Maternity Monday: Hooded Sweatshirt Maternity Dress
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By the second week of August, I’m over the sweltering summer weather. Fall is on my mind, and with that, a new fall wardrobe.
If you’re expecting, the cooler weather of fall is especially welcomed. This hooded sweatshirt dress from maternity favorite Ingrid & Isabel’s line for Target is made for busy fall weekends. Made from a cozy cotton/recycled poly blend, it has side slits for easy movement and practical pockets. The pretty muted orange color is particularly fall-like. Pair it with your favorite sneakers for all day comfort.
This hooded sweatshirt maternity dress is $34.99 at Target and comes in orange or gray. It’s available in sizes XS–XXL.
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Anybody have a good rec for a ginger candy or something similar for morning sickness? I’m hanging in there, but I’m on site with clients all day and I’d love to not have to be constantly snacking. Thanks hive.
Hanna Anderson fans who are good at sizing! Please help re sizing. I have a 2.5 yo girl (2Ts now) and 4.5 yo boy (mostly 4T, some 3T shorts). What size would you guess for next summer? So 3.5yo girl and 5.5yo boy?
Have any of you had your kid(s) do Mathnasium and if so, how was your experience?
Looking to drive or fly somewhere for a 4-day weekend with a 6-year-old and almost 1 year old this November. Coming from Boston area – any thoughts – was originally thinking Savannah or Charleston but no sure if those are kiddo friendly, etc. Thanks in advance!
Not really a question, just venting: I am ashamed of the level of working older mom insecurity that I feel at my kid’s preschool and in my neighborhood in general. I live in a super pricey area and most moms don’t work; we went to the open house for my son’s new (private, very expensive) school yesterday and it was 75-80% early 30s, super slim, super stylishly dressed moms who were catching up about summers spent poolside at the country club with their “littles” (I don’t know why this term annoys me so much, but it does). In most of my life, I’m supremely confident – I’m a public company GC! I run marathons! I think that I generally dress decently well! my husband still thinks I’m s*xy! – but I just felt immensely frumpy and old (I had my son late and am early 40s).
Like, every time I run into other moms of young kids in my neighborhood, they are impeccably dressed with fresh highlights and perfect nails, even if they’re just at the grocery store. And I can tell myself all day that I could be that way too if I were a SAHM with fulltime childcare (which is the norm in my neighborhood – my next door neighbor actually has both a full-time nanny and a baby nurse for her three kids, and is a SAHM), but in the moment I do not feel like an accomplished and confident executive leader…I feel like the consummate uncool girl.
Any tips for a 19-month-old who throws food and sippy cups? Throwing doesn’t mean he’s done, it’s just fun for him. When he’s REALLY done there’s more havoc. This has been pretty consistent for about 6 months. My older one didn’t do this so…it’s been fun.
Thanks all for the advice on Friday about weaning the kid off the nighttime bottle. We tried to switch out her bottle for her regular sippy cup on Friday night, and she took one look at it and started screaming inconsolably. That went on for an hour before my husband called it and rocked her to sleep with a bottle. At one point she WAS going to sleep – but I tried to put her in her crib and that woke her back up again, dang it. Saturday night we didn’t even bother attempting to switch, just gave her the bottle right away like normal. Sunday we tried a bottle shaped sippy cup which she didn’t outright reject but also started getting irritated with the lack of a real bottle after a few sucks. Rather than let her escalate to hysteria this time, we just put her down and let her grumble herself to sleep. Seems like just putting her down right away like a nap works best, no bottle, no cup, no rocking. Glad if we’ve solved this hurdle, but I’m going to miss holding her as she goes to sleep.
I’m at a loss with my 4.5yo. He refuses to eat most fruits and vegetables (only exceptions: cucumbers and canned peaches) but the weird thing is he generally *likes* them. I know this because in unique circumstances (ie not at the table), he will happily eat them. We went blueberry picking last week and he downed a quart of them. At the farmers market he will gnaw on raw lettuce. One day when I was eating a mango and said “wow, this is great!” he took the rest from me and ate it all (and has refused to touch mango since).
So, this is obviously a mental block/control thing, not a taste or sensory issue. I am very confident that he will grow out of it, and I’m not particularly worried about his health, but it’s just ANNOYING. So if any of you have tricks or tips you’ve used with similar kids, please share.
Any first day of school rituals you’ve adopted? School starts slightly later the first day so morning won’t be rushed – kiddo wants apple, banana, and raisin oatmeal for breakfast and then we’ll cycle to school. But do you do anything else to mark the day or week ? I’m not on social media – so no need for photo shoot, although I’ll get a cute snap of him in front of school.
Any recommendations on things you bought in preparation for a second kid? Right now I’ve got uppababy stroller adapters, new bottle nipples, second monitor camera, second changing pad, what else? This time I think I’ll also go for the owlet in hopes of reducing anxiety.
Back on the road regularly and want to invest in a new laptop bag. Needs to fit a 14” laptop.
I want it to be something stylish (as much as it’s possible for a laptop bag…) Not the standard Tumi consultant bro bag.
Ideally it would be a backpack with a luggage sleeve but can be flexible on that for something really compelling.
I’m a tech exec and my style runs more towards rag and bone/COS. Open to cool men’s bag too.
Any encouragement for a FTM struggling with the return to work? I’m a few days in, and if anything feeling worse than I did initially. We love our childcare set up and the logistics aren’t killing us yet, it’s just that I spend all day not being where I want to be (with my baby). Please tell me it gets better.
Tips on surviving a 12 hour car ride with a 5 year old and 2 year old? I’ll be making the trip solo. I plan to have lots of snacks on hand, and the 5 year old will get as much tablet time as she wants. Any other ideas? I’m dreading this.
My 4 year old keeps telling us she needs to pee and then nothing comes out. Could this be a UTI? Her actual pee is normal (normal frequency, volume, color etc) but this telling us she has to go when she doesn’t is new. It started last week when we were on vacation and swimming for hours every day, and we assumed she was getting confused by the sensation of pool water running down her legs. But it’s continued since we got home. She says there’s no pain when she goes, and she has no fever or other symptoms.