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My favorite wintertime tea is this bracing blend from Harney & Sons.
Their Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea is a blend of black teas, three types of cinnamon, orange peel, and sweet cloves. This aromatic tea is the perfect balance of heat, spice, and sweetness. (There’s actually no sugar in it!)
At 50 cents a cup (even less if you use your tea bag twice), it’s the perfect pick-me-up for a brisk winter day. No wonder it’s their best-selling flavored tea.
A reusable tin of 20 sachets is $10.
{related: the best teas: what to drink to wake you up, calm you down, and maybe even replace your wine}
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Clementine says
Happy Thursday everyone! Followup to yesterday’s conversation: Yup. Definitely burnt out.
Speaking of burnout – is anyone else feeling like they’re taking an unusually high amount of vacation this year? Like, the trips we’ve put off are going to be happening and it’s going to happen this year. Anyone planning anything fun?
Husband is pushing for the Azores or Porto, Portugal.
Anon says
Yes! I have a lot of accrued vacation time and budget and am planning to use a ton of it this year. We haven’t planned summer yet (I used to plan everything really far in advance but Covid put a damper on that) but we’re going to Italy as a family next month and I’m going sailing in the Caribbean with my mom later in the spring.
Boston Legal Eagle says
I plan to take my first multi-week vacation this summer since my honeymoon eight years ago. And other weeks off as well throughout the year. Combination of burnout, Covid and my kids getting to an age where traveling might actually be fun/at least less painful (will be 6 and almost 4 and the end of the summer). Nothing booked yet but likely still sticking to domestic for this year, even if they’re plane rides away.
Pogo says
I really want to do Azores since it’s such a short flight from the East Coast. Interested to hear more if you do go!
Cb says
We’re going to go next year as my parents live outside of Lisbon. Will keep you posted on kid friendly activities.
Leatty says
The Azores is amazing!!! That was our last big trip before COVID, and I would love to go again. We went without kids and had such a great (and relaxing) time hiking, exploring Sao Miguel, whale watching, and eating the delicious food. That being said, I don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much with my kids (4 and 1). I don’t recall seeing but one small playground (granted, I wasn’t looking for one), my kids would not have enjoyed the hiking or swimming in the cold ocean water), and they are picky eaters who would have complained about the food choices.
Cb says
We’d definitely bring grandparents so we could hike. My Scottish child will swim whatever the water temperature :)
Pogo says
lol, my kids swim in the Atlantic in June so I’m wouldn’t be terribly worried about that! I could definitely see it being more fun with no kids, more intense hikes, enjoyable dinners etc.
Anon says
I feel like all I’ll want to do in the Azores is hike, which seems incompatible with little kids. We’re hoping to go to mainland Portugal in 2023 though.
Cb says
We have quite a few trips planned – Easter in York on the back of a conference, kiddo and I are spending 2 weeks in Portugal with my parents – I have a conference in Lisbon for a few days and then we’ll stay on, a farm stay that’s been rescheduled 4 times due to Covid, beach week with the cousins, and then back to Portugal for Christmas. Husband and kiddo need to get down to London to visit the grandmas. I’d like to get away for a long weekend, maybe for our anniversary in October.
Anonymous says
I was pushing for the Azores or Portugal pre-pandemic (and pre-baby, now toddler). That’s kind of on the back burner now.
Anon says
in 2021 the lack of vacation taken in 2020 meant i was able to take 3 consecutive weeks off last summer and we went to visit our family back east (we live in Houston), and we will do the same thing this summer. i am jewish and would love to go visit family for passover, but it involves combining multiple households indoors with a bunch of unvaccinated kids (including my own) and while all the adults are vaxxed, and the risk is probably low, on the off chance we do get covid, it could interfere with my kids’ birthday and first dance recital (both of which they’ve been talking about for months), which i think they would find devastating, so i’m leaning towards no. In 2023, DH gets a one month sabbatical in addition to his 25 vacation days, so i’m also trying to save up some days for that and maybe the kids will actually be fun to travel with by then, but who knows
Anon says
Kids should be vaxxed by Passover this year! Approval is coming at the end of February.
Anon says
with 3 shots they will likely not be fully vaxxed by Passover. I also will 100% be vaccinating my kids, but I also want to be certain that the 3 shot regimen actually works before doing so. i’m not jumping at the chance to vaccinate them with 2 shots that don’t do enough, but will happily get started once pfizer has the data to show that 3 is sufficient. i also don’t know whether my cousins all plan on vaccinated their kids.
TheElms says
I’m fairly certain I went into Christmas incredibly burnt out from the prior 18 months, and then we got hit with multiple childcare issues in December and January (necessitating taking much more leave than I planned) and now I’m about to go out on maternity leave (and have been having some minor complications with my pregnancy but they all seem to require a 3 hour weekly doctor’s appointment) and I am having the hardest time focusing, making up the time in the evening, or accomplishing much of anything at work beyond the most important essentials. So definitely will report taking much more leave than I ever have in the last 10 years, but unfortunately it still doesn’t really feel like I’ve taken much actual leave/vacation! Oh well. Fingers crossed for a baby that is a good sleeper! But even though I know I find the newborn stage really hard, I’m really looking forward to the change of pace. And hoping that by the time kiddos are 3 and 6 (so in 3 years!) a bigger family vacation will seem like an awesome idea. Friends have done Portugal with little kids and that seems pretty fun!
Anonymous says
No vacation planning here. I have burned through all my PTO on child care. Right now I can’t even take a desperately needed mental health day becuase I’m trying to build back up to a week of accrued time to have on hand when omicron hits us. I’m also pessimistic about travel planning because every one of the three trips we’ve tried to take has been canceled because of COVID surges. I am starting to think our travel planning actually causes the virus to mutate. If the kid gets to go to summer camp I’ll count it as a victory.
anon says
Ugh, I feel that so much. We have apparently really bad luck when planning vacations. We’ve canceled several and the one that stuck involved a very last-minute change to another location when there was a surge in the original area. I can’t even look at people’s vacation pictures on social media anymore because I’m both pissed and jealous.
Tea/Coffee says
We’re not really taking big trips (I wish) but yeah, there’s a lot of vacation on the calendar! Part of it is because my employer allowed us to carry over additional vacation the last couple years, but they are slowly sunset-ting that back to pre pandemic levels. So i have an interesting amount of use-or-lose for the next 2-3 years. Which is good bc I definitely need to take some time off, but tend to… not.
So Anon says
Our vacation is use or lose, which means that for the past several years, I plan to take a week or 10 days at the end of the calendar year. I seem to forget every year that I work in corporate america where year-end is a THING, and deals need to be signed in December to be effective 1/1. As a result, I am not planning on that this year and plan on using most of my vacation before December hits.
This year, I am excited to travel. So far, I am taking my kids to do the Utah national parks in April, and am thinking about something more for the summer and a fall trip as well. Does anyone have insight/thoughts about whether international travel will be logistically less of a pain than in the recent past by this summer? I’m thinking of a quick trip to the UK, France or Caribbean. Or Bermuda is super easy from the east coast…
Anon says
I don’t think the testing requirements for international travel are going anywhere anytime soon, certainly not by this summer. But I’ve done it and it’s really not that big a deal. You buy an eMed test and take it via computer proctor in your hotel room and get an email with your results that you show the airline. It’s annoying but it’s not something that would stop me from traveling internationally if I otherwise wanted to. And honestly I find it kind of reassuring to get on a plane knowing everyone on the flight tested negative recently. But if you don’t want to travel internationally, USVI and Puerto Rico are the US and are exempt from re-entry testing.
Anonymous says
What happens if you test positive, though? You lose all the $$$ you spent on the vacation? And if you test positive before the flight home, don’t you get stuck in another country with kids? It seems risky.
Anon says
If you test positive before the trip, you reschedule or cancel. You don’t lose any money. Everything is cancel-without-penalty these days, including plane tickets. I never booked non refundable hotels even before the pandemic because random daycare illnesses occasionally caused us to reschedule trips.
If you test positive while there, yes you would be stuck for another week or two, but the odds of this happening are very low, especially if you’re triple vaccinated and being relatively cautious while traveling.
I think these testing requirements are going to be in place for another 5-10 years, if not forever, so unless you’re willing to just never leave the US again, you have to deal with them.
Anonymous says
I highly doubt they’re in place for another 5-10 months to be honest. The EU completely has done away with testing requirements to enter or return back. I’d expect the US to follow suit soon.
Anon says
The EU has not all done away with testing requirements. We’re going to Italy in a few weeks and the adults need negative tests to enter, despite being triple vaxxed.
Also even without a formal testing requirement, you can develop symptoms, test positive and get stuck there, so there’s always some risk of ending up in a foreign country for 1-2 weeks longer than planned if you’re leaving the US. I would not travel during a surge for this reason, because of course the risk of getting a positive test is much higher when there’s more virus circulating.
Anonymous says
We are not hopeful about travel this year, so we decided to save up for an amazing trip to Patagonia in a couple of years.
Spirograph says
Let’s see if any of my comments work today…. yesterday they all went into a black hole.
The Azores is GORGEOUS, you should do that.
We’re going on a cruise because I don’t have the mental bandwidth to plan activities or figure out how to feed and house ourselves on vacation at the moment. Once I have that back, though, Eastern Europe (husband’s family heritage) is first up. Assuming there’s no war, of course.
Anon4This says
DH and I took ~10 days just us (Grandma watched then almost-2-year-old DS #1) trekking through Uzbekistan in October 2019. To me, THAT is a vacation. I am hoping we can do something similar in 2023 (assuming family can watch DS #1 and #2).
As for family trips, we’ve not planned anything. Kicked around renting a local beach house, and/or maybe even a bougie all inclusive resort. It’ll all be simpler once the kids (both <5) can be vaxxed.
GCA says
I’d love to visit the Azores and Portugal! Unfortunately, while I do have extra vacation days carried over, clients have also decided this is the year they want to ramp up all the projects they’ve had on their back burner for the last two years. I’m staring down the barrel of seven (!) different projects with deadlines from here to November, and wondering how on earth to make it all align with school vacations, husband’s projects, etc. But we do have some weekend trips planned at least, mostly local, and one longer cross-country trip to see family.
Cb says
My favourite Harney and Sons was the white earl grey. I have a tea system of black in the morning, green or white at lunch and early afternoon, and then non-caffeinated from 2pm til bedtime. I’ve been drinking a chai roibos for an afternoon warm up.
Anonymous says
I tried the Hot Cinnamon Spice and found it incredibly sweet, as if there were actual sugar in it. If you are like me and detest sugar in your tea, steer clear!
Cb says
Yes, I drink everything without sugar and some of the cinnamons are too sweet.
Tea/Coffee says
My favorite H&S tea is Hot Cinnamon Sunset – it’s not sweet but very spicy and delicious :-) so you might try that for less of a sugary feel.
I used to get it at B&N I think, but that was back in my pre-kid and pre-kindle days of leisurely browsing piles of dead trees.
Anonymous says
Sometimes I sneak off when I am purportedly doing errands and browse the piles of dead trees making lists of books to download on my Kindle. I need to do that again soon.
Cb says
Yes, when I saw the promo, I got nostalgic for college trips to B&N and the cafe. We have an indie bookshop here that will make you a cup of tea if you’re browsing.
CPA Lady says
Their dragon pearl jasmine is 10/10. So good. Plus it has a cool name.
anon says
Zarabee’s nighttime cough syrup appears to be out of stock everywhere, and has been for a few months. Anyone have a good alternative? I’ve tried to give my kids just straight honey and lemon but they won’t drink it (so weird to me because I loved it when I was a kid!).
Anon says
Dissolving honey in water or juice works well for us.
Anon says
I’ve found the Hyland’s cold/cough products work better for my kids
anon says
Check with your pediatrician re cough syrups. While there are a bunch on the OTC market, mine advises against any in most cases because studies have not found them to be safe and effective for kids.
Anonymous says
+1, mine recommends honey only, or honey dissolved in water with a little lemon juice.
HSAL says
Ours (and a hospital doc during a coughing/asthma visit) also recommended against OTC cough syrups for our 3 and 6 year olds.
Anon says
Zarbees is just honey so most peds are fine with it. It’s not “cough syrup” in the medical sense, which can’t be used in children under a certain age (I want to say 6?)
Anon says
I think it’s just honey, so you could probably put honey in some juice or on a graham cracker or similar.
Anonymous says
Will your kids drink tea? Mine will take spoonfuls of straight honey, but we also do a peppermint tea with honey.
Anon says
I love TWG teas but they are not easy to get in the states. I wish they had a store here!
GCA says
So do I! I’ve got to ask my mom to bring some for us and MIL when she visits later this year.
TILY Tea is also great – it’s traditional herbal teas, but not your grandmother’s murky brews. They ship internationally but that’s wildly expensive.
Boston Legal Eagle says
So some latest reports that I’ve read seem to indicate that the FDA will approve Pfizer’s vaccine for under 5s sometime next week. Prior to the safety/efficacy data on the third dose. Poll: For those with younger kids, will you be giving your under 5s the vaccine right away? I think I probably will, after checking with my ped and if she thinks it’s fine for the 3 year old. It can’t hurt, right?
Anon says
Yep.
Anonymous says
Yep, but mine’s <2.
Anon says
Of course not. There are a host of vaccines in the pipelines that, unlike mRNA, will prevent people from getting and spreading COVID. For a low-risk kid, that’s the vaccine to get.
Anonymous says
Hahahaha this is so ridiculous
Anonymous says
Which vaccines are those?
Anon says
Not the person you’re replying to but I know there’s a pan-coronavirus vaccine in early testing, but we have no idea if it works and even if it does it won’t be available for years.
Anonymous says
“In the pipeline” is still several months to a year away from my kid, though. Novavax only submitted for 18+. Covaxin isn’t authorized in the US at all, and WHO authorized it for 15+. I haven’t seen that Corbevax has done clinical trials in people <18.
TheElms says
I really want to, but I want to better understand what happens to those kids that start the series, if the 3 dose series at the current dosage doesn’t ultimately have the efficacy we all hope it will?
I assume that means Pfizer will need to test a higher dose in kids ages 2-4.
Would kids who started with the lower dose be precluded from getting the higher dose when that was approved? If so, how long would the exclusion last? Would that ultimately not actually matter because of how long it would take to redo the trial with a higher dose for kids 2-4?
I just don’t want to end up in a situation where my kid has started down a path for a vaccine that is not especially effective and that somehow precludes them from getting a more effective vaccine.
Anonymous says
You just aren’t this special! Get them vaccinated as soon as you can
Anonymous says
What?!? This is an extremely reasonable concern. Think of all the people who got stuck with J&J and had to scramble to find a way to get revaccinated with Pfizer or Moderna. If insurance and the state vaccine registry have it on file that you’ve started one series, it can be next to impossible to get a different vaccine. There is no evidence yet that the three-shot regimen will be effective.
I fear that the FDA and the CDC are going to lose all credibility if they authorize the two-shot regimen on the assumption that they will be able to add a third shot in a few weeks, then the third shot doesn’t turn out to boost immunity to a very high level. The wrong dosage was selected for the trials. It really stinks, but Pfizer needs to go back and try again with a higher dose.
Anon says
It would likely not matter because started with new trials is going to take at least 12 months.
Anon says
+1 I agree. Especially since I have a 4.5 year old who would be eligible for the higher dose before long. Why would I give my kids a vaccine series that’s only *expected* to work, before the data is back? And possibly preclude them from other options (eg Moderna, or a more targeted vaccine for a future strain)?
Anon says
+1. Kiddo will be 5 in August. So either let me see third shot data (which hopefully will be available late this spring) or we’ll wait until she is 5 for something that we know works. If I had a younger kid I would probably wait to see the third shot data too, but the decision is easier knowing we have an option for August.
Anon says
Same. I’m as pro-vax as they come and my oldest turns 5 this year. I’ll likely wait to give her the higher dose unless the Pfizer data for under 5’s is surprisingly effective. It’s a tough spot to be in to potentially have to wait even longer, but I also want to give her the best protection possible. My youngest will also likely turn 2 before anything’s approved, so that puts him in that unpredictable 2-5 age range as well.
Anon says
yes this is how i feel about it. i want to know that the 3rd dose will work and be approved. and i say this as someone who was hitting refresh every 5 seconds to get my own shot and who has no doubt about vaccinating my kids
HSAL says
Same.
NYCer says
+1.
Anon says
I think Pfizer is just testing a third shot, right? So theoretically they’d just get one more after the first two rather than need a different dosage. I’m planning to wait for the Moderna data though, which I think is supposed to be next month. We just had Covid so I figure we have a couple of months to dicker around and weigh the options. If I had an under 2 year old I wouldn’t wait, though.
Anon says
I’m not happy about the dosage screwup and wish I could sign a waiver and get my giant 4.5 year old the bigger dose, but I’m assuming even a low dose offers substantial protection against severe illness and since I personally know two kids under 5 who were hospitalized with Omicron I want her protected against severe as soon as possible. So yes. Hoping we can get a higher dose booster on her 5th birthday, since it seems like a booster authorization for 5-11 is coming soon.
MBRec says
Yes, but I’ve got a 13 month old, and we know they’re way more effective. If they were 2-5 I’d have a long chat with the pediatrician and probably still get it, figuring they can get Moderna too if needed.
Pogo says
I’d have to take a hard look because I’ll have a 5 year old in August and it might just be worth waiting to let him get the 5yo series. And he’s got antibodies for the next 80 days, so the gap would be ~4mos.
Anon says
My husband and I are leaning towards getting our just-turned-2 year old vaccinated as soon as approval goes through, but holding off on vaccinating our 4.5 year old until he turns 5 this summer. i’ve read that the estimate right now is for the three dose series to be over the course of 11-12 weeks + two weeks for the third shot to fully kick in; if he won’t be fully vaccinated until a few weeks before his birthday anyway, I’d rather just wait until he is eligible for the proven, higher dose. If he were 3, or had just turned 4, I’d likely get him the shots as soon as they were made available. Its such a difficult decision anyway and I hate that all of these incompetencies are making it even harder.
Anon. says
This is exactly where I’m at. Just turned 2 – I will be first in line, but will postpone for big brother who turns 5 in June. At least that’s my current thought process.
Pro Vax that Works says
No, I will not. I want my child to have actual immunity, not some theoretical immunity that might come with a 3rd dose and might not. I will be holding out for Moderna for my 3 year old unless efficacy data for a 3rd pfizer dose comes out before Moderna is approved for her age group. I really don’t understand why I should even consider giving my child a vaccine that doesn’t work if that may preclude her from getting one that does work.
Anon Lawyer says
If you look at the data two doses actually did significantly lower actual infection rates in kids 2-4 during the omicron wave.
Anon says
Where is this data available? I hadn’t heard that, but that’s very encouraging.
Anon Lawyer says
I saw it in both the NYT and WaPo stories on authorization for younger kids. It wasn’t part of the formal clinical trial but the sheer number of infections during the omicron wave gave them a chance to observe how the vaccines worked in practice.
GCA says
I have mixed feelings. Yes, obviously I do want my 3.5yo protected. I’ve also seen a lot of sentiment (here and in other generally pro-vaccination groups with a good understanding of science) that’s like, I would like my kid’s vaccine to be as effective as my own. I get it. I am leaning towards yes for a few reasons: one, public health is the sum of individual actions; and two, I don’t expect vaccines to be a one-and-done thing. Rather, we will probably have to get boosters or formulations targeting different strains each year like we do for the flu shot.
Clementine says
Samesies.
Anonymous says
Even though vaccines won’t be a one-and-done thing, getting Pfizer now will make it difficult or impossible to get Moderna soon after if the third dose of Pfizer turns out to be as ineffective as the first two but Moderna confers more protection.
Anon says
Unclear. If the third dose fails, they might treat people who got the two dose series as unvaccinated and allow them to get other vaccines. No one knows what the rules will be. And Moderna likely isn’t coming any time soon. The FDA has made it clear they have a preference for Pfizer for kids. Moderna isn’t even approved for the 12-17 age group, and they can’t approve age groups out of order. I think presenting it as a choice between a bad Pfizer now and a good Moderna in a couple months is very disingenuous (and the adults in our family are all #TeamSpikevax).
Anonymous says
+1, I think we’re a ways away from Moderna for the <5s. De-escalation trials aren't supposed to lead to approvals/authorizations out of order. And I'm Team Spikevax all the way.
Anon says
why can’t they approve age groups out of order? aren’t some of the concerns with moderna more of a concern with the 12-17 age group than the younger age group?
Anonymous says
With a de-escalation trial design, the first authorizations/approvals are for healthy and/or lowest-risk adults, and then (barring exceptional circumstances) they work from there to the most vulnerable groups.
Anon says
Yes myocarditis is a much bigger concern in teens than younger kids. But the trials were designed as age de-escalation studies, which means they can’t go out of order. It’s frustrating.
Walnut says
We are leaning toward waiting on my nearly five year old and I am moving my 3 year old’s routine well check to March and will discuss with my pediatrician then. I will follow her guidance.
Anonymous says
No. I have a 3.5 year old and two older ones that have already been vaccinated. The majority of her preschool class has already had COVID. We are not high risk in any way.
I don’t care if you do or don’t vaccinate your <5, and I’m very glad the option is there for the people that need/want it.
FWIW I was on the fence about my 5 year old but she’s in K and we did it so she could “test and stay” vs quarantine. It saved 10+ days of in person learning loss so far.
We vaccinated my 72lb 8 year old without question.
anon says
I will do whatever my pediatrician advises us to do. I trust her wholly. I work in finance. She works in pediatrics. She knows better than I ever will, full stop.
Anonymous says
Every pediatrician will automatically advise parents to have eligible children vaccinated with whatever vaccine is available ASAP. They don’t do individual risk/benefit/what-if analysis.
Anon says
They do care about individual risk benefit analysis, and the benefits outweigh the risks. Even a less-effective-than-optimal vaccine still offers significant protection especially against severe disease. ~25 kids are dying of Covid every week. The vaccine is killing zero. It benefits any individual to get vaccinated ASAP with whatever vaccine is available to them at the time.
Anonymous says
That’s what got a lot of people who took J&J into trouble.
Anon says
following up on above – at what age does travel with kids become fun? last summer we traveled with our then 3 year old twins and we definitely had some fun moments, but one basically didn’t sleep the whole time and they dropped their nap while we were on the trip, plus the tantrums, and so i came back significantly more exhausted than before i left.
Anonymous says
It is entirely kid-dependent. I found travel lots of fun at age 2.5, but I only had one kid who didn’t need to nap and slept well at night. It was still kind of stressful being in non-childproofed hotel rooms and vacation homes until around age 4 because of the need for constant vigilance. And it got significantly easier when we no longer had to juggle a car seat.
Anon says
Depends on the kids’ personalities and number of kids. Also depends on the travel – crossing many timezones is always going to be harder. Honestly, I have always found travel with my kid super fun (albeit often somewhat tiring) but I only have one and she’s always been a good traveler and decent sleeper. In some ways age 0-2 was easier because we could just take her wherever we wanted with no complaints. At 4, the trips are more kid-centric and it’s a lot harder to do the kind of adult-oriented trips we did before (every trip includes so. many. playgrounds.) but there is also a lot more joy in seeing her actually understand what’s happening and explore a new place.
I also think it’s about expectations. I never expect a trip with kids to be relaxing, unless you’re going to a beach resort with a kids club or something like that. I’m the kind of person that would rather be in a new place even if it’s not a “vacation” and I’m tired, but I know not everyone feels that way. If you don’t enjoy it, no need to do it!
Cb says
We travelled with grandparents at 2, and that was nice, but it helped we had the extra hands. Now at 4, everything is so easy – less luggage, no stroller, carries his own backpack.
Anon says
It’s fun when you bring the grandparents to help watch the kids, lol. We have not taken a trip just our family yet (kids are 6, 4, and baby) but take a yearly beach trip with my parents and sisters and it’s lots of fun. I even manage to read 3+ books in the week
Anon says
This. Beach trips with extended family are the most fun, which we do every year and it’s 10 adults and 1 kid and now that she’s 4.5 I practically don’t see her the whole week other than an occasional hi and bye and tucking her into bed at night. DH is dealing with health issues so I am taking her to the beach by myself for spring break and TBD how that goes. We did a weekend visiting grandma just the two of us recently, but grandma is actually better than DH in terms of hands on childcare (probably because she doesn’t have to do it all the time), so that is not a good proxy.
Anon says
Ha, I’ve had the opposite experience. I took my daughter to Hawaii with my parents when she was an infant, and it was my single worst vacation ever (ever! not just worst-vacation-with-a-kid). My parents are super helpful when we’re visiting them or they’re visiting us and had promised to do lots of childcare, but when I got there they were totally checked out and in vacation mode. They acted like it was a burden to entertain my daughter for 15 minutes a day so I could shower. My dad refused to accommodate my kid’s schedule at all, so my parents ended up going out to most meals and activities without us. My kid woke up for the day in the middle of the night, so I got very little sleep. I probably read a lot, but it was only because I almost literally didn’t leave the condo (and the condo didn’t even have an ocean view, which was a planning fail – I no longer travel to beach locations without a balcony looking at the ocean). The flight to Hawaii – solo, with a baby – was the easiest and most fun part of the trip. Never again.
Anon says
That stinks! It’s definitely a know-your-grandparents situation. I do feel a little bad because I think Grandma might need a vacation after our vacation (she does take an annual girlfriends trip about a month later)…this year might get tougher, as we’ll have 8 adults and 7 kids, ages 0-7. We basically just camp out at our rented house or the beach so it’s fairly low key. I hope we’re making lots of fun cousin memories
Anon says
Yeah, the cousin thing definitely makes it a different dynamic. We’ve had better luck traveling with just my mom. She and I have joked that my dad is basically another kid, so she’s preoccupied with taking care of him and can’t help with the actual kid… but it’s not really a joke. I think expectations matter too. I generally find solo travel with my kid rewarding, and I think it’s because I go into it with the mentality that it will be hard but worth it. I probably expected too much from my parents, which set me up for disappointment.
CPA Lady says
I have traveled across the country with my kid to visit my sister multiple times. Due to work conflicts/vacation time constraints my husband has only been able to come with me a handful of times. Every time has been markedly easier than the time before. She’s 7 now, and we were just visiting over Christmas. It was very easy and fun. Traveling with young toddlers/preschoolers was a massively stressful hassle (still worth it, but ugh, so glad those years are behind me). Kiddo and I did a different solo trip over the summer when she was 6, and that went really well too. So I would say 6/7 is when it’s really smooth sailing.
Cb says
Yes, I would still find a transatlantic trip difficult with a 4 year old, but a 3 hour flight is fine. On our last flight, he bingewatched a season of Octonauts and ate snacks.
Anon says
I’ve found long haul flights way easier than I expected, especially once they get to the age where they can be entertained by TV. In some ways I think the flights are kind of the easiest part of traveling with little kids.
Anon says
Yeah, once they hit age 2.5 (aka have an attention span longer than 15 minutes) or so long-haul flights aren’t bad at all. 8-hour flights with 14-month-old twins are exhausting though, just because you’re constantly interacting with them.
Anonymous says
Travel with small children is a trip, not a vacation.
Pogo says
+1 this is my take. Honestly it was easier when we had just 1, and he was a baby – he would just sleep in the carrier or stroller and come along with whatever we did. Now with 2 it is a lot of logistics.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Hopefully 6 and almost 4 in my case! I think my older one will be fine on the plane and will be happy to just watch the iPad the whole time. The younger one has never flown so may be more nervous, but is also less active so might be ok just sticking to us and also getting some iPad shows. Sleeping will be trickier, especially across time zones, but they generally sleep ok when away from home.
Anon says
I have heard babies do the best with jet lag but we went to Hawaii from the east coast at 11 months and 3.5 and she adjusted to the jet lag much, much faster at 3.5! Fingers crossed that trend continues.
So Anon says
I think there is a sharp upward trend of having fun as kids exit the toddler/preschool years. When you no longer need to bring a pack n play, huge car seats, worry about naps or kids very narrow eating habits, it gets so much better. Also, when they can self-entertain on a plane and carry some of their own stuff, it is easier.
I did a long weekend (3nights) in Manhattan with my kids when they were 6 and 9, and it was a pure delight. They were game for walking around the city, seeing the sights, waiting in line for the Intrepid, and all in February. They could pack and carry their own backpacks, and knew the drill through airport security. I did that trip as a trial run for our international trip that was canceled in 2020. I’ve also done a week-long ski trip with them when they were 5 and 8, and that was a bit more challenging because one adult – two kids on skis is logistically tough, but that was fun too. As with a lot of things parenting, I think a big part of this is adjusting expectations. My trips now are not the same trips that I did pre-kids, but now that my kids are a bit older, I find it a lot of fun to travel with them.
Clementine says
I’m also team ‘it depends on the kid’. We’ve had some amazing trips with our kids, but part of it is that we really set our expectations pretty low.
When your expectation is ‘Yeah, we’ll go to the beach and the kids will last roughly 45 minutes,’ then you’re amazed when the kids are happily playing for 3 hours. Versus when the expectation is that it’s an all day beach day and the kids ‘only’ last 3 hours.
The biggest things we’ve realized are that it’s worth it at this season of life to find accommodations which have a kitchen/kitchenette and a separate sleeping area.
DLC says
We haven’t really travelled since 2020, so maybe I have wistful recall, but I’ve always had an okay time travelling. It’s definitely a lot to keep track of and organize and manage, though. And Re-entry is always tough, I think.
I think fun also depends a lot on expectations and how you define “fun”. It’s not going to be fun 100% of the time, and honestly I find that it’s a sh*tshow a lot of the time. But even when large swaths of a trip are a slog, there are enough really great moments to make me want to do it again. For example going to London and York with our two year old felt like a lot, but I would do it again. Flights with toddlers – not my favorite and absolutely exhausting, but it’s only the beginning and end of a trip.
I think also maybe consider why you travel. For me, we don’t travel enough that it’s about recharging. My husband and I are the type of people that if we want to recharge we stay home and hunker. We like to travel to see new things and get outside our comfort zone and to see family.
Anon says
I agree with others that it has a lot to do with managing expectations. My husband doesn’t really enjoy travel so I do a lot of solo travel with my 4 year old. I don’t go into it expecting a vacation. I expect that it will be hard at times but ultimately rewarding and I’ve never been disappointed.
Quite frankly, at this point I enjoy traveling with my kid more than my husband. She is 4, so she melts down sometimes, wakes me up earlier than I ever thought I would get up on vacation and eats approximately five different foods, but even at this young age she has a real appreciation for traveling and is normally happy and enthusiastic on trips. My husband on the other hand is usually grumpy and acting like he’d rather be at home, and I would rather deal with someone who is happy to be there but occasionally having age-appropriate tantrums than someone who doesn’t want to be there period.
Anonymous says
Right there with you. My kid is a great traveler. My husband insists that we arrive at the airport three hours early, panics about navigating the airport, and then wants to spend all day sitting in the hotel room doing nothing because he is overwhelmed and doesn’t want to spend money on museums and activities.
Group B Strep? says
I was just notified through EPIC that I tested positive for Group B Strep and am due in the next couple of weeks. My OB is making this sound like it really isn’t a big deal — is it? Any experiences to share? Thanks so much.
Lily says
No it’s not. Had it both times. Barely noticed. They give you an antibiotic drip. That’s it. Just don’t wait to go to the hospital once your water breaks.
EDAnon says
Same. Positive twice. Just be aware that you get antibiotics and eat or act accordingly.
Anon says
It’s common and generally not a big deal as long as you get to the hospital in time to receive the IV antibiotics. And even if you don’t… I was positive with my second son and arrived at the hospital at 9 cm; he was born almost as soon as the first dose of antibiotics got into my arm and definitely didn’t have time to take effect. They took him and monitored him for a couple hours, but he was fine
AnonATL says
I had it, and it’s not a big deal at all. They will give you antibiotics, and I think they run one additional test on baby after it’s born.
If you want to be up and moving around during labor, it might slightly limit your mobility. My hospital’s policy was I had to have a dose every 4 hours and be in the bed during the dose but could be up and moving afterward. Ended up having an epidural so it was irrelevant, but something to ask about depending on your birth plans.
Spirograph says
It really isn’t a big deal. I was GBS positive for my first kid and the only reason it affected anything at all is that my labor was really quick and they didn’t have the antibiotic IV in me long enough before the baby was born. As a result, we had to stay in the hospital an extra night for extra tests, which all came out fine.
jz says
chiming in to say not a big deal, it does add to hospital time though if your water breaks early in labor (versus someone without group b strep who can stay home until they’re dilated more). i was in the hospital for 28 hours because of this and had to be tied to the IV even though labor was tolerable and i would have been happy to move around more.
OP says
OP here – thanks all. For my last two, I had preterm premature rupture of membranes and was at the hospital within a couple of hours of water breaking, so should be okay there if it happens the same way, and I am planning on an epidural. I did move around for my last two labors before the epidural but my hospital doesn’t let you walk the L&D halls anymore (thanks covid!) so it really does sound like this won’t have too much of a noticeable effect based on the anecdotes above.
Anon says
My seven year old has stinky underarms! I knew this day would come, but i didn’t expect it so soon. She thinks it’s hilarious. I remind her to use soap under her arms in the shower, otherwise I’m leaving it alone for now.
Anonymous says
Please consider getting her some deodorant. I used to work with kids and it was really unpleasant to be around the ones who needed deodorant and didn’t use it, especially in the winter when they were wearing heavy clothing in overheated rooms. The other kids will also notice and make fun of her. There are many brands that don’t contain antiperspirant or artificial fragrances.
Anon says
Op-thank you for the heads up! I had no idea.
Anonymous says
Huh? Get her deodorant. It’s not funny.
Anon says
The seven year old thinks it’s funny. That is not unreasonable behavior for a seven year old.
anon says
Um, your kid needs deodorant. It’s not as uncommon as you think.
DLC says
Toms makes a kid deodorant that is pretty gentle.
I feel like all of body changes/ puberty is hitting sooner than I remember. It might be Genetics from my husbands side, though.
Anonymous says
Yes please get her deodorant. We recently went through this with my nephew (age 8) who came to my house smelly. My 4yo started innocently asking why he smelled bad. He now uses non anti-perspirant deodorant.
Anon says
Well it looks like your daughter has a future even if she is stinky :) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/style/this-party-stinks-thats-the-point.html
mom of girls says
Hi Anon, same thing happened with my 9 year old – I got her the paraben free Native deodorant and she loves it. It was just a quick pit stop to training bras and conversations about undearm hair (and if/when she wants to do something about it). I have found that when she finds some of these personal things funny, it’s just her way of processing it but of course – to each his (or her!) own.
Leatty says
Any quick pick-me-ups? I’m having one of those days where I want to scream into the void, my youngest hasn’t slept well in several days (which means I’m also sleep deprived), and I cried after a work call this morning for no real reason.
Anonymous says
Yes, please watch this video which makes me cry laugh almost every time:
https://twitter.com/NBCSportsHockey/status/1342972459449012236?lang=fi
Anonymous says
Aah! Actually this version is funnier: https://twitter.com/TashP351/status/1479368900089425921
IHeartBacon says
This is amazing.
Aunt Jamesina says
Haha, reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/EmUYpgptBtY?t=142
EDAnon says
So funny
EDAnon says
You’re doing great! I have been there. It’s hard but you’re moving forward, you’re making progress, you’re raising kids. I wish I could do something to make it easier. But I cry when I am tired, so it is just something I have had to accept and do my best to minimize.
Spirograph says
Test… why are my comments getting stuck in an internet black hole?
Kat G says
for some reason they all got labeled as “local DB spam,” sorry about that!
Anon says
Good morning! My husband and I are home searching, and we’ve been seeing some homes with 2 bedrooms on the second floor and 2 bedrooms on the third floor. We have 2 young children, a toddler and a preschooler. We aren’t sure how they would do sleeping on a different floor than mom and dad. I’m curious how this has worked (or not worked…) for others, particularly while the children are still young. Thank you!
Anon says
I think it depends on your kids? We don’t have this setup at home but have done it on vacations and it’s been fine. But I have a cautious kid who pretty much never wanders out of her room in the night – if she needs something she just screams for us.
NYCer says
This is fairly common, but would be a deal breaker for me. No right or wrong answer here though, I think it is just personal preference.
Cb says
I would hate stumbling up (or worse, down) stairs blearry eyed in response to a crying kid.
Anon says
We are also house hunting and find this a lot (Westchester). It’s almost a deal breaker for us. We did see a house where the floors were staggered like a split level, so only separated by a few steps and virtually no hallway. This is the only scenario I’d be ok with it (we have a 17 month old who sleeps in his own room in a crib). I also think it works better if the parents are on a higher floor. My main concern is if the heat/AC stop working or if there’s a fire on a different floor I may not notice until it’s very dire.
Anon says
We sleep on a different floors from our two, and it’s mostly great. We also have a ‘spare’ bedroom on the kid’s same floor, which we’ve used when the kids are sick, or very young (and going through a sleep regression). We have a monitor in the 1.5 year old’s room so we can head upstairs if the murmuring moves into screaming, but it’s nice to have a dedicated ‘kids floor’ other than the main living space. Plus, you know, gardening privacy.
Anonymous says
I don’t know why I’m bothering to try to reply, because none of my comments have shown up in the last 24 hours, but just in case….
We have a home like this. If there are two bedrooms on the second floor, why would you not just have the kids share a bedroom on the same floor as your bedroom? This is what we did for toddlers and young kids and it was ideal for us. When they get older, one or both move to a different floor if they don’t want to share any more. Split bedrooms would not be a deal-breaker for me at all.
Coach Laura says
I wouldn’t be comfortable with the kids on a higher floor (for fire/earthquake reasons) until they are old enough to handle an escape ladder and/or self-rescue – like staying in/leaving a room with flames on the other side or not. Maybe age 8-12 depending on the kid? For teenagers, I love it because it gives each group privacy.
Ifiknew says
Almost all the homes where I live are built like this with master downstairs and extra bedrooms upstairs we live in a 2500 SF house now and my 4 and 2 year old sleep upstairs. They both sleep thru the night 95% of the time but if either cries for me, I hear them very very easily. We leave the door open. Now we’re looking at 4000+ SF homes with the same setup and I am concerned I won’t hear them, so size of house matters with this setup.
anon says
Our house isn’t a split level exactly but we have a master suite/floor that is 2/3 of a staircase above the main floor of bedrooms where our 3.5 year old sleeps. We’ve had zero issues. I had reservations going in but it’s literally not a problem. DD is up a lot in the middle of the night (still — ugh… and we’ve been in the house since she was 18 months) so there have been plenty of trips up and down the stairs in the dark. We have a night light at the top and bottom of the stairs, too.
EDAnon says
We have 3 bedrooms (2 up, 1 down). Right now, the kids double up and we sleep in the master near them. When they get bigger, we will figure it out (but honestly, we will probably remodel the upstairs to add a bedroom so we can keep the guest bedroom/office).
Anon says
the other day quite a few people seemed to mention that they are at the end of a pregnancy. just wanted to send all of you good wishes for an easy delivery and healthy babies
Anon says
Thank you!! I am the one asking about GBS above and have also chimed in on a couple of recent posts.
EDAnon says
That’s so nice! I am not one of them but I second this!
Anonymous says
Any tips for switching to cows or alternative milk from br3astmilk? My kid refuses most alternative milks we’ve tried (dairy allergy) and it just occurred to me that this could be occurring even if they were able to have cows milk. I’ve been chalking it up to the alternative milks. I know people say cows or other milks are optional but my kid loves bottles of bmilk and just cutting them isn’t an option (especially if we want to have good sleep! As we’ve noticed it’s related).
Anon says
my kids never took to drinking milk. Their pediatrician said it was fine as they loved yogurt and ate a good amount of cheese.
Cb says
We went from br3astmilk to oat milk. I’d try the barista version of oat milk which is thicker, and perhaps replicates the texture a bit more.
jz says
yea my kid had a cow milk allergy and just never took to it. Dropped his bottles on his own shortly after he turned 1. Got dairy from yogurt and cheese…before that he was big on bm/formula (nearly 40 oz a day) but he just ate a ton more solids
Anonymous says
We tapered over a couple of weeks. My kid wouldn’t switch from one to the other immediately. We started with 1 oz of cows milk in her bottle and gradually increased that and decreased bmilk from there.
Anonymous says
I should add that it only took us a couple of weeks because this was during the fall, and she was getting a new illness just about every other week from daycare, and it was hard to tell if it was the virus or the milk causing her to throw up.
anon says
A middle-aged family member with a dairy allergy drank goat milk as a child before other alternative milks were available, so you may want to try that. I think Trader Joes has it.
TheElms says
My kid was fine with body temp bmilk, fridge cold bmilk, or room temperature bmilk/ formula, but the only way we could get her to drink cow’s milk was just slightly warm (if its too warm she rejects it). Have you tried the milk at different temperatures?
Anon says
We never did milk. At 12 months we weaned off breastmilk/formula (was down to only 2 bottles a day anyway) and just switched to solid food and water (to drink). Kid didn’t even like bottles that much at 12 months and was much more into food. Pediatrician was fine with it provided we ensured 2-3 servings of dairy daily (yogurt, cheese).
anne-on says
My kid with a dairy allergy only drank Silk Very Vanilla warmed up because the taste was the closest to bmilk (very sweet). We eventually weaned him down to silk vanilla and then to chocolate milk mixed with regular milk (he outgrew the allergy around 4). To this day he won’t eat yogurt/cheese but will drink chocolate milk and eat ice cream. Fwiw – our allergist told us it was very common for kids with allergies to never pick up the taste for cheese as the texture is a very distinct one that’s hard to replicate and if you don’t take to it early it can be kind of hard to adjust to (think westerners not wanting to eat savory jellied food vs. those being prized in many Asian cultures).
Anon says
Re-posting from late in the day yesterday:
Does anyone here have a child who was diagnosed with low muscle tone in preschool? We just had an occupational therapy evaluation for my 4 year old and the OT’s immediate observation was that she has very low muscle tone, especially in her core. It was kind of a surprise, because while she walked very late and I would not describe her as a gifted athlete, she’s always seemed fairly average to me physically – she did things like running, catching, kicking balls, jumping, etc. at roughly the expected age and her current challenges are all behavioral. But the OT said her frustration with her body not doing what she wants it to could be causing her to act out, which makes some sense. We’re going to do the weekly recommended OT although due to their scheduling constraints we can’t start for six weeks, but if anyone has ideas for fun, play-based things we could do to strengthen her core at home, I would love to hear.
Anon says
so i have a similar age kid with similar challenges in terms of core strength who goes to OT. here are some suggestions from her OT (from a document she sent us), though we have trouble with implementation at home bc she never wants to do any of them, but she loves her OT sessions:
– wheelbarrow walk
– superman position
– play in a tall kneel position (so like sitting on tall knees and having to reach a bit)
– animal walking: frog jumps, crab walks, bear walks, etc.
– tug o’war
– laying on stomach with elbows propped while coloring
– jumping on trampoline or nugget for an entire song
– cosmic kids yoga
– pulling weighted items across the room on a blanket
– being pulled on a blanket while sitting cross legged and maintaining this upright position
anon says
In addition to formal OT, consider signing her up for activities with lots of core activity. Gymnastics and swimming (lessons or free swim) are two good options.
Anon says
Tots on Target on Instagram is run by a PT and OT and would have some good ideas for you (also a good reel on low tone vs high tone kids). There are other accounts as well, but I like this one the best.
Anon Lawyer says
Any advice for daycare drop offs that are getting progressively more difficult? My daughter is 2 – her birthday was last November. I’m 95% sure she has a good daycare situation and is happy when she’s there. But drop offs are getting worse and worse. Before the holidays, she’d cry sometimes and happily saunter in other times. Then they were closed for 2.5 weeks and since then she’s been sobbing at every drop off. The last two days she’s been outright hysterical. This morning she actually didn’t calm down afterwards – according to her teacher, it was a good 30 minutes before she stopped crying and pointing towards where my car had been.
I did set up a picture calendar showing daycare days (M, W, Th) Grammy days (Tu, F), and home days, and we cross off the days. She likes it but it hasn’t helped – she’s actually started getting more anxious when she realizes we’re going in the morning and has been crying in the car sometimes. And I tried sending her with a little stuffed animal this morning. Maybe that’ll help long-term?
Oh, also, my instinct is that this week might be more difficult because we did potty training over the weekend. She had started earlier but we just switched away from diapers over the weekend. But I also don’t want to just assume she’s unsettled because of that.
Anyway sorry for the novel but would greatly appreciate any tips or maybe it’s just a phase? I basically feel like a terrible mother leaving a child who is screaming and reaching for me.
anonamama says
My LO is the same age and we are experiencing this, too! We’ve had so many closures and disruptions, I dread the ‘going back’ because they always lead to this. We read ‘llama llama misses mama’ a lot and at night, we talk about the day and talk about the next day. (Like you, slight incremental help and p.s. mulling over potty training so intrigued by how it is going!) — Would love to hear how others handle this too.
Anon Lawyer says
Thanks! I’m glad it’s not just me, sadly. We also read Llama Llama Misses Mama and I try to ask questions about the day (but she’s not very talkative).
Potty training is actually going well. She wasn’t ready a couple of months ago during a three day weekend but between then and now, she practiced using the potty a lot during daycare and then took to it great. But I imagine it’s a lot of changed for her . . . .
CCLA says
You’re not a terrible mother. I’d bet all of us with kids in daycare have walked away from a child screaming for us. One of my kids (now 3) went through multiple periods last year where she would sob at dropoff. They usually lasted a week or two, almost always after a period of being away from school for a prolonged period. They always resolved, and getting older seems to have helped too since we’ve had plenty of times away from school in the last few months but I can’t remember the last time she had a meltdown, probably last summer. Besides keeping goodbyes quick, I made a point in the morning if she preemptively started crying about going to school to keep it neutral – I stopped trying to convince her she should be excited to see her friends, just acknowledged how she felt, it was OK if she needed to cry to feel her feelings but that this is what we were doing, I was going to work and she was going to school…rinse and repeat.
Anon says
I want to say it’s a phase. I have a 14 month old who has been in the same in home daycare since he was 5 months and he started screaming this week. Last few weeks he would walk in without even looking back at me. Let’s check back in a few weeks?
Anon says
After I told DH not to dump a jar of beans and corn down the garbage disposal instead of putting it in the trash not 10 feet away and he did it anyway (because “my disposals have always been fine, that’s why it’s a “food waste disposal”, food goes down the disposal”), our sink is now no longer draining. He cannot bend over due to a back injury, so while he is willing to call the plumber to come solve the problem he caused after his doctor’s appointment today, I already know I am going to be the one who is going to have to clean up the entire contents of the under kitchen cabinet the plumber will have to empty to (presumably) disassemble the disposal, clear the blockage and reattach the pipes. DH is the least handy person I know, but even a rudimentary understanding of pipes would suggest that making bean paste with the disposal is not idea. Meanwhile, work is nuts and I am working 16 hour days right now. I am so tired and so freaking mad. And no I am not divorcing him and yes he has apologized for being a prick, but dear lord.
Mm says
Try putting a combo of ice and cold water through the disposal to unclog it! That’s what my plumber did last time. But sorry, I get the grievance.
Anoon says
Solidarity. Once my husband poured hot wax down the sink. Which obviously cooled and hardened and cost $$$ to fix. I mean come on.
Cb says
Confessional – I left a cheap candle burning on the sink, it somehow collapsed, and went straight down the drain.
Anonymous says
Our org hosts webinars as normal Zoom meetings. I set one up and over 1,000 people were invited. I turned off the option to respond to the calendar invitation, so now 1,000 people have started e-mailing me to confirm that they will attend.
Screaming into the void. Next time I will delegate the task of setting up the Zoom to someone else.
Ifiknew paging awayemily says
Paging away Emily! There’s a great book called 20th century children’s treasury and it has all the classic best loved books and it’s about 50 stories. Late comment to your request for these types of books a few days ago. My kids love it and I do too, so many amazing stories in there.