Family Friday: Kids’ Pixie Dress
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Does this pretty party dress come in my size?
I had no idea that Reiss made kids’ clothes! This flowy mint-and-peach dress has accordion pleats all around and a subtle ruffled collar. Sweet without being overly saccharine, this dress will take your preteen from spring fling to summer soiree.
Reiss’s Pixie Dress is $125 at Nordstrom and comes in sizes 9-10 Y to 12-13 Y.
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+
I’m in California, so our state Pregnancy Disability Leave (a % of salary up to a cap + job protection) kicks in at 36 weeks for a uncomplicated pregnancy and doesn’t take away from leave after the birth assuming one won’t need greatly in excess of typical recovery time. I took off right at 36 weeks when I was in big law and around 39 weeks when in a less intense job.
I’m so glad I could go into labor as rested as possible for a heavily pregnant woman.
How close to your baby’s birth did you work? My original plan was to work basically until I went into labor so that I could have as much time with baby as possible. I’m 38 weeks now and starting to second guess that decision! I am just so tired and there is so much to do before the baby arrives, but I don’t have time to do any of it because I’m working. I am wondering if I will look back on this and regret it. Starting to lightly consider the idea of starting my leave at 39 weeks, but if baby goes overdue that would mean missing more than a week of time with her and that feels hard too!
Recommendations for London with kids? Will be there in early August with kids ages 9, 8, 5 and 2! Thanks!
Help me with basic social skills: What do you say when someone asks how your kid is doing, as a general question? If someone asks the same question about DH or anyone else in my life I can usually answer pretty easily and give them one or two updates about work, health, etc that are ok to share. But when people ask about DS it always stumps me because there is so much going on but it’s all pretty mundane. He is 3.5, goes to preschool, is active, talkative, and silly, loves cars, trains and trucks. He likes playing soccer at school. We’re in the middle of potty training and he’s made a lot of progress. Thankfully he’s healthy as far as we know and no recent health issues. He makes us laugh all the time but it’s usually only funny to DH and I. If I say all this it seems like too much, so then I end up saying almost nothing because I can’t pick out the one or two anecdotes that would be interesting to the person asking the question.
So my husband is on short term disability (recovering from surgery and almost 100%, but can’t work construction again yet) and this week our kid had a fever and couldn’t go to daycare and it was AMAZING to just leave the whole childcare thing in his hands and go to work and not have to cancel my appointments or worry about finding back up care or calling the doctor. This morning our kid was feeling better but didn’t want me to take him to daycare so I just walked back in and handed him off to my husband to deal with and I felt a little bad but also wonderful (husband had a dr appointment, but wasn’t planning to leave until later in the morning, so he wasn’t super happy, but I don’t think I was TA). It’s going to be rough when he goes back to work, haha. Happy Friday and may everyone get their own well-deserved break soon!
Oh, this dress is darling. I rarely use that word, but this is so so so cute and pretty.
Today is “international day” at my kids’ school. My kids requested shirts with the Israeli flag (we are Jewish and they have no clue what’s going on, which i realize is a privilege but i also think it’s kind of complex to explain to 5 year olds). I am nervous and also so angry that it’s 2024 and this is something to be nervous about. Fingers crossed it goes ok.