Maternity Monday: Amalfi Blazer
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There are some great sales going on at Isabella Oliver maternity, including this fun blazer in a nice ash gray. Wear it with with black, navy, or colorful trousers as a separate, or make a suit with the matching ankle pant. The blazer was $305, but is now marked to $91 — with lots of sizes left. Other favorites from the sale: this lovely blue blazer, this long cardigan (admittedly, described as a “car coat”), this $50 pencil skirt, and kind of all of the dresses. Isabella Oliver Amalfi Maternity Blazer
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Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
Sales of note for 5/1/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 20% off select Dyson hair tools with code + select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + 40% off 1 full-price item (5/1 only)
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 25% off almost everything. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $20+ select favorites + 40% off 1 regular-price item + 30% off everything else
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?
Is something like this an option (this might be what JJ was referring to)?
http://www.amazon.com/aden-anais-Security-Blankets–Elephant/dp/B006ZSYIAE/ref=sr_1_11?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1438029502&sr=1-11&keywords=aden+%26+anais
Oh wonderful and generous ladies of c-r3tt3. My daughter sleeps with her former aden & adais muslin swaddle blankets, even though she’s nearly 18 months. I obviously do not swaddle her, she just likes to hug the blankie when she sleeps. I had 3 — one for home, one for daycare, and one for emergencies. Her father recently decided to retain one, even though he only has the baby 4 nights per month. Rather than spending $50 to buy more, do any of you have an aden & anais muslin swaddle blankets that I could take off your hands? Happy to pay for the blanket and shipping to NYC. If you do, please post an anon email so I can reach out.
TIA.
So I think I finally need to buy maternity clothes for work. Dress code is on the formal side but I think I can get away with basic black wrap dresses and the like. I’d rather not spend too much on these especially as I have no idea how much bigger I’ll get (about 5 1/2 mos. now). What are your favorite sources?
I am sitting here at work this Monday morning completely apathetic about work. It’s a great job, I’ve got the flexibility I need, and it has been intellectually challenging in the past, though now there’s a lot of routine mindless work to be done.
I’ve got a application out for another position, but I’m not enthusiastic about that either. It’s a step up, but in a very different environment, and I’m not sure that giving up the flexibility is my best option right now.
On top of this, DH and I have been undecided about trying for a second baby. On the one hand, timing on paper seems great. On the other hand, man babies are so much work.
Part of me wants to change up everything–new baby! new job! new me! The sane part of me says that changing everything isn’t the way to deal with mild boredom. Life is objectively good, just not the sort of interesting puzzle I’d like it to be.
I’m not sure if I’m looking for advice or commiseration, so I’ll take either if you’ve got it.
Recommendations for a long weekend with an almost toddler that’s a 3-4 hour drive from DC? I’m looking at a few of the resort areas with nice pools, since we all like being in the water, but the beach sounds like a nightmare with a little one.
Any thoughts on The Homestead, Salamander, Cambridge MD, or Hershey? Or are all those places non-baby friendly? She’s pretty easy going, but is still an almost-one-year-old.
Thanks!
Does anyone have a baby who is completely indifferent to solids? My daughter is 8 months, and she couldn’t care less about solid food. We started her with fruits and veggies at 6 months (bananas, sweet potatoes, green beans, apples, pears, and avocado so far). Other than a few bites here and there, she has no interest in solids. We’ve tried purees on a spoon, purees and chunks in the mesh and silicone feeders, and small pieces for her to feed herself. She seems slightly more interested in feeding the chunks to herself, but mostly she just plays with them. With the spoon and mesh feeders, she turns her head and clamps her mouth closed. Daycare tries as well without much success. They had a little luck with rice cereal, which I was previously avoiding since I read it was basically empty calories (no real reason other than that).
Her pediatrician said not to worry yet but to keep trying. Any suggestions or creative ideas?
OT, but I’m getting stuff ready for my hospital bag and want to have a nursing tank or two. What are people’s favorites? I’m a little worried about just having a shelf bra in them, so experiences would be great!
can anyone speak to the fit of this brand? I’m on the 14 side of 12-13 these days and I would love this suit, but don’t want to mess with shipping and returns if it will be too tight.