Make My Life Easier Thursday: Glass iPhone Screen Protector
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I have a glass screen protector for my phone, and I am very lucky that I do. I have the iPhone 8+, and this thing is heavy. I’m not going to blame my clumsiness on the size/weight of the phone, but I have dropped it several times. My glass screen protector has a few hairline cracks in it, and luckily they are contained to the protector itself and didn’t make it to the screen. Now that my son is more frequently manhandling my phone, it definitely needs all the protection it can get. These screen protectors are $5.89 at Amazon and eligible for Prime. Glass iPhone Screen Protector
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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
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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…
- 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?
Can we do cute kids stories a day early this week? It’s storming out, so I guess my son didn’t realize it was morning because he didn’t make a peep. DH went to get him about an hour after he normally wakes up and said he was just lying in his crib quietly (he’s 2 so he doesn’t normally do anything quietly). I thought that was really sweet. Also, DH made me coffee to go this morning and it is giving me life.
I had a rough conversation with DH last night. It started out as a conversation about disciplining our kids, which we needed to address, and quickly devolved into both of us realizing that everyone in our house is super stressed out. There are some changes we need to make in our daily routine — which I’m on board with — but one thing DH kept bring up is that he feels like the kids are in too many activities. That surprised me. Right now, our two kids are in two activities each. I thought we were handling the schedule well, but he feels strongly that on days when we have activities, they’re going through too many transitions at the end of the day (daycare or after-school care > activity > family time). I will fully admit that we have one kid in particular who needs a LOT of downtime. His 7 p.m. weekly soccer practice is … really bad. Like he never wants to go and can barely hold himself together to focus, even though he likes the games.
How do other families manage to not become cranky, burned out messes like we apparently are? We’re not even doing intense activities. The sports are YMCA rec league stuff, everything happens within a 10-minute drive of our house, and we’ve kept weekend stuff to a minimum. DS has soccer games on Sundays at the moment, but the season is only a few months long.
So I guess where we’ve landed for now is that our preschooler DD will be done with gymnastics at the end of the month and she’ll keep doing swimming lessons through the end of the school year because we’ve already paid for them. DS will finish out the soccer season. No summer activities for either kid, which I’m fine with. I just hate the idea of limiting our kids from trying new things because we, as parents, can’t seem to handle the go-go-go lifestyle on top of having two full-time jobs.
Maybe other families thrive with lots of activity, but we apparently do not. And I’m not going to hire a sitter to cart kids to activities. I know that’s a solution for many, but DH would absolutely put his foot down on that idea, and truthfully, I also think it would be a flashing sign that we’re trying to do too much. No judgment, I swear — I think it’s a great, creative solution for many families.
I don’t know what I’m looking for. Advice? Commiseration? Reassurance that staying home is fine and good and that we’re not depriving the kids of essential childhood experiences? It is such a rat race in my town, and I already feel like my kids are behind the curve because they haven’t “committed” to anything. I try to remind myself that most kids drop out of sports by age 13 anyway, but … yeah. Feeling lots of guilt for not being able to give them everything.
I need a place to vent about the upcoming holidays. Our relationship with DH’s parents is somewhat strained for a myriad of reasons that are not worth going into here. Unfortunately, it spills into his relationship with his 3 brothers, because their mother overshares her grievances with DH with her other children. He is Jewish and I am Catholic, and in the spirit of the holidays, and because I want kiddo to have positive holiday memories, we reached out to in-laws to see if they’d be having a Seder for Passover and if we could come. MIL at first said she was thinking about it, and then decided that she WILL have a Seder…on Sunday. For those who don’t know, Passover is typically celebrated on the first 2 nights (i.e. Friday and Saturday) and Easter is on Sunday. MIL knows that it’s Easter and that for the past decade we have spent Easter with my family. It just feels like a deliberate snub. I know it shouldn’t bother me, but my heart breaks a little for DH who now feels like he’s “choosing” my family over his, when we both know his parents are inconsiderate (circle back to the strained relationship referenced above). Geographically we can’t do both in one day without making our day miserable, and we don’t want to do that because Sunday is actually Easter and while Passover extends for 8 nights, the first 2 nights are when people celebrate. Sigh.
I took the NatureMade Prenatals with the DHA in one pill for 2+ years for kiddo #1. I’m taking them again (TTC) and they must have reformulated since the last time I took them, because the fish smell is just terrible now (and it’s the last two new bottles). Any recommendations for a similar prenatal? Other than the fish smell that makes me gag every single time, I was pretty happy with them (no nausea or GI issues).
I have a small almost-3 year old who is happily riding a 10” bike with training wheels. She struggled with tricycles, and the 12” bike we had was way too big but 10” is perfect.
I also have a 5.5 y/o who is happily riding a 16” bike with no training wheels.
We want to get them scooters. What do we get? 3 wheels (?brand?) for the 3 y/o and a 2 wheeed Razor for the 5.5? I think my older one would struggle with a 2 wheel scooter but…is it just a learning process?