Finally Friday: Raven Dress Pump
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Oooh: I first spied these shoes over at Garnet Hill (where they have some crazy sales on their excellent towels — $2 hand towels and $12 bath sheets! Go, go!) — but the shoes were almost entirely sold out. Sure enough, Amazon has them more in stock, but mostly full price — but if you’ve never had a pair of Gentle Souls, I highly recommend them. Made by Kenneth Cole, they’re packed with comfortable features like cushioning, wide heels, and here, a flattering strap. The heels is 2.5″ high, and most sizes are $219 at Amazon (with a few lucky sizes being $154). Gentle Souls Women’s Raven Dress Pump
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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…
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- 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?
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Since we are talking potty training – over the holiday, my almost-2 year old daughter decided she wanted to only use the potty, and started fighting whenever I would put a diaper on her. Daycare is having the same problem. I keep finding little bruises on her hips from daycare, and I’d be upset about it, but I know how hard she struggles against the diapers and I don’t think the bruises are avoidable as long as she is in diapers.
So – my next weekend with my kiddo is not this weekend, but the following (Dad is not on board, doesn’t want to be responsible for potty training this weekend). I bought a pack of “training” pants and a pack of undies with her favorite cartoon character. Should I start the undies sooner and let her hang out in undies at home in the evening and morning, with diapers only for school and sleep next week? Should I do the training pants or just jump straight to undies? She is fabulous with #1, but erratic with p**p. Any tips for handling that without freaking her out or causing problems (knock on wood, we’ve avoided GI issues so far)?
I know she isn’t ready for night training, so she will have to deal with night diapers. But I am so over getting kicked in the face and wrestling an angry toddler every time we do a diaper change.
Can we talk about diapers? (And I know this is late on Friday, maybe I should post again next week…) I did Amazon S&S for Pampers, but recently had to switch to Huggies now that kiddo is in a larger size. But for both brands, the Amazon ones I’m getting are different than the same brand/type in the store. My Huggies Little Movers from Amazon have muted colors in the print, less effective grip strips, and don’t seem to fit quite the same. I had the same issue with Pampers when I was buying those. I’ve talked to a few mom friends, and they see the same thing. I googled it though, and can’t find anything else about this.
Is it just well-known that Amazon has off-brand or outlet-type diapers? I don’t think it’s an issue of older stock as it’s been across brands and across 12+ months of diapers. Or are we all just imagining this?
Does anyone have any feedback on using the freemie cups with a madela pump? I have a madela pump in style advanced–getting ready to go back to work after number 2 and those freemie cups look really appealing.
It really is one of those things that varies by kid. I have one who potty-trained himself with very little prompting from us at 2. It was easy as could be. My second is currently six months older and has no interest. We are not pushing it because I think that would set us all up for a potentially long, messy and frustrating period. That being said, it is best to wait until a child is fully ready to potty train before attempting it. Readiness includes interest from the child, the ability to pull pants up and down, the ability to communicate needs, and probably a few other things I am not thinking of. As with all child development issues, each kid hits those milestones at different points. So yes, it is perfectly normal to have a three year old not potty trained.
At what age did you potty train? Asking because we started our daughter just before she turned 2 (maybe 22/23 months) and by her 2nd birthday she was fully, reliably, daytime potty trained. She is 2.5 and we are about to start nighttime potty training (held off because she sleeps like a rock for 13 hours each night and we didn’t want to interrupt a good thing).
In her daycare class (2-2.9), she is one of only 2 kids potty trained and the other kid isn’t really solid- just trying. We visited her preschool for next year (3s) and the teacher said most do not come in potty trained. Is this normal? I cannot fathom still changing her diapers at this age during the day. It was a b!tch of a month or so to get her trained but there were never any signs she wasn’t progressing.