Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Jane Maternity & Nursing Pajamas
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When my oldest was born, I rallied against nursing tops as an invention of the baby industrial complex. The second time around, my views have moderated a bit. The Jane’s buttery soft and warm fabric feels delightfully smooth and cozy. And of course, no more fumbling with my top during midnight feedings.
In those blurry weeks right after my youngest was born, I even wore them as “going out” pajamas — with a long, contrasting cardigan, it encapsulated column dressing.
The pajamas currently come in four earthy colors. (I have black and a blue that looks lighter than what’s pictured online.) I love them so much that I plan on wearing them long after I’m done nursing.
They are $49.99 at Kindred Bravely and are available in sizes S–XXL. Jane Maternity & Nursing Pajamas
Sales of note for 2/7:
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- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
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- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
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- 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?
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Last week, I found out that I have a significant inheritance from my grandmother in the form of a mix of cash, stocks and mutual funds. I opened an account at the bank used by my grandmother on Saturday, and the inheritance was deposited yesterday. I had absolutely no idea that this was coming, and I need solid financial advice. (Single mother, sole provider, etc.) I am not asking for specific advice, but how do I find someone to give me advice? This is the first time that I am in financial territory that is other than pay off student loans, max contribution to retirement fund territory.
Thought I would share- if you are looking for a Christmas themed audiobook, this weekend we listened to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever read by Elaine Stritch and it was hilariously heartwarming. My eight year old laughed uproariously the whole way home and I’m glad I wasn’t driving or I would have had to pull over.
Anyone able to give me some advice on how to set up our house when baby comes if we are still WFH during my maternity leave? Baby is due in April. DH’s office has hinted to him that they will probably be WFH until everyone is fully vaccinated, which would put him home through the summer at least. We have four rooms in our house: (a) master bedroom, (b) DH’s current office, which will be the nursery, (c) guest bedroom, which is currently my office, and (d) great room (kitchen/living area). We are planning on (at least trying) to have baby sleep in a bassinet in our room for the first few weeks/months. My current preference is to keep DH’s office in the nursery and have baby sleep elsewhere during work hours, have a few toys in the living area, and then sleep in either our room or the nursery at night. This allows family to (hopefully) come visit and use the guest room and me to be able to sleep in the master during work hours if needed. Feedback? Thoughts? Am I crazy thinking baby doesn’t need it’s own dedicated room 100% of the time during this time?
The Anxious Overachiever podcast had a really good discussion on Covid, motherhood, and mental health. Worth a listen.
Are any of you seriously involved with a non profit in your community (on a board for example?) I would really like to do some more service in my free time but not sure how to go about it – in terms of identifying a good charity to work with, and also a good opportunity – I’m happy to give money but as someone in NYC relative to others I am not a “donor” in a position to give six figures a year.
My almost 12 month old has suddenly abandoned good naps. He was never a great napper, maybe two 1 hour-75 min naps a day. But now his morning and afternoon naps are clocking in around 30-45 minutes. This is a phase right? He has recently started walking, and I know milestones disrupt sleep . . . but for how long?! Short naps are killing us. His night sleep is still pretty good.
My mom (out-of-state) tested positive for COVID. Asymptomatic. She took a test prior to coming to visit, which I am thankful for. But the numbers, the increasing number of people I know with covid, are becoming truly scary. It’s hitting me that we probably won’t have Christmas together like I had hoped. I am fearful how this may affect her and my dad (both over 65, with pre-existing conditions.) I feel like I was watching Covid from afar, and now it is closing in. I’m just effing sad today. That is all.
Ugh. So my husband started to have a slight cough over the weekend. I asked him to wear a mask around the kids, told him to go get a COVID test. He (as he sometimes does) acted like I was being paranoid. “We haven’t seen anyone! You’re exaggerating how much I’m coughing. It’s just when I’m changing positions.”
…This week we got word that one of our kids had a positive case in their class. Last contact was pre-Thanksgiving. He did tell me that I was right, and one of the things that makes our marriage good is that neither one of us holds things over the other’s head.
But like… I really REALLY want to kind of… say I told ya so, don’t be a stubborn pain in my butt? Also, guys… we’ve been pretty locked down except for school/childcare… I feel like unless you’re going to the extreme of having nobody leaving your house, at some point you’re gonna get a ‘close call’ like I have. I’m trying to be kind to myself, but… mom guilt x1000.
Any restaurant or outdoor activity recs for Destin? We’ll be there next week and it looks like the weather will be pretty good (sunny and 60s).
Did you all see the recent reports coming out saying schools are shifting policies to bring back younger kids (link to follow)? Finally. This is what we’ve been saying here all along. “The data is becoming more compelling that there is very limited transmission in day care and grade schools” – I hope this means that the next round of shutdowns will not include daycares and elementary schools. Curious if those of you with grade school kids have seen any changing policies with your schools?
I wanted to share a very minor kid hack that has been working well for us over the last four months or so in case it’s useful. The kids (4.5 and 2.5) like to listen to music or audiobooks in the car, but always want to listen to different things. I was tired of refereeing whose turn it was, so instead we instituted a rule that we don’t listen to anything until they can agree on it. It is super cute to listen to them negotiating with each other, and I think it’s given them some good, low-stakes practice for working through disagreements (by low-stakes I mostly mean they are strapped in and cannot actually injure each other).
Yesterday, my 2 year old, who has pretty advanced language skills, started adding an extra syllable to a lot of one syllable words. For example, he said “gree-un” instead of green and “way-uv” instead of wave. It isn’t with every word but he mostly consistently keeps it up with whatever word he is doing it with. He is still doing this today. I’ve just been repeating what he says with the correct pronunciation, but not making a big deal out of it. I assume it will just go away, but has anyone seen this before or know what might be behind it? Thanks!
I could use an idea for a Christmas gift for our nanny. She is a member of the family. Aside from giving her a very generous cash bonus, I’d love to give her something small “from” our 2.5 year old daughter. She’s very artsy/crafty and is always making things with hand prints and whatnot for us and I really think she’d appreciate something with DD’s picture or handprint or something a little more personal, albeit small.
Any great ideas? This is just not my area of expertise. I unfortunately don’t have a great picture of the two of them, otherwise I’d frame that. I know Shutterfly and the like are chock full of knick-knacks and whatnot. Anyone have something wonderful before I go down a hellish rabbit hole of DIY pinteresty searching? Don’t get me wrong – I definitely want to do this for her and I know she’d genuinely love it, but I’m way more of an Excel-brain than a Michaels-craft-store brain. TIA!
Looking for Christmas ideas! When I was a kid one of our neighbors would throw stones on our roof on Christmas Eve- it sounded just like reindeer hooves landing, my brother and I would run to bed, and it was SO MAGICAL (obviously we didn’t find out till we were older that it was a neighbor and not actually Santa arriving). Unfortunately our current house doesn’t lend itself to anything like that, even though we have willing neighbors! Does anyone else do anything similar with Santa coming or arriving? Looking for ideas in a similar vein. Thanks!