Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Full-Coverage T-Shirt Nursing Bra
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A good nursing bra in the right size for the right price is a unicorn. Here’s one from new-to-me brand Meleneca that might measure up.
This full coverage T-shirt bra has an underwire cup for support and soft padding that stretches with you. Nursing clips allow for easy, one-handed access, and the convertible straps can be worn crossed.
It comes in five neutral colors, a range of sizes, and for the price, you can get more than one.
This nursing bra is available at Amazon and comes in sizes 32C to 42DD.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- 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
Where should we travel over spring break (early April)? We have about a week, are coming from the DC-area, and kids will be 4 and 6. Direct flights are ideal, but one connection is okay, too. Our general thought is Europe, but haven’t narrowed it down more than that, so what’s your favorite European city with young-ish kids to visit in the spring? Adults have spent a lot of time in Europe, but the kids have only been to Paris and Lisbon.
Curious about everyone’s policy on junky snacks (eg candy, Cheetos, Pringles). Do you buy them regularly? Keep them in the house? Are ok with them when they happen to be available? We are ok with them when they happen to come up (eg halloween) but don’t buy them regularly. But I see others do it differently (send Pringles for school) so I question our approach.
A working mom win. I had my annual review (which in my academic world is more of a chat with a senior colleague ) and it was so positive. I’ve been in post for 13 months, with an absurd commute, but managed to get 3 articles out into the world, teaching is fine, I’ve done some good service. The book isn’t even started but it didn’t seem as big as deal as I was making it in my head. Everything seems set to come off probation next year (in the UK, we don’t have tenure, but we have 3 year probation periods).
And everyone is happy on the home side – I spoke with my son’s teacher about some concerns and she said T joins in, is always cheerful and kind, although he “is a bit dreamy”.
My sister’s son is almost certainly on the spectrum and desperately needs services, but at a minimum a diagnosis (will be 5 next month, going in to public school K next year). Sister is in total denial.. She gets very overwhelmed and anxious, and then angry. Her husband is the exact same. We have family and family friends in child medicine and one even works with autistic children as her day job, and there’s a general consensus that something has to be done.
Any ideas on how to engage with sister? I’m beyond worrying about our relationship. My nephew is suffering. We are so fortunate to live where we do (Boston), have the financial resources that our nuclear family does, and yet he’s getting nothing. I know that treatment sooner is better and the clock just ticks by.
Kindness, please. I want to help and just don’t know how or where to start. It must be so hard to admit your child needs help or is different in this way – I am sympathetic, very much so – but I’m very concerned. FWIW, those in medicine are not the right people to talk to her for a host of reasons.
I know it’s early, but I’d love to get your ideas/thoughts on stockings/advent calendars. I think cup of Jo had some hilarious ideas last year and some I’ve come up with are below:
Stocking – a can of rediwhip, my 10-yr old’s wish is to be able to spray as much as he wants in his mouth a la home alone.
Advent calendar ideas (free – mom and dad coupon style) – stay up 15 minutes late, chose dinner tonight (including takeout), ask mom to make a dessert of your choice, use as many ‘bad’ words as you want for 5 minutes (I related this to a mom friend last year and she said it was hilarious and a big hit with her 7 yr old), trip for ice cream on a weeknight, pick the movie for family move night.
Any other thoughts or ideas that will surprised and delight your kiddos?
How do you all handle gifts & stockings for kiddos when traveling over the holidays? This is our son’s third Christmas, first two were ensconced at home due to COVID but now we are finally able to resume the tradition of 2 weeks visiting family in the Northeast. I am somewhat mourning the cozy easy Christmas routine we’ve enjoyed the past few years. We tend to keep things fairly small at home (want, need, wear, read + stocking stuffers); he will get plenty of gifts from family on our trip that we’ll have to ship home.
For those in similar situations, do you do gifts before your trip? After? Bring them with you? What about stockings? So interested to hear how others navigate this!
Reading yesterday’s posts about number of children and how to decide when you’re done was so fascinating! I wanted to share my perspective and see if anyone has experienced similar feelings.
I always imagined having 2 kids, but my daughter is now 2 and we’re considering being one and done. She has a genetic condition that causes her to be legally blind (for context, since blind can mean a lot of different things, she is in daycare and is expected to be in mainstream schools with an IEP, and adults with her condition generally have independent lives). There is a 25% chance that our future offspring would have the same condition. I’m not concerned about a second child having the same condition (although I think a lot people we know think this is the reason we might not have another and it makes me sad) because it’s relatively manageable and people with it (including my daughter) can have great lives.
Her ped first noticed something was wrong when she was 4 months, and from there on the next 4 months was a series of different doctors appointments to (thankfully) rule out a lot of really scary things that affect much more than vision. Going to all of those appointments gave me a very small taste for what having a child with a very severe disability or life changing disease would be like. And while I know we would love a second child no matter what and would find out peace with whatever hand our family were dealt, I can’t help but feel like we got so lucky that our daughter is just visually impaired and we are so lucky she is otherwise totally healthy, and therefore we should quit while we’re ahead or something like that.
When I think about what a second baby would be like, I don’t think about whether it would be an easy baby or how we would work out the family schedule. I think about what if the child is born with a medical issue that completely changes all of our lives. I also think the stress I experienced in that 4-8 month stage with my daughter keeps me from having baby fever because I still have some trauma looking back on that time.
So I wanted to see if anyone has had similar experiences as far as considering whether to expand their family. There are other things about one and done that appeal to me too like more time for me, more money for travel and other things, and we just really really love our trio. While what I described above is obviously very specific to us, I imagine the challenges existing kids have (or lack thereof) has factored into others’ decision of where to have more.
parenting is oh so pleasant when you go to bed with one kid screaming and wake up to a different one screaming. i’m hoping its a phase and i know 4 year olds are still working on emotional regulation, but they often go from 0 to 100 in ten seconds, and/or everything is a fight met with hysterics. i try to stay calm, hold the boundary, etc. and i know that them crying is normal, but it really is not pleasant to listen to so much screaming/crying! and it feels more frequent and more unpleasant than when they were babies. (this post really is just a vent)
My 2.5 year old has an amazing vocabularly and grasp of language/grammar (“I want to get that umbrella to go outside” is a normal sentence for him), but I noticed that he’s recently started stammering when he’s overly excited or really wants something. He’ll repeat a letter sound (“b-b-b-book”) vs. part of a sentence/use a filler word.
Has anyone’s child gone through this? Google tells me not to worry about it until 3 but since this is a recent development and he has fairly advanced speech, I can’t help but be a little concerned.
Geographically distant family just had a second baby. #1 is nearly 3. Care package ideas? I was thinking some waterwow for the toddler, maybe some coffee or tea for mom and dad.
I’m a mom of an only so can’t comprehend how much of a change kid 2 is.