Nursing Tuesday: Cotton Nursing Cami
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Numerous readers have sung the praises of these affordable nursing tanks from Target. To be totally honest, I wasn’t particularly fond of them (and I think the nursing clasp broke within a week of wearing it), but lots of other women really, really love them. They’re nice and long, and come in a zillion colors — and even I really like this navy stripe. They’re $19, available in sizes XS-XXL. Gilligan & O’Malley® Cotton Nursing Cami
Psst: we talked about regular camisoles for work at Corporette yesterday!
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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?
My 6 yo daughter has been complaining about stomachaches for the last few days. She’s also gotten extremely tired around 5 pm each day – on Sunday, she went right to sleep at 5 and slept through the morning. No fever, she’s eating somewhat normally, and no other symptoms. She’s active and energetic until around 5, when she just crashes.
At what point do I call the pediatrician? I have no actual evidence that anything is wrong with her, but she’s normally very high-energy and it’s unusual for her to complain like this (and very unusual for her to be so tired!). I’m always worried that the doctor will be annoyed if I waste her time, but I want to take her in if there’s really something wrong.
Does anyone have recommendations for other nursing tops? I am trying to order a few different ones before baby gets here to figure out which ones to stock up on….Thanks!
For those of you that enjoy car camping or backpacking, when would you recommend starting with kids? If my baby is going to be 4-7 months over this summer, should we wait until next summer? I’d love to hear any experiences (and any tips for camping with kids).
OK, I have a question for parents of young children.
Hypothetically, you have one baby in a relatively small apartment. You are not getting toys as gifts from friends/family because friends/family are awesome and have been giving you gifts like clothes and cloth diapers and other practical stuff (though the baby does have books, stuffed animals, a play mat, and a Sophie the Giraffe). You want to keep the baby gear minimal, but want to get your baby at least a couple of toys at some point.
What toys would you buy for your baby (say, between birth and 2 years)? And at what ages? TIA!
Quick question for K’tan lovers…
I have one. I thought I would love babywearing. My baby is now 2 mos. old and I’ve used it 3 times.
She’s usually sleeping after 5 min. or so in there, but she fusses when I put her in and I get nervous because she feels so tight in there! I can’t imagine it working after she gains more weight (maybe 11 lb. or so now).
And also, I worry about neck support.
Is there something I’m missing? Any strategies? Favorite how-to YouTube videos? I feel like this shouldn’t be so confusing!
I’m trying to get my 2yo, not-potty-trained child to sit and pee into a cup for a urinalysis. We spent an hour at the Dr yesterday with no luck. She does sit on the toilet to pee and is interested in trying the cup. But the issue is we think she may have a UTI, and it’s painful down there, so she just doesn’t want to pee. The dr doesnt think it’s so bad as to do a catheter. I tried loading her up on milk/water, tickling her to get her to pee, putting her hand in water, running the tap. Any other ideas to get her to pee? I guess I could just do no diaper and then as soon as i see her start to pee on the floor, stick the collection cup under there?
It was almost easier when she was an infant and they let us do the bag in the diaper!
My daughter has been consistently jutting out her lower jaw recently – is this just a phase and I should ignore it? Or if not, who should I talk to about it? Pediatrician, dentist, daycare? She seems to be eating just fine and talking fine, so it doesn’t seem to be a functional problem.
She did have a new tooth pop through last night (canine, we haven’t had the 2 year molars yet), but in 2 years of teething, I haven’t seen her do this. It’s strange living with a little bulldog wannabe.
Any idea why my 2.5 year old kept waking up to throw tantrums all night?
We’ve been on an endless train of illness so there’s some chance this is a new cold/bug/something. But it was weird. She would wake up and just scream and scream for us with lots of flailing. When we came she’d scream “go away mommy daddy” and flail wildly at us so we couldn’t touch her. If we left she’d scream for us to come back, continuing the tantrum. We had three hour long tantrums between midnight and 5 AM. Nothing would distract her and she seemed to be awake. She couldn’t tells us if anything hurt. We eventually gave her ibuprofen to see if it would help, but it didnt. She wouldn’t calm down. At the end of each, she promptly passed out in her bed and slept for about 45 minutes before starting again. Any ideas what this could be? I’m zonked.
So I’ve been solo parenting for a month now while my husband has been out of town on work. I’ve officially gotten lazy.
We do cloth diapers and I wash those, so I do lots of laundry. After having washed EVERYTHING by hand dishes-wise, I just caved and bought a little rack that the tiny dr browns bottle parts go into. The next day, I started putting bottles in the dishwasher. I now feel so free.
1) please someone tell me they washed bottles in the dishwasher and it was fine
2)can I put any of my pump parts in the dishwasher too? I’m still hand washing those…
Reverse shopping challenge! I´m expecting my first this summer and am overwhelmed by the amount of stuff one apparently “should” buy. We live in a small 2-bedroom city apartment with lots of stores & parks nearby and have neither a car nor any storage space. So far I´ve come up with:
– Crib
– Bassinet (Or would just the crib be sufficient? Or crib at night, bassinet for naps during the day?)
– Changing table
– Pram
– Car seat
– Baby carrier/ baby sling
– Baby bathtub
– Bottles (plan to nurse, but just in case)
– Activity gym with mat
– Pacifier
– Diapers & cleansing products
– 3-5 baby sleeping bags
– Some baby clothes
Am I missing anything obvious that I´ll definitely need in the first 2 – 3 months? Anything on the list that is unnecessary? I´d prefer buying as little as possible.
I liked these tanks immediately post partum but hated them after a few weeks. I was an XS on top pre pregnancy and am and XS/S now with a 32D bust. After my belly had a chance to go down a but these tanks started being too big in that region and made me feel like I had more rather than less belly. I still sometimes use them for sleeping but never otherwise. They may work better for someone who is a size M or higher (size down!). I’ve been wearing the old navy camis in a size bigger on top of a nursing bra and have been able to just pull them down to nurse.
I just did the childcare math for kid #3. One infant, one toddler, one preschooler: $54k per year. I love the daycare center, and our HH income is ~$300k split pretty evenly so the math still makes sense for us both to keep working, but ugh. That’s all, just needed to complain for a sec.
I love this camisole! But I love the maternity camisole even more! It’s long so it covers my bum when I’m wearing my fancy yoga pants around town and it’s stretchy enough to pull down under my nursing bra to feed.
We are in a toddler food rut. My 18 month old has been eating some combo of bean/grain/cheese for the last few weeks. For example, peas/quinoa/feta, black beans/rice/cheddar, pesto/pasta/parm – I add the cheese to help the food get a bit sticky so she can feed herself. For breakfast she eats yogurt, cereal, and fruit most days. She eats enough fruit but I have sort of forgotten to add fresh veggies. Whoops! What are your favorite vegetarian or pescatarian toddler meals? Where do you go for inspiration?
Just saw your question re au pair agency. We use Au Pair in America. I understand they might be a little pricey compared to other agencies, but we’ve been very happy with them. They seem to do very thorough screenings in-country, which seems to be key (i.e., making sure she actually has the 3 yrs of infant care experience she claims to have). Also, ours is 24 (arrived when she was 23). I wouldn’t go with an 18 or 19 year old if you’re looking for independent childcare (vs mother’s helper). But my twins had just turned 1 when she arrived and she’s been caring for them solo full time for almost a year now and she’s fantastic. Not only do the kids love her, but she comes up with ideas for projects, looking online or getting suggestions from other au pairs, teaches them letters and numbers (in English and Portuguese), sings songs with them, gives them lots of snuggles, and also keeps the nursery and play areas tidy, the dresser full of clean, folded clothes, and makes them meals and snacks (and cleans up after). I think she sometimes naps during their naptime, but only when her chores are done. If you want more info, search for TBK and this s!te. I’ve sung her praises many, many times on here.