Family Friday: Infant/Toddler Hi-Pile Fleece Jacket
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This fleece jacket from L.L.Bean is absolutely adorable!
This supersoft and cozy fleece jacket features cute bear ears, front warmer pockets, and a reflective back triangle for dark winter days. It comes in both infant and toddler sizes in several colors so that you can pick the perfect jacket for your little one!
L.L.Bean’s Hi-Pile Fleece Jacket is $59 and comes in 6–12 months to 4T. It’s available in blue pine (toddlers only), bright navy, dark barley, natural (pictured), and rich berry.
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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Considering we made it all through the holiday and this week with no close contacts, I’m going to take this snow day as a victory. I got the 4yo out “clearing the driveway” by 7:45 and have BusyToddler’s list of indoor activities ready.
Almost two years into this thing and the CDC’s guidelines finally explicitly prioritize school over activities/sports but is fasting now part of the Covid prevention regimen? because during those days when you are supposed to mask at all times, you are also supposed to “avoid eating around other at home or at work until 10 days after your last close contact with someone with Covid 19” – so does this assume everyone has their own private space to eat? And for all the schools out there that don’t require masks this seems even riskier? I am very pro vaccine and very pro keeping kids in school, but I am also pro keeping kids safe. And what about all of the immunocompromised students and teachers? This seems to make school much less safe for them?
Another endless WWYD COVID question — 8th Grade Washington DC Trip? Family background: all vaccinated, adults boosted, 8th grader will be boosted prior to trip. Our 8th graders take a bus trip from the midwest to Washington DC. It has been cancelled the past two years. We signed up my 8th grader a year ago and took out the full refund travel insurance. The trip was supposed to happen in Nov, but was postponed by the school until President’s Weekend. There hasn’t been much communication lately, but it looks like the school will NOT be postponing again. On the one hand, unchecked community spread. (but maybe this wave will be past us in 6 weeks?) On the other, why did we get vaccinated if we can’t resume somewhat normal life? My father (who doesn’t live with us) is our weak link, but I think we could just not see him for two weeks and it would be okay. I know this board skews younger (I feel so hard for you guys with day care closures and no vaccines yet) & COVID Cautious (which I definitely am — we spend our risk dollars on school and one/week masked indoor activity for the kids; husband and I work from home; wear masks when we go to anywhere indoor, which is rare; no restaurants.) Our vax rate for the middle school is around 80% last I checked. It is just…another risk decision I have to make and like you all, after two years I am tired. Thoughts from the hive?
So, here is what I’m looking for…a package of cards for a particular recipient that includes one card for each holiday for the year (using holiday liberally here). More specifically this would be for my dad for his two grandchildren. My mom handled all the cards, and she passed away unexpectedly last month. Not saying that he has to keep it up, but he has expressed some anxiety about stuff like this now that my mom is gone. It would be helpful if he could just buy a package of granddaughter and grandson cards at one time that hit the fun holidays…Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays. Then he could order them all at the beginning of the year, sign them in advance, and just give them to my sister and me to distribute as appropriate. Especially during this first year when he is still in shock and grieving so much. I’d have no problem buying them for him, but he isn’t close by, so having him sign them is the hard part.
What do we do with a 2.5 year old while we’re isolating at home with asymptomatic Covid? I can already tell staying inside our small apartment is going to get really old. I guess we can go to parks in off hours and make sure we don’t get close to any other kids. Any other suggestions?
Honeymoon ideas when we have a daughter and there’s a pandemic happening?
My partner and I are getting married in March when our daughter will be 8 months old. The wedding is already in a different southwest state from where we live due to my family. My in laws live in our city and are generously offering to watch our daughter for a honeymoon. We’re just so torn. Do we do Hawaii for 5 days, even though the 12+ hour flight back sounds miserable? Do around the same time in the Caribbean and deal with international travel? Wait a little bit and just take an extended weekend somewhere in the US (Savannah, Charleston etc)?
Here’s a TMI question for you guys – several months ago I noticed the majority of my stools were floating. I attributed it to a new vitamin I had just started taking, but then realized the same thing was going on with one of my three kids (no vitamin). Neither of us had any other digestive issues, and there’s nothing that only the two of us eat. Then suddenly in the past week we both have all sinkers again. Any clue? I did some light googling and came up empty. I’m not concerned (and I’ll mention it to my doc at my next visit in a couple months), just so strange.
Anyone here have experience with speech therapy? My kid has been going to a SLP for about 8 months to help him say the R sound (he’s 6.5 and says W for R). He’s made some, but not very much, progress. The SLP says it can take a year or more. Anatomical issues have been ruled out. I don’t know how patient to be (and we are paying out of pocket, so cost is a factor but not the deciding one). Does it seem reasonable to take a year or is this the time to get a second opinion? The SLP came highly recommended.
Also, if you’re working right now, take good notes on assignments/calls. Grief, expecially from an unexpected loss, really clouds memory.
We have a four month old – it’s our third – and my interest in gardening is just so nonexistent. It’s really bumming out DH whose love language is definitely touch. My OB even commented on general lack of estrogen/dryness/probable pain at my six-week appointment – it was bad! I can’t even read the open door parts in romance novels right now – I skip them! Just no interest in gardening at all!
I guess looking for commiseration here? Usually I feel like I can power through and end up being into it, but I haven’t been able to post-this kid. I think (hope) when I wean it’ll be better, but I was hoping to continue bfeeding for six months. Also what if I weaned and it didn’t help? Or went to morning/evening and it didn’t help? Ugh, I’m quite discouraged.
Daycare is closed for two weeks due to Covid exposure AGAIN (last closure was just before Christmas). Next week I’m going to drive me and my kid to my parents house and while I’m there I’m going to take 3 days of vacation leave so I can rest and read a book or take a bath while my parents play with my kid. I’ve been trying to save my vacation leave for 2022 vacations, but at this point I have so much time accrued and I’m so exhausted I think it makes sense to burn a few days.
With omicron running rampant, I want to get my 5yo some masks that are better than cloth masks. Any recommendations? I found some on Twitter but of course all the links were sold out. Can I just grab some child size surgical masks for her instead? I feel like that’s got to be better than the cloth masks she’s using now.
This is the person taking a leave of absence. Missed a question. Someone asked if the intention was to return to my firm, and the answer is yes. All my stuff is still in my office. I’m still on the firm website. Like unpaid maternity leave without a new kid.
Today, DH is home sick and little one is home because daycare closed until next week. Very glad I’m not juggling work too.
Looking for ideas for a COVID/birthday care package. My friend is a single mom with twins about to turn 11. She’s sick now (rapid test said negative, but assuming COVID for the moment) and I plan to drop off a package with Birthday presents and some fun treats to make birthday isolation feel a little special. I’ve got their actual gifts, and plan to add some balloons, sparklers, etc.
Since COVID is raging our area, and we’re remote so we don’t get same day amazon or anything like that, I’m limiting myself to the grocery store for additional items. But it’ll be one of those big hyper market things. Any ideas on personal care items for sick momma or low pressure treats/activities for the kids?
Welp, DH just tested positive for COVID. He goes to work 5 days a week (stupid city job), rapid tested negative on Sunday, rapid tested faintly positive on 2 at home rapid tests yesterday and positive on same-day PCR today. He’s been isolating in the master bedroom/bathroom since getting the at-home results last night. As luck would have it, my 8-month old chose last night to have a total regression (she’s been sleeping through for months), I was up all night, and today she has a slight fever. I’m fine so far, but not looking forward to solo parent duty this weekend while my husband isolates, I take care of sick kiddo and just hope that I don’t get COVID myself. Also, I’m assuming our nanny isn’t going to want to come next week if we all have COVID, and I just don’t have that many sick days to burn. I know so many on this board are in similar or worse scenarios with daycare closures, etc., I just needed a place to vent after 2 years of being so cautious and staying out of trouble and thinking we would finally evade it after being triple vaxxed, boosted, etc. What makes matters worse is my husband’s symptoms don’t even seem particularly mild – it’s like a bad flu. :( Commiseration? Anyone else had a baby test positive and turn out okay? I know children are generally fine but she’s my baby and there’s only so much I can do to limit her exposure at this point, the damage has probably already been done.