Family Friday: Husky Sizes Smaller than 8H
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If you have a kid who seems to always be at the top of the height and weight charts, you may have noticed that it can be challenging to get the waist to fit right without the pants dragging on the ground. That leaves you with two options: hemming your kid’s entire wardrobe or, ahem, exploring “husky” sizing. The problem here: husky sizing is usually only available in size 8 and up, and or only available in denim with buttons and zippers. Not so at The Children’s Place, where they have husky sizes AND slim sizes starting at 4, with a ton of options for pull-up pants as well. Extended Sizes at The Children’s Place
Sales of note for 11.25.24 (Great Black Friday Sales!!)
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday, up to 60% off — great deals on Natori, Vince, Theory, Boss, Cole Haan, Tory Burch, Rothy’s, and Weitzman, as well as gift ideas like Barefoot Dreams and Parachute — Dyson isn’t marked down at all but you do get 3x points on beauty purchases.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, plus extra 15% off full price styles
- Anine Bing – Shop more, save more (spend $200-$300, get an extra 15-25% off)
- A.P.C. – Shop 40% off
- ba&sh – Up to 40% off Fall/Winter styles, including select colors of reader favorite Gaspard & Guspa cardigans (also included in Tuckernuck’s sale)
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything + extra 20% off (or extra 30% off with your Gap Inc credit card) ends 11/26
- Bloomingdales – Take $25 off every $100 you spend on items labeled BLACK FRIDAY; ends 11/24
- Boden – 30% off on 1000s of styles, including reader favorites like this blazer and these dresses
- Cuyana – Free shipping over $95 (and 10% off your first order over $150)
- Demellier – 20% off with code, free worldwide shipping & returns
- Design Within Reach – 25% off sitewide (including reader-favorite office chairs Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – Black Friday, up to 30% off everything
- Eloquii – 50% off everything + extra 10% off $125 or more
- Everlane – Up to 50% off everything
- Furla – Up to 50% off select styles
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything – LOTS of winter coats 40% off, down to $204-$230
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders $125+
- Kule – 30% off sitewide
- Kohl’s – Earn $10 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 Spent – includes Travelpro luggage!
- LaLigne – 30% off in their ONLY sale of the year
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off – reader favorite laptop tote is under $200
- Macy’s – 20-50% off beauty brands like Clinique and Armani, 50% off designer handbags, 50-75% off sparkly jewelry, and 40-50% off women’s boots
- Mansur Gavriel – Winter sale, up to 60% off
- M.M.LaFleur – “20% off everything” (but exclusions apply)
- Ministry of Supply – 30% off sitewide
- Mulberry – Up to 40% off, including Bayswater, Islington, and more
- Neiman Marcus – Earn a $50-$1250 gift card, including on beauty and fragrance purchases
- Rothy’s – Everything up to 30% off (some also on sale at Nordstrom)
- Shopbop – 25% off storewide with code, including great blazers from Rag & Bone, IRO, Smythe, and select L’Agence (also lots of nice Black Halo dresses)
- Soma – Early Black Friday $29 bra event (up to 50% off)
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Sue Sartor – Week of Joy sale, 30% off sitewide
- Steelcase – 25% off sitewide, including reader-favorite office chairs Leap and Gesture
- Strathberry – Pre-black Friday, enjoy up to 30% off select styles!
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + daily deals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + up to 40% off select outerwear
- Tory Burch – 30% off $250+
- Tuckernuck – 20% off sitewide
- Universal Standard – At least 30% off sitewide, up to 70% off all styles
- Victoria’s Secret – 30% off everything, and 7/$35 panties
- White House Black Market – 60% off clearance, 30% off sitewide for WHBM members
- 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
- BabyJogger – 30% off sitewide
- BestBuy – Lots of deals on gaming consoles, including PS5, XBox Series X, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site and store
- ErgoBaby – 25% off bouncers
- Graco – Up to 30% off sitewide
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off sitewide
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off almost everything, prices marked
- Nordstrom – Lots of deals on Stokke, Maxi-Cosi, BabyJoger, Posh Baby, Silver Cross, and more
- Old Navy – Everything on sale
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 30% off Snoo, up to 50% off sitewide
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?
Reposted from yesterday, though, I keep getting on this site too late to get my question on before commenters go home! Here goes again anyway: I pay our nanny on the books, reasoning that even though she gets less cash in hand, she will get social security benefits when she is older. She asked me for some additional benefits today, in part because her post-tax wages feel low to her (I totally get this). I looked into social security benefits today and discovered that you need to have made a certain amount in “covered income” each year for 10 years to get the minimum number of credits required to even be eligible for social security. I think that means income that she’s declared and paid taxes on (so even if she were paid off the books, in cash, as long as she declared it on her tax return, it’s considered “covered income”). Can anyone confirm? Or is “covered income” only income that employers have also paid taxes on?
I ask because if her employers also had to pay on the books for her income to be “covered,” then she would have to have at least 10 years of on-the-books employment in order to have a chance at social security benefits. And if she hasn’t had employers who were willing to so that, that would make my argument of delayed benefits for her pretty empty.
Any suggestions for a “sprinkle” gift for a mom having a girl? The mom has a 4-year-old boy, so they have a lot of practical stuff. Her friends are throwing a tea/sprinkle. I feel pressure to buy clothes (but I think they’ll have a ton) or sentimental because she’ll be opening presents there, and everyone’s really excited about a girl. They haven’t announced a name, so I can’t buy something with a name or initials.
I was feeling all smug because a friend of mine gave me a heads up that registration for the afterschool program at my son’s kindergarden for fall opened up today. (She got an email from the PTA but I did not, even though I have signed up for their stupid mailing list at least twice). Anyway, registration opened at noon, and I emailed a couple other parents I know to let them know. I just tried to register my son at 2 pm and only one day of the week is not full. I had been warned it filled up quickly, but I did not realize that meant within 2 hours. Ugh, I’m so annoyed! I hate this crap.
A fun Friday afternoon question…my husband and I just bought a house with a big backyard and my parents want to buy us a swingset/playset for our daughter (who is six months old–they know that this something she’ll grow into). They’re prepared for this to be a decent chunk of change for the swingset + install and want to buy a high-quality one.
For those who have them, what brand do you have and would you recommend it? Are there features that your kids love and ones that you thought they’d love but they’re not so into?
Does anyone have a maxi dress with pockets that you like? I love the idea of a maxi for the summer but with a baby I can’t function w/o pockets! Thanks.
Anyone have recommendations for bathing suits to wear postpartum/while nursing? I don’t necessarily need it to be like a nursing bra, but I’m having a really tough time finding something that might be appropriate with my 32G chest these days. Thanks so much in advance!
HELP!! I’m the single mom of a 14 year old daughter that is starting her freshman year of high school in the fall. She has her first real crush and asked if she could meet him at the mall on Saturday to grab a bite to eat and hang out. I’m inclined to say “ok” and then tag along… Too much? She introduced me to the little guy before at a local football game. He seems nice enough but is TWO years older than her. I’m so not ready for dates and this type of stuff!! Am I overthinking this? Ideally, the two of us would go to the mall on Saturday, he could join if he’d like. We’d all go from store to store, eat ice cream, pretzels/lunch and then come home and be done.
I don’t want to be a helicopter parent but I was raised by my maternal grandparents in a very strict household and wasn’t allowed to “like boys”. She knows her Dad and has contact with him, but he has not been in the picture consistently since we parted when she was two- so he isn’t of any help really. I got a divorce over 2 years ago and have not dated since- so there isn’t any male influence present really. :(
I don’t want to discourage her from sharing with me but neither do I want her to this that this initiates open season on “dating”. We are African American and live in a small town. I worry about the “fast” stigma being attached to her. She is very physically developed and considered “attractive” by standard ethnic standards (pale skin, long hair, slender, fine features).
Suggestions?
How much foot growth spurt in a summer is realistic? Looking to buy sandals for my 21 month old. He’s in size 7 sneakers with >=1cm of room while wearing socks. Looking to get closed toed sandals in the same brand for this summer (so around end of September in our region). Stick with size 7? Go with size 7.5 in case of growth spurt?
Any recs for books or methods to curtail tattle-telling? 4 year old has been really into it for a few months now and I sure would like her to focus on the bigger issues, not everything her brother is doing or her friends at daycare (teachers have mentioned it to me too).
This is going to be long; apologies in advance.
I am very stressed out about a situation with my 5th grade stepdaughter and my mom. The background is my parents live about 4 hours from us. We had a baby – first grandchild – last year and were planning to enroll him in daycare. My mom wanted to watch him part time, which is good and bad (my mom and I have a pretty good relationship, but she can…really insert herself in our lives. Boundaries.). We couldn’t have a fifth human in our 1.5 bath, 2BR house, so we rented an apartment for her a block away. She comes out every week and watches him T-F afternoon.
My SD is finishing 5th grade. She has known my mom since kindergarten. She is with us half time and her mom half time, but comes home to our house every day at 3:30 because she goes to school in our district. My mom has been teaching her piano lessons, which SD loves, and helping her with snacks, homework, etc. Like most 11 yos (I think), SD is testing boundaries and there is a lot of drama. She loves her little brother, but I’m sure there is some jealousy there too. She has been really mean to my mom (Mom’s words) and talking back, bucking authority, etc. She does this with us too, and we deal with it accordingly, but it’s different with another adult. She calls my mom the same name our son will (variation on gma) and definitely considers her a grandparent. SD doesn’t do this kind of behavior with my husband’s parents (she has no relationship with her mom’s parents, they are terrible people, and her mom has cut them out of her life).
My mom is very upset and taking everything very personally. She can be rather dramatic and she is ascribing motives to SD that are definitely not there – she’s an 11 yo girl. I am definitely sympathetic to my mom but she is also making it difficult by throwing in weird issues she has with my husband (a whole other story) and also by dramatically saying things to me and then saying I shouldn’t talk to husband and SD’s mom about it. (Of course, I’m going to.)
This summer, Mom was going to have SD home all day two days a week. Now she says she does not want to – I’m fine with that, I don’t blame her. But she also said SD asked her why she couldn’t stay with Mom every day this summer. SD truly loves my mom and I honestly think that is why she is testing boundaries – because she almost sees her as another parent. But I am struggling with how to address this with SD. We have talked to her and said she needs to treat M with respect. If we catch anything in the moment, she must apologize.
It is tough because we aren’t there and sometimes, like this morning, we have no idea anything happened until the next morning my mom tells me and says she is leaving at 3:00 today instead of 3:30 because she doesn’t want to see SD today. I feel very stressed and caught in the middle and I don’t know how to work with my SD on this. She is a good kid but she does storm around all the time and get angry a lot right now and refuse to eat and try to disobey and all the other middle school stuff. I feel at a loss because I really try hard to encourage my parents to treat SD as a part of our family and not any differently than my son.
I am trying to talk to my therapist about this but we only meet every other week and I feel like I need tools now. I am also wondering if therapy would be helpful for SD but I have no idea how that would even work. I feel so stressed out about this and also a little angry with my SD for not treating my mom, who is there for her every day and does so much for her, as well as she does her own grandparents. And I feel angry with my mom for making this situation extra high drama and putting me in the middle and blaming my husband for ridiculous things like not saying good morning enough in the morning. UGH. I feel at the end of my rope.
Any thoughts on toddler carriers? We’re serious baby wearers (4 carriers, all used) and rarely if ever use a stroller. Now that we primarily are doing back carries and kiddo (18 months) is happy walking, we’ve been limping along with an Ergo, but I don’t love it-it doesn’t fit me well, I really hate it for front carries, and kiddo is getting a little big for it height-wise. We’re taking a long trip cross country this summer and I’m thinking it’s time to bite the bullet and invest in a toddler carrier. I’m looking at the Kinderpack because I like the perfect fit straps and that you can cross them in a front carry. I loved my Beco when kiddo was younger. If it were up to DH, we’d keep using the Ergo, but it seems like with airports and long flights and extended traveling, a more comfortable carrier for everyone would make life better.
TL;DR: I’m looking to justify buying yet another carrier now that kiddo’s bigger and any thoughts on the Kinderpack, particularly on sizing?