Make My Life Easier Thursday: Heated Mattress Pad
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Anytime there’s a cold snap, I immediately want to add a heated mattress pad to my cart. My mom swears by hers and I’m ready to take her advice.
This one from Sunbeam looks like an excellent choice. It has 10 heat settings, dual controllers, and auto shut-off. In addition to the joy I’ll get from jumping into a warm bed on a freezing night, perhaps it will soothe my stiff shoulders and back.
This heated mattress pad starts at $89.99 for a twin on Amazon.
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?
Soon-to-be mom looking for advice: when I give birth my husband I will have several weeks of overlapping leave before he goes back to work. I think we’re both going to be shell-shocked by all the work that goes into having a baby and this may be obvious in the moment – but as tactically as possible: what are the tasks we should think about him fully owning in this time? We had originally been thinking that I would start pumping pretty quickly so we could quickly start splitting up nighttime feedings, but just learned that pumping + bottles is supposed to wait a few weeks. I’m already feeling overwhelmed by how much feels like it is specifically on me and would love any guidance!
LO is 18 mos and growing out of her baby Woolino sleep sack, and I’m on the fence about what to do next. She’s not a fan of blankets – gets tangled and can’t figure out how to undo it on her own, yet. How long did you keep your kiddos in sleep sacks?
Our (amazing) nanny is planning a trip to her country of origin in July. She hasn’t been home in 7 years, and I’m thrilled for her.
She gets 10 days of paid vacation each year (in addition to federal holidays, and any days we take as vacation days she gets off as well). She let me know that she’s planning on taking 3 weeks off total (the week of the 4th of july and the two subsequent), for travel, a day of quarantine upon arrival, a few days to reorient when she gets home, etc). She said we can not pay her for the “extra” days (above and beyond her 10 days).
Would you still pay her? I don’t want to set a precedent that she can always just take off as much time as she wants as long as it is unpaid, but she’s super responsible and fantastic and this is not going to be a yearly event by any means. I’m kind of just leaning towards paying her…
Did anyone see that Dr. Fauci said Pfizer under 5 vax could be authorized next month? What does that mean given Pfizer said they would not even submit their data until end of March? Off-label? I know I am just grasping at straws here but I am really hoping this is it…
Really just thriving over here. Forgot to pack boots and snowpants last week, so 3.5 yo DD had to play inside at preschool. Today, we missed pajama day. Really looking forward to an inevitable third miss in the near term. At least school is open two weeks in a row…??
Speaking of making life easier, I just bought a home photo printer. I’ve had to order photo prints to pick up for a school project 4 times this school year and none of the drugstores or big box stores in my area that offer print pick up from Shutterfly are on my school or commute route, so it is really inconvenient. Watch, now I won’t need a photo for a school project until 2023.
I know the answer to this is therapy but I just need to vent for a second. DH has retroactively decided he wants one kid instead of three. He’s told me we just have to “white knuckle through the next 18 years.” I want to tell him if we do that I will be gone in year 19. I’m not your live in nanny; I’m your wife. I’m so angry and feel very gaslighted.
After finally having a baby, I’m ready to leave my biglaw job for the government. But now I’m trying to budget for childcare. We currently have a nanny and if I go into government I’ll have to take a huge pay cut. Assuming a HHI of $300K and what we currently pay our nanny, is it crazy to spend 20% of that on childcare or do we need to start considering other options or should I wait to take a pay cut once the baby is a bit older and can go to pre-K? I also live in the DC area where costs are generally high and people seem to send their kids to private school even for pre-K (I did public school and always thought I’d send kid to public school too but with covid now, who knows). I’m pretty miserable at my job so was hoping to get out soon but running the numbers now seems daunting. Just wondering how much childcare is a portion of HHI for others.
I have a 10 month old in daycare and they suggested I start sending snacks since she seems hungry (girl has been 25th percentile for weight her whole life but eats like a baby linebacker). What do you send for an infant (no teeth)?
I know it gets easier, but please reassure me!
My two year old daughter started daycare this week. My mom has been kind enough to watch her at our house while I WFH for the past year and a half, but for a variety of reasons that isn’t really feasible anymore. DD is doing fine at daycare, but cried this morning saying she didn’t want to go, and it broke my heart a little. She’ll adjust over time, right?
Good morning. If anyone is still playing, my child care for three weeks:
Week 1 ?????
Week 2 ?????
Week 3 ?????
Got called this morning due to a positive case after last week’s closure.
I got a call from the school last night that my child was a “close contact”–last Thursday. The five-day quarantine period ended yesterday, so no need to keep her home. My child confirmed that the kid who sits next to her has been on Zoom with COVID since Friday. One might get the impression that the school is dragging its feet on contact tracing to avoid quarantine.
Help me with my evenings or at least commiserate. Lately, we’ve been having a stretch with our kids (3 and 5.5) from around 5:45, when dinner ends (or at least when they’re done…) until 6ish when the bedtime routine for our older one starts where the kids just go crazy. I know they’re tired from long days at school, but they are literally running around chasing each other, yelling, teasing, jumping off couches, etc. Even the younger, generally calmer, kid gets into it and really riles up the older more sensitive one. Husband and I are trying to clean up and are also tired then too, and it doesn’t exactly lead to a pleasant wind own routine. We stopped TV during the week for some older kid behavior issues, but maybe we bring that back for 10 min per night? What do other people do? Or do others have children who are just calmly chilling after dinner?
amusing 5 minute rabbit hole I just went down: google “west elm caleb”. Apparently it’s all over tik tok which i’m not on but my friend told me about him.
i’m not sure why i was so amused by him but he is cute…. i see how the girls are falling for him!