Family Friday: Kids’ Bugaboo II Insulated Ski Pants
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A few weeks ago, D.C. got its first measurable snow in ages. Out came the snowpants.
My youngest has an older version of this pair from Columbia. These waterproof pants come in a dozen colors and keep kids warm with synthetic insulation and thermal-reflective lining. The adjustable waist tabs and Outgrown system accommodate growing bodies so your kids can wear these pants for longer.
Columbia’s Kids’ Bugaboo II Ski Pants are on sale for $56.25 (down from $75) and come in lots of colors.
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
Am I ok to think my kid is just ordinary?
He’s almost 10. He does well at school and on standardized tests (which I credit that to him being from a well-resourced family with two involved parents.) He can be pretty disorganized, and his focus isn’t great, but we’ve never gotten any calls from school – teachers love him. He’s in the 4th grade version of GT classes (“enrichment”) due to all above.
DH grew up in a pressure-cooker environment and thinks we need to send kid through exec functioning tests for giftedness and/or ADHD so he can ‘reach his full potential.’ I’m not sure I see the benefit. Kid is obviously is doing fine without the additional school resources he’d be able to obtain with some kind of official ‘gifted’ diagnosis, and while his focus could potentially improve with medications, it almost seems like cheating since he’s already doing fine.
AITA here? I grew up lower middle class and was a very similar kid to my son. I’ve done fine as a smart-but-not-gifted person who developed exec functioning skill sufficient go to a law school and end up in a director type role. But am I denying him something important?
Moms of boys with May birthdays, did you start kindergarten when they were five or when they were six? I have a son who will turn five in late May. Our cutoff for public school kindergarten is you have to turn 5 by August 31 of that school year. We’re also applying to various private schools in our area (Charlotte), and with some of the schools, they have a Pre-K program, and most of their kindergartens are 6.
Bay Area mom. What is the going rate for an experienced babysitter? Do you tip someone setting her own rate, and if so how much? Thank you
similar to the first post, my 1st grade daughter has picked up on really wanting to be the gifted program this year. she knows all the kids that are in it, she finds our highly regarded public school boring and thinks it’ll be more fun to be in it. Test results came out today and she didn’t get in. she’s very smart and bright, but not gifted in the traditional IQ sense I suppose. she’s asked me 5 different times when results will be available, so how do I best position this for her?
Just want to offer a bit of encouragement to any new mom or mom to be to get help with mental health if you think you might need it. When I had my first child, I had severe postpartum anxiety. I had a long history of depression and anxiety, but wasn’t taking medication at the time – I thought I would realize if I was struggling postpartum, but I didn’t. I thought my off-the-charts anxiety was rational and normal. It took a conversation with my husband about my fear that coyotes would get into our house and kill my child to realize that I was borderline delusional with anxiety.
The second time around, I started medication before I even gave birth (Prozac), since I could tell anxiety was starting to emerge. We bumped the dose up slightly, although I’m still on a very low dose, after I gave birth. My experience is light-years different – I’m actually able to enjoy my new baby in a way that I couldn’t initially enjoy my first child. I feel like it took months before I really bonded with my first because I was in such a bad place mental health wise and was so sure he was going to die – this time I feel safe letting myself connect with him and love him.
So if you are pregnant or a new mom and have any risk factors for PPA/PPD, I want to really encourage you to get treatment even if you aren’t 100% sure you *really* need it. You may find that you need it more than you realized, and the difference it can make in your happiness, your health, and your relationship with your baby is incredible.
I’ve seen a few posts over time about overnight pullups (with fun colors/patterns so they don’t look like diapers/pullups) – can someone jog my memory on the good brands? My 3 year old is still in overnight diapers but has been in undies for daytime since last May and I’d like to get her something so she can be self-sufficient getting everything on at bedtime and off in the morning. But it can’t be normal (white, diaper brand) pullups b/c we did those very very briefly at the start of potty training and those are “for little kids” now in her mind :)
Tell her that she wasn’t ready for it but can try again next year, assuming they allow that.