Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Itzy Mitt Teething Mittens
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Babies constantly have their hands in their mouths. For babies who have trouble holding regular teethers, these teething mittens are brilliant!
These teething mitts soothe sore gums while keeping hands and faces scratch free. Made from food-grade silicone, this teether even makes a crinkling sound to keep babies interested. And, since it goes without saying that teethers get icky fast, this one is machine washable.
Itzy Ritzy’s teething mittens are $8.99 and come in a dozen patterns and colors ranging from dinos to (my favorite) a cute cactus.
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
My kindergartner has her first field trip next week! She’s bouncing off the walls with excitment and her excitement is infectious. I’ve seen quite a few comments here lately about how fun it is to watch toddlers and preschoolers’ worlds expand when they start daycare (and I fully agree!) but I didn’t realize how much it would continue in elementary school, even for a kid who was already in daycare.
Any tips on finding the RSV vaccine that was just approved for 32-36 w of pregnancy? My OB doesn’t have it yet, and neither do a few local pharmacies, but I really want to get one before this narrow window of eligibility closes!
taking my kids skiing for the first time in January. we live in a warm climate so whatever i buy them will likely only be worn once because i’m sure they will grow out of it by next year, so I am going to try to borrow from people, but what exactly do they need clothing wise to make it a success? thanks!
When in the first trimester would you say your uterus is no longer fully protected by the pelvis and ab muscles? I’ve heard a few different things and I plan to ask my doctor at my upcoming first trimester appointment, but I’m curious about what others have heard. I’m trying to decide whether to cancel a pre-planned activity that does have some (low) fall risk at 8.5 weeks pregnant.
I’ve been laughing all day. We rescued a beagle en route to school today, getting her out of the road and reunited with her owner, and my son will definitely tell everyone he meets today about his heroism. As we were cycling away, he goes “that was my greatest accomplishment, shame there wasn’t a newspaper person there…”
Just a vent – I had my 2nd to last ST appointment for DS #2 yesterday (virtual, early intervention). She let me know ahead of time that her camera wasn’t working so we wouldn’t be able to see her during the session, but she would be able to see us. I felt like…I was facilitating the whole session and I swear I heard her texting/typing during a good chunk of it.
Fortunately, we’re starting in-person, in-clinic ST in October which is logistically going to be not as convenient but a better fit for DS #2 (who is doing so well – he has so many words and is putting them together, slowly but surely!), and if the therapists (both current and future) are right, he should “graduate” in 6-9 months.
for those whose kiddos are having some trouble with back to school, i ordered some little lunchbox note cards that have cute pics on them and any time my kindergartner is having trouble, we talk about the card and she gets very excited to see which one she is going to get each day.
Good morning! Question with a lot of parts: We would like to start an allowance for our mid elementary aged children. For those that do:
1) What amount do you do?
2) Do you have any sort of bank account for part of it? Any bank recommendations? How do you decide what goes in the account vs stays in cash so they have the benefits of the visual of cash? (Our kids have gotten cash from grandparents for gifts over the years and it’s already kind of crammed in the random things they store it in, so we’d like to do a mix).
3) Any recs for a slightly more sophisticated looking “piggy bank” of sorts to the store the cash in? Probably the least important of these questions but I feel like we could improve upon our random stuffed jars.
4) Does anyone do the whole forced spend/save/donate buckets? I don’t think we will, but curious to hear from others.
5) Do you tie it to chores? I know this can be a debated topic. Even if we don’t tie it to chores per se, we’d also like to up our kid’s chore responsibilities. What chores do your kid elementary schools do?
Phew! Thank you for making it this far, ha. Happy to hear from all even if it’s only an answer to one or two parts :)
Ugh, just need some positive stories here. We transitioned our 3rd child from our beloved, amazing nanny to our local preschool a few weeks ago. We used the preschool for our two older children, so we are quite familiar with the school and generally love it. For whatever reason, though, my child didn’t get placed with the same wonderful teacher her older siblings got, and she was placed with a teacher who is just sort of blah. She can be stern, and my child has come home saying that the teacher “got frustrated” with kids and/or “yelled” and/or my child was sad. We asked why we didn’t get the other teacher when we received the placement, but they said the other class was full and would not move our child.
Now, I’m feeling really guilty about moving her away from her wonderful nanny to a less than ideal teacher for her first preschool year. We could pull her and put her back with her nanny (who is taking a much deserved break before looking for a new family, but would come back and help us through the school year), or just get through this year. Financially, we really want to make the shift to preschool, and my husband is in favor of keeping her at the preschool for a variety of reasons. She is 3, so will have two years at the preschool, and the director has assured me that next year she’d get placed with our preferred teacher. Any anecdotes about how one year with a not great, but okay preschool teacher will be fine would be appreciated, as I’m feeling pretty unhappy about the whole situation.
Tips on NOT expressing annoyance to a partner when they are genuinely asking clarification about logistics/schedules?
I think it’s one of those things where because I take the lead on things I just get…quickly snappy because to me, I’ve been thinking about it and the other person hasn’t. This isn’t about sharing responsibilities, we do plenty of that, this is more controlling my own reaction for my own sanity.
I always feel horrible after snapping at people, and my partner also is one that doesn’t do well with it.
The internet is a scary place, so I’m looking for some positive stories of first time pregnancies in your late 30s?