Washable Wednesday: Zip Pocket V-Neck A-Line Dress
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Oooh: I like this heavy ottoman knit with heavy seaming and — hold the phone — a zippered pocket. Other pluses: the dress comes in navy, black, and teal in regular, petite, and plus sizes, and it also has instructions to hand wash cold and lay flat. Sign me up, particularly for $98! Halogen® Zip Pocket V-Neck A-Line Dress
If you’re not into V-necks or pockets, check out this similar dress with a crew neck and no pockets.
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Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
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?
Another pumping question!
I have 4 month old twins and have been able to feed them entirely breast milk. My supply is really good, but now that they are close to sleeping through the night (or “sleeping through the night”), I would like to do away with a night pumping session so that I can sleep 7 hours straight.
At this point I go to sleep by 10 (so last pumping session from 9-9:30) and wake up at 3 or 3:30 ready to burst. The problem is that it takes 45 minutes to get back to comfortably empty, and then it takes me a long time to get back to sleep. And then it’s time to be up for good!
I know I should decrease gradually and have been trying, but it doesn’t feel that successful.
Any advice?
Thanks!
Thank you, everyone, very helpful indeed! I am mostly exclusively pumping – I nurse baby 2-3 times a week when I can, but there’s been a few weeks where I don’t at all. When I dropped from 4 to 3 sessions, I was surprised that the supply pretty much stayed the same overall, but I figured going from 3 to 2 would be more drastic. But the advice to pump more times or nurse more during weekends is good, and likely feasible – thanks !
And I’m not worried about discomfort – don’t know if it’s just me, but I’ve found that big boobs means that it takes a whole lotta milk to cause discomfort, so it is really just the supply concern.
Question for former exclusive pumpers: looking for anecdata about what happens when you drop a pumping session when baby’s 6-12 months (so, once the supply is firmly established and has been steady for a while). Baby is 7 months, and I pump 3 times a day now. I’m reluctant to start “weaning,” if you even call it that with pumping, but it would help my life tremendously if I can drop down to 2 sessions and maintain ½ to 2/3 of the current supply levels for the next couple of months. I know that the consequences of doing this are to a large extent unpredictable and vary from woman to woman – but since I know no one who has tried it at all, it would be helpful to hear any experiences that anyone has had trying this. Thank you in advance for sharing!
Anything I can say to a friend who likes to get into it in Face book groups with other moms in the class, the neighborhood group, etc.? She’s new in town and our kids are friends, but they’re probably leaving again this summer and I’m not sure if she’s already cut her losses (it’s a cliquey moms group, I’m not great with them either but I’m polite and not adversarial, which is, ah, different from my friend online) or really feels like these small issues (teacher appreciation week, neighborhood guidelines) are the hills to die on. She’s funny and personable in person, definitely complain-y but doesn’t come across like high-conflict.. until she posts a rant. In a classroom group. For 1st graders. Should I ignore, tell her what’s up, ask her what’s going on, any advice.
I’m about two months away from my due date. I’ve read some pregnancy and childbirth books, but nothing on early parenting. Are there any “must reads” or should I focus on sleeping late, eating at “grown up” restaurants, and going to the movies instead, hoping to just figure it out as we go along?
Any tips on getting baby to sleep unswaddled? Baby AIMS is starting to get to the point where we should probably stop swaddling but not sure how to best go about it since the only way she’ll fall asleep sans swaddle is if you hold her for a very long time, which isn’t an optimal solution.