Finally Friday: Carson Knotted Ballet Flat
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I don’t know about you guys — but while I like the look of strappy shoes (and often find them more comfortable than regular pumps or flats), I have zero patience these days for actually buckling and unbuckling a strap. Getting out of my house with kids is hard enough without another project, right? So a shoe with a zipper has become absolutely non-negotiable for me. I like the look of these slightly rock and roll flats with crisscross ankle straps — and hurray, zippers. They’re $198 at Amazon, Zappos, and Nordstrom. Frye Carson Knotted Ballet Flat
Here’s a lower-priced option at Zappos.
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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?
you guys. my daughter has never had a lovey. We’ve tried giving her pacifiers of various kinds, encouraged lovies of every description. Nothing every ‘took.’ In the last day or so, she has decided a small, nearly-empty bottle of hand sanitizer from her diaper bag MUST go with her to bed. She clutches it next to her face all night. WHAT. WHY. but it is so cute.
Our daycare takes the infants out to play in baby pools. They told us we didn’t need to send sunscreen because they keep them in the shade. Well his daycare sent us an update today with a photo of him in the sun. It’s super hot and sunny and the middle of the day. Any advice on how to handle this?
Hey, this is a weird question, but either something is going on with my Medela PIS or my n*pples are getting ultra sensitive…I used to turn the pump up to a low-medium level to pump, but now I just barely turn it on and it is kind of painful.
Is it crazy to think that the pump is getting stronger, not weaker, due to wearing out? Anyone else experience this? Been using it pretty regularly for half a year.
Everyone is asking for advice today! What a Friday, huh?
Would love to simplify my wardrobe to dresses — preferably pumping-friendly with pockets. Any season (I live in the Southeast, I can easily add cardigan or camisole or leggings or whatever).
Any suggestions on brands, where to look, etc.? Dresses that would go the distance — that I might want to wear post-pumping — would be preferred, too, if anybody has any experience with that?
Right on top of the comment section, I just got an autoplay video with loud, annoying music, for Visa Signature featuring Cirque du Soleil. It then cycled to an ad Magic Kingdom. No link when I right click, just the video.
So my kid suddenly hates baths. Never an issue before and then she went thru a period where she’d be upset getting in but then fine and now it’s just screaming the entire time, no matter what I do – toys, songs, patticake… So far I’ve just been rushing thru it. Anyone have better suggestions? Will this pass eventually?
Recommendations for a birthday present for a four-year-old who loves fire trucks?
So I’ve been very excited to move my 7 month olds to bath seats so that they can bathe at the same time (and hang out for a while because they love the tub). I think they are sitting well enough for them now, but I can’t find one where I normally buy baby stuff — which is mostly Amazon. I’ve seen that some have been recalled due to drowning risk, which I’m assuming is because people leave babies unattended.
What do you use for a baby who is just starting to sit?Where did you buy it?
Thanks!
I know this has been discussed here before, but I cant find the threads… Can someone tell me it’s okay that my kid still has a pacifier and that I haven’t ruined her for life? She is addicted to her paci. Obsessed with it. She’s almost 2, and I’m trying to figure out what I need to do. She doesn’t use it at daycare other than during nap time, but I let her use one any time she wants at home or in the car. I was thinking that I would start limiting her use at home to just nap time and bedtime? And she can have one in the car too? And then when she’s old enough to get the conept I can do the paci-fairy thing? I just feel like I’ve waited too long to take it away and now it’s going to be an issue. I just really dont want to take it away at the wrong time and have her suck her thumb til she’s 12. What should I do?
I need sleep help! Both my kiddos have been horrible sleepers, just truly awful. We ended up co-sleeping with both because I am weak and just needed some sleep. The older kid usually slept pretty well when we co-slept and was always pretty easy to soothe back to sleep if he did wake up, I just had to put his pacifier in. A little Before he turned two, he transitioned over to his crib pretty seamlessly, he was just ready for more space.
Younger kiddo has brought be to my wits end. Also co-sleeping, he is 14 months old and cannot self soothe at all. He also resists me soothing him. He wakes up about a dozen times a night screaming and fighting me. I am perpetually exhausted. I don’t think I could just put him in a crib and shut the door, I don’t think I can handle the crying. Anyone go through anything similar? Tips? Help?
Anyone else here who’s kid still had acid reflux beyond one year? My kid is still throwing up milk once or twice a day (and large quantities of it) at 15 months old. Pediatrician is not concerned even though he dropped off the chart slightly in weight (used to be 1-3%) and GI was not able to figure it out and does not think it is allergies (thought we have X-Rays and bloodwork coming up). Anyone have any experience with this while I play the waiting game? Really worried it may be something serious.
So I did a search for old posts about potty training and found some useful tips about timing and readiness, but not about how people actually went about DOING it. I’ve read about the bootcamp/3-day/Oh Crap! method(s), but I really can’t see how we can hole up at home and watch her like a hawk for 3-4 days to do this — we’ll go stir crazy and actually have non-optional things to do (work, grocery shopping, etc).
So, how do you do it when both parents work full time and kiddo is in daycare? Daycare’s procedure is to put them on the toilet every two hours to see if they have to go, but they can work with us on timing.
Also, I’, not sure if were there yet with our just under 2-yr old, she’s very interested in the process in general, is excited about her new potty, wants to assist ME when I go (thanks, but no thanks) and informs other people what mommy or daddy is doing in the bathroom. She HATES diapers (and pants and shirts), and will try to take off her diaper, but doesn’t reliably give us notice either before or after she pees.
Also, after reading about this yesterday and having a few failed attempts at peeing in the potty, all I dreamed about last night was my kid peeing on fancy Oriental carpets.