Maternity Monday: Ivybridge Maternity Dress
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This dress! Love the satured blue color (of course I do), the jewel neck, the sleeves, the ruching… lovely. There are also a few sizes available in a taupe (in maternity and “regular”? what?!). The dress is $97-$149 at Nordstrom. Isabella Oliver Ivybridge Maternity Dress
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
My kid is currently consuming 8-10 bottles 120 mL a day. I am producing at most 200 mL of pumped breast milk a day. I tried domperidone for one month, I’ve never stopped taking blessed thistle and fenugreek and I’m getting nowhere. As my kid consumes more and more formula it just seems more and more pointless to pump. Thoughts? Is such a small amount of pumped milk likely to do any good at all?
I can’t remember who reminded me to try Unisom + B6 at night for nausea – but THANK YOU! I think it is helping. I haven’t had any zofran for about 3 days, and although the Unisom is making me hung over and more tired, I’ll take that over throwing up.
I’m having a not great day again today, but the water and saltines and lemons (fresh Meyer lemons…yummmm) are staying down.
Started having an early miscarriage over the weekend and called the 24 hour nurse advice line. She scheduled a follow up phone appointment with my OB for this morning. He called 2 hours late and then opened with a hearty “CONGRATULATIONS.” I’m bleeding heavily. Clearly he hadn’t read my chart. I was mostly fine but I can’t shake the shock of his words. Just so shitty.
Thanks for listening.
I need some positive vibes, happy thoughts, etc… It’s tax season, I’ll be working every day between now and April 15, and all this crap keeps happening. Daycare was closed because of the snow about half of the last two weeks. It’s supposed to snow again at the end of this week. My daughter got sick and now I’m sick. Last week our servers crashed for several hours, and today they’ve been down for about four hours. I’m 25 hours behind where I was this time last year on my quarterly billable goal, which doesn’t sound bad, except I worked so much last March that I have basically no room for error. And every day like today I get farther behind. Not to mention I have a baby to take care of this year. On top of all that glory, I’m having car troubles and my daughter has started waking up at 4 a.m.
Good things are going to happen soon, right? This is just super rough.
Same. I thought it was much easier to use than the Moby. I transition to the Bjorn, then the Ergo. All were bought second-hand. For my second, baby wearing was essential bc I have a slightly older son who still definitely needed a lot of attention.
ETA – meant to respond to pockets above. I used the Baby K’tan.
Any thoughts on the various wraps for newborns/infants that are out there? I was gifted a structured carrier but a wrap seems so cozy and nice for the early days. Seems like the main options are Ergo, Moby, Solly and Boba. Not too interested in a wrap that goes much beyond 6 months/25-30 lbs.
thanks, ladies :)
I really like this dress… hoping soon I can actually start buying maternity stuff! Not because I’ll need it right away, but because it will be exciting to actually be pregnant and not just ‘trying’.
In general I’ve been really good about not looking at maternity/baby stuff but this month is killing me. My EDD (assuming this month worked and happened when I think it did) would be right before Thanksgiving, so I’d be able to take off until January and barely miss anything. Plus it would coincide nicely with being right after our European product launch! Come on uterus, I’m trying to lean in here.
I didn’t wear them during my third trimester, but you might want to check out the Ugg line for flats. Super comfy and fairly stylish (and I say this as someone who is not a fan of the boots)
This may be too casual, but the Crocs ballet flats worked great for my third tri. I really think most people never noticed they were Crocs, and they stretched out easily as my feet did. No idea if they’d work with orthotics.
Help me please – will be needing spring shoes for work (casual business attire) that are maternity-friendly for third trimester. I already have cankles, so think flats or very low heel (less than 1″), slip-ons, widening feet, etc. Plus I’d love if I could wear my orthotic supports – limping AND waddling is not a good combination! So, no mules with NO back. I don’t mind needing a pedicure to wear them – something with low back would be ok? Any suggestions? Cheap is preferred – last pregnancy I hated my 3rd trimester shoes and threw them away or donated them as soon as I got the chance.
So this is a new spin on a sleep question. When you have a baby who generally sleeps through the night, what do you do when they wake up in the middle of the night crying? My 1 yo has slept through the night since she was 5 months and rarely wakes up in the middle of the night. We’re extremely lucky, but the flip side is that when she does wake up in the middle of the night, I don’t really know what to do. I don’t have a problem with letting her cry, but I do worry that because the norm is for her to sleep through/self-soothe, if she’s waking up there’s really something wrong. On the other hand, I don’t want her to learn that if she cries enough in the middle of the night I’ll come get her and help her go back to sleep. Any advice?
OK, I looooooove this dress (and am 23 weeks pregnant) but cannot stomach (har har har) spending this much on a maternity item when I have, at most, 17 weeks left AND this is my last pregnancy. However, I’m going to be starting a new job at the beginning of April and this move is complicating my maternity wardrobe needs. My new role is highly visible, at an org that has a more formal tone to it, and I’m in a brand-new leadership role so I really want to look the part. The dress code is business casual (i.e. I see women in knee high boots), but on the dressy side for sure.
We do not have any maternity consignment shops near me, though I’ve been keeping an eye on local thrift stores. I can see investing another $100 – $200 (max) on wardrobe items to get me through the 12-13 weeks I’ll have in NewJob while pregnant. What do we think will give me the most bang for my buck?
I like this dress – a nice alternative to the more flowy, A-line maternity dresses that you usually see (which are OK, but I prefer a more streamlined look for work). More than I’d personally spend on a maternity dress, though.
Any tips for transitioning a toddler (2 yrs old) to a big bed? We have a baby coming in June (and she’ll use the bassinet for a little while), so it’s not a major rush, but I’d like to transition him well enough in advance that he doesn’t associate new baby with getting kicked out of his room/bed. He’s really interested in the bed, keeps going “big bed, big bed” but gets upset when we try to get him to actually sleep in it. We’ve tried lying down in it with him, which helps, but he hasn’t been willing to relax enough that we can sneak out.