the table for a variety of reasons, but it makes the big push that is beginning at work even less appealing. Somebody talk some sense into me, please.
My three year old has been throwing major tantrums – the kind where she kind of loses control and occasionally even has an accident (that happens rarely, but it happens). I’d say generally it’s a few times a week but this week it’s been a couple times a day (although she is recovering from an ear infection and a vacation). My husband wants to talk to a professional about it and maybe even look at some sort of therapy for her. I’m pretty sure it’s normal, but maybe it’s not?! Have any of you dealt with this?
I think for him the scary part is that it’s such an out of body experience for her, if that makes sense.
It is normal, but would it help for him to have a parenting book he can refer to that discusses tantrums and how to help the child calm down? I will also say that parental behavior can definitely amp up a tantrum so it may help for both of you to have some strategies for helping her calm down.
The best one I heard is that if possible, try to remove and (gently!!) restrain a child in the midst of a tantrum – like a tight full body hug in a quiet room. Do not try to reason with the child in the middle of the tantrum, just let them know you are there. Talk to them after and enforce consequences for bad behavior then. Also – try to ID and avoid known triggers and make them as calm as possible (for us – hunger, sickness, right before/after bed and during daycare pickup were all prime tantrum times)
Need recommendations for washable kids labels. I bought some last year that were not cheap and were supposed to be washable, and they came right off in the dishwasher and laundry. Don’t mind spending the money for the cuteness and convenience of pre-printed ones, but not if they won’t hold up.
How do you feel valued at work? (Other than money, of course.) I’m having a hard time with this, and also am about 2 years into a remote working situation that is likely permanent (moved for hubby’s work) if I continue at my current organization. I think the lack of in-person, one-on-one time is exacerbating the issue. So bonus points if it would be something that could be implemented remote.
Is it normal for teachers to show movies/tv on rainy days in kindergarten? My son told me they watched Curious George during their recess time since they couldn’t go outside. I guess I assumed they would have free play in their classroom and not default to tv on a random day.
FWIW, top-rated public school constantly boasting about its stats (which I am over) in a strict classroom. I can accept that maybe the teacher needed a break but I am getting daily notes home about how wiggly my son is in school and this doesn’t seem like it would help.
Should I say something?
Please help. My 10 month old wakes up at 5am. EVERY DAY. It’s not a happy “oh yay it’s morning” wakeup, either. It is a screaming fit. We have tried the following:
Feed at 5am, put back to sleep until 7. This was ok for a while, but then he started not going back to sleep, or screaming for half an hour (possibly waking up big brother) before going back to sleep.
Comfort (but not feed) at 5am. This doesn’t really work. He’s calm while someone is in there, but loses his mind when you leave. Today we tried this and he screamed until 6:15, when I gave up and fed him. Then he slept until 7:30.
CIO until acceptable waking time (ideally 7 but would take 6:30 or really anything after 6). Have not actually been able to do this successfully. I don’t mind CIO, but I just can’t let him shriek for over an hour, plus he gets really loud and wakes up his brother. (Who is 3 and is a perfect sleeper, by the way. Ha.)
Other details are: He goes to bed at 7, sometimes 7:30, but adjusting bedtime has had no apparent effect on 5am waking. He takes two naps at daycare, roughly at 10 and 2. Naps are about an hour, give or take 15 minutes. Sometimes dozes off in the car on the way home at 5:15 for 15 minutes, sometimes does not; no noticeable effect on 5am waking either way. Goes to bed easily, does not fight bedtime.
I would appreciate any help or thoughts, wise hive!
The thing I value most at work is knowing and hearing that what I do matters. If I find out that a project I was working on made no difference or was just busy work, it makes me feel so deflated. I don’t need personal praise, just awareness that my work isn’t for nothing. I love hearing inspiring messages from our executives and shoutouts to various teams. I also value learning and training opportunities, as well as unstructured time to learn- conferences, CLEs, access to online knowledge databases or libraries of info. That’s just me though. I have two direct reports – one feels valued by individual praise. The other feels valued by being given autonomy. I am sending them both to an industry conference next month and they’re also ecstatic about that. Neither has travelled for work, and it helps that the location is on a beach.
Talk to me about arriving at work earlier. I cannot seem to get myself to the office before 9. Many people at my office get in at 7 and leave at 4. I would love to do this but instead am pulling more of a 9-6 sometimes longer. A few times I’ve had to be in at 6am for meetings and it wasn’t bad, but still ended up staying til 6pm and feeling exhausted the next day. A few factors- I’m not crazy about my job, it’s super stressful and I may be trying to avoid being in the fray by delaying the day. DH works late and usually doesn’t go to bed until midnight or 1 and keeps me up. I have a night owl toddler than doesn’t go to bed until 10 or 11.
Unexpectedly pregnant with #2.
I start a new (part-time) job on Monday, which I am super excited about with a super family friendly small company, but ugh, I am DREADING telling them. We were NOT trying and this was kind of a miracle. What do I tell my new employer? I really want to make this job work even after baby #2 is born and I want to show them that I can do a good job, but god I am dreading proving myself for the first six weeks with unrelenting all day sickness that I had with #1.
Also, our 16 month old daughter still wakes up 1-2x a tnight most nights but will also randomly sleep all night for some time, there seems to be no pattern. We’ve tried sleep training and all the things and nothing works. I get up every night because she wants mom and my husband works a lot more than I do, but I can’t do this crazy dance with morning sickness or with a newborn. Will her sleep problems resolve after 2? She is also SUPER clingy and attached to mom and I am just dreading how I will manage all this.
I know plenty of people have kids 2 years apart, but we always though 3 years or longer and I am SO afraid and overwhelmed, even though I am so grateful and know we are very blessed.
I need ideas for b’day party favors. My daughter is turning 5 and wants these in the goody bag. Her party is co-ed, so I either need an interest-neutral alternative, or something else that kids can choose from that isn’t so stereotypically girl-y.
https://www.amazon.com/Pawliss-Keychains-Birthday-Supplies-Decorations/dp/B07H5CZ6YJ?hvadid=77721780585846&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvqmt=p&keywords=mermaid+sequin+keychain&qid=1537974065&sr=8-9&tag=mh0b-20&ref=sr_1_9
Does anyone have a diaper clutch they like? Or any other method to keep an emergency diaper stash in the car?
After forgetting the diaper bag at home for the nth time, and having to McGuyver a diaper for my kid out of a flannel blanket from the car, and then clogging the restaurant’s toilet with all the toilet paper I used to clean up his poo-splosion, while he peed on the floor ’cause there were no changing tables, I’ve decided that I just need to keep emergency diaper supplies in the car. I was just going to order one of those travel changing pads with pockets on Amazon, but there are so many options I can’t tell which are good quality and which will be useless and frustrating. Ideally something to fit two diapers, a small pack of wipes and maybe a clean outfit. Also not too big and bulky so I can toss it in the bottom of the stroller or in my tote bag if I need to.
This is our second kid and he’s 20 months old- I don’t know why we have such a mental block about remembering the diaper bag.
We also couldn’t remember the diaper bag for the second kid. I got a diaper clutch to use in the after potty training but still sometimes needing pull up stage for DD1, never used it for that purpose. But loved it for a back up.
According to Amazon it’s called the “Skip Hop Baby Pronto Portable Changing Station with Cushioned Changing Mat and Wipes Case”
We took the hard wipes case out and just stick an almost empty pack of wipes in there, 2 diapers and a clean outfit, and it lives in the car. It was the backup when we had a little babe and needed a full diaper bag, but now with an almost 2yo it is the only diaper bag I use for trips to the park or other short activities.
I love the skip hop diaper clutch.
I’m also an advocate of ‘the car bag’. Full props to my husband on this one who saw a friend with one and recreated it for us. The car bag is a canvas tote (ours is LL Bean) that contains at any given time: a sweatshirt, a couple diapers/pull-ups, wipes, a pair of clean underpants, a first aid kit, a clean outfit for all children in separate ziploc bags (this is often weird hand me downs that I don’t love but are totally serviceable), a first aid kit, often an extra t-shirt for me (especially with little ones!), a thin blanket for picnics/naps/togas, a couple of plastic bags, and a roll of paper towels.
This bag is life. It lets us jump in the car and just go. It means that when you’re at the park and somebody scrapes their knee, you’re the parent who says, ‘Hold on! I’ve got a bandaid and something to clean that scrape off with!’ and just dashes to the car.
We use a combo of reusable wet bags and ziplocs to corral things and make it easier to dump stuff in and out.