Nursing Tuesday: Seamless Nursing Bralette
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Wow — these nursing bralettes are #27 on Amazon for women’s clothing — out of ALL clothing purchases. They are from a brand unfortunately named HOFISH — but they are super highly rated, with 452 reviews and 4.5 stars. Interesting. Ladies, have you tried them? They’re certainly affordable, as a three pack is $6.99- $25.99. HOFISH Seamless Nursing Bralette
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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?
Mamas,
What do you do for pants? Change into sweatpants when you get home? I seem to get every single pair dirty with mysterious smears as soon as I pick up my 7 month old from daycare. I can’t wash my work pants this often and drycleaners is a chore and an expense. And, if you do wear sweatpants for the rest of the day – do you have recommendations for something that looks alright?
x-posting from the main site: Does anyone have recos on where to get maternity wear for petites? I’ve just started looking and the selections seem really limited. TIA!
To kind of pick up on yesterday’s thread about kids having a mommy preference, my son is 2 1/2 and is going through this right now. The thing is that I think a lot of it is that my husband just doesn’t spend time with him. He’s one-on-one with him for 30 min in the morning after I leave for work and before the nanny arrives, but otherwise he barely sees him. He gets home after he goes to bed (which isn’t necessary – my husband just kind of putters around at work until he thinks it’s close to dinnertime). Often on weekends he’s eager to palm our son off on my MIL. And my MIL is happy to have him and it’s great that they have a close relationship, but sometimes I feel like if our son lived at our MIL’s and we saw him only once a month my husband would be fine with that. He loves him, but he just doesn’t enjoy spending time with him. It’s funny, my husband remarked yesterday that our son is so affectionate with me, lots of hugs and snuggles and lots of funny things he says or does, but that when it’s just the two of them, it’s all screaming and tantrums. Then my husband said “it’s just you, he’s affectionate with. Well, and my mom. And [the nanny].” He still didn’t see what his mom, the nanny, and I have in common — we all spend lots of time with our son! I know that I can’t make my husband be the parent I want him to be, but he complains so much about our lives being constrained. He says it will be better when our son is older and can interact more, but I feel like it’s driving a wedge between us. I’m not much of a baby person myself, but these days I just love spending time with our son. He’s so much fun to play with and talk with. I feel sometimes like my husband resents the time I spend with our son, and honestly it’s strange but we almost never spend time as a whole family. On the weekends my husband gets so antsy I often encourage him to go off on his own, which means that I spend a lot of weekend time just one-on-one with my kid. Not sure what I’m asking here, but just feeling kind of sad about the whole thing.
We have gotten used to a small outdoor swimming pool that has M and W bath/shower/changing rooms. There is an attendant b/w the two rooms. Boys go into the W room until they are maybe 3-4, but it is rare to see a boy older than that in the W room. I think that many people just use the room for the bathroom, rather than shower/changing, so people may just towel dry and then go home.
We joined a Y so that we can do swimming lessons when our pool closes. The age of the boys in the W room was a lot older — like 8ish? Definitely school aged.
I get that it’s easy for me because I have girls (6 and 8), but they’re getting to be of the age where I am trying to get them to understand personal privacy (especially as they start to spend more time doing things like being in others’ houses without me there, going to camps, etc. — how do they act and how should they expect others to act and what is crossing the line where they need to find a grownup in the personal space / privacy area). Plus, I like to have privacy myself (harder when with children, since there always is a need to turn around while in the middle of something).
FWIW, my husband would not ever take the girls into the men’s room even to go to the bathroom, even when they were tiny. He’d find a family room or we had a potty for the car. Now that they’re older, he’d wait outside the women’s room (and usually a nervous nellie who worries that people will think he’s a creep so he always blurts out “my daughters are inside” and people laugh) while they go in.
I’m planning a b’day party for my 3 year old. Almost all the guests will be 3 or 3.5. I can have the party, which is on a farm (hayride, pumpkin picking, cider donuts etc) at one of the following times:
Saturday: 11-1pm, 2:30-3:30pm
Sunday: 11:30-1:30pm, 2-4, 2:30-4:30
My kid doesn’t nap anymore, and I know at least 2-3 of the guests either don’t nap, or only nap occasionally. Ideally, I’d do the saturday 2:30-4:30 party because I don’t have to mess with squeezing in lunch. I figure donuts/cider/apples/cake is a great afternoon snack around 3/3:30. But do I risk half the kids not showing up because it’s during naptime?
Also, is there a reason to do Sunday vs Saturday that I”m missing?
We’ve been to 5 or so b’day parties so far this year and two were at 4pm, one was at 10:30 (and had ice cream and pizza served at 11am…), one at 11:30 (served lunch at 12:30)…
I’m planning a b’day party for my 3 year old. Almost all the guests will be 3 or 3.5. I can have the party, which is on a farm (hayride, pumpkin picking, cider donuts etc) at one of the following times:
Saturday: 11-1pm, 2:30-3:30pm
Sunday: 11:30-1:30pm, 2-4, 2:30-4:30
My kid doesn’t nap anymore, and I know at least 2-3 of the guests either don’t nap, or only nap occasionally. Ideally, I’d do the saturday 2:30-4:30 party because I don’t have to mess with squeezing in lunch. I figure donuts/cider/apples/cake is a great afternoon snack around 3/3:30. But do I risk half the kids not showing up because it’s during naptime?
Also, is there a reason to do Sunday vs Saturday that I”m missing?
We’ve been to 5 or so b’day parties so far this year and two were at 4pm, one was at 10:30 (and had ice cream and pizza served at 11am…), one at 11:30 (served lunch at 12:30)…
Can anyone help me figure out the best ponte/thicker than legging pull on skinny pants for the last 3 months of pregnancy at work? I’ve been belly banding it and I can’t do that much longer. I’d love to find something like a legging but with more material/thickness. I’ve looked at a bunch online and have come to no conclusions!
We usually go to FL for a week or so in the winter, but I am concerned that with Zika outbreaks and how little is known about Zika and babies, travelling to FL with a one year old is not the best idea. I realize all the news reports focus on harm to fetuses but when I asked our pediatrician about zika and babies, his answer was that “no one knows what effect it has on babies,” which I do not find terribly reassuring. Add to that the possibility that may be trying for no. 2 at some point after next winter and I wonder if we should abstain from our annual trip.
Curious – is anyone else with small kids but who is not actively TTC concerned about Zika?
I know this has been asked 101 times, but would love to hear your ideas for gifts for daycare teachers as we depart for a new city. We have absolutely loved our infant care in the corporate daycare LO goes to, and would like to let them know how much we’ve appreciated them for the past four months (cared for LO from ~3 months to 7 months, which I consider one of the most vulnerable times). There are two main teachers and 3-5 helpers that rotate. Any recommendations? Gift cards, baked goods, all of the above or otherwise?
Oh wise and wonderful moms, favorite lunchbox for an 18 month old?
Ugh, my daughter has HFM. Fortunately it’s a mild case, but it’s mostly concentrated in her mouth, so she’s barely eating or drinking (except for graham crackers. She can always eat graham crackers).
Also, how annoyed should I be at her daycare? Apparently there was an outbreak last week in the other toddler room and we were never notified. The rooms spend so much time together, and if we had been aware of the outbreak we would have been on higher alert for HFM. Instead we sent her to daycare yesterday, possibly infecting other kids.