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I have a kid who hates wearing coats. This half-zip might be a good compromise between my desire to make sure he’s warm and his not to wear anything coat-like.
This comfy, quilted (and reversible!) half-zip sweatshirt is made from an easy-care cotton-poly blend. The half-zip makes it easy to take on and off. It’s perfect for fall or warmish winter days at school or the playground. You can even get a pair of coordinating pants for a whole outfit.
This half-zip sweatshirt from Crewcuts is $85 for the heather oatmeal or navy nebula heather and $60.99 for the dark green heather. It’s available in sizes XXS-XL. The matching pants are $59.50 and only available in heather oatmeal or navy nebula heather.
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
Anon says
Any ideas for kid breakfast with protein that doesn’t include yogurt or eggs?
Anonymous says
Peanut butter toast
Van’s frozen protein waffles
Kodiak cakes pancakes
Cheese stick
GCA says
Cheese on toast
Add nut butter to a smoothie or oatmeal
Half a bagel with cream cheese and lox (though ymmv; my kids love salmon in all forms)
Anon says
This is a great idea – my kid LOVES lox and salmon
Anon says
+1 my kids are big on smoked salmon with bagels for breakfast!
also love the nut butter added to oatmeal idea – going to try that!
Anon says
Whole wheat products are an often forgotten protein source. Sometimes we do pb&j on Ezekiel bread. Not really a breakfast food but I’ll take it.
Anonymous says
Oats also have protein.
Anon says
Tofu scramble
Breakfast sausage (or just leftover meat from dinner)
Pancakes made with almond flour
octagon says
We make a dozen Kodiak blueberry muffins at the beginning of the week (from the mix). They’re easy, and everyone in the family likes them.
Anonymous says
Superhero muffins
Anon says
Ezekiel bread with sunflower seed butter or actual butter
Oatmeal with blueberries (frozen) on the cooktop. It’s messy though so I don’t do it often.
This is all I feed my egg allergy toddler for breakfast. I wish we could do eggs. Maybe one day.
Anon says
Bagel with cream cheese. Whole wheat toast or waffle with peanut or almond butter & hemp hearts or seeds sprinkled on top (my kids call them “sprinkles”). Oatmeal with 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed and peanut butter stirred in.
Anon says
My friend just had a preemie after a tough labour. Any gift ideas for her? I’m far away, but want to show my support.
Mary Moo Cow says
A group of us sent my friend food when she had her preemie, since we thought she might not have stocked the fridge yet. We sent a fresh fruit bouquet, mini muffins, and chocolates. I also made it a point to text her every few days and check in, ask for baby pictures, and then meet up with her after a few weeks. I know that for me, being on maternity leave with a working-mom friend group was hard, and the connection was as appreciated as the food.
Anonymous says
We just received a gift box from colleagues from Spoonful of Comfort following the loss of my mother. We liked it.
TheElms says
I’m pregnant now and if I had a premie, I wouldn’t have any premie sized clothes for them. So I’d appreciate some things (basics as well as a cute outfit) in premie size (especially if they are well and coming home but just small). I also got an edible arrangements after my first kid was born and that was great. Having easy to eat fresh fruit was really nice (a fruit tray from a grocery store would be just as good, similarly a tray of veggies or charcuterie!).
Anonymous says
I had a preemie. Best things we got following the birth: super nice, soft preemie clothes for when they get to start wearing them; food or food gift cards; Uber gift card (this was in NYC and it was nice not to have to take the subway every day to the hospital). When you get pics of the baby, only comments on how cute like any baby – nothing about how small etc. If the baby is in the nicu this is likely a SUPER and overwhelming time for your friend. You’re a good friend for thinking of ways to be supportive.
Anon says
Preemie clothes.
Grab & go food– She will be going back and forth to the NICU. We found it really nice to have ready to go health meals, so that I wasn’t spending time or energy cooking or going to restaurants.
JM says
If you are still reading…I had two preemies, both spent time in the NICU (3 weeks, 1 week). The most helpful things that people got me were preemie clothes (already washed), food (already cooked), snacks, cleaning service. When you have a NICU baby, the hospital makes you pump immediately. Someone ordered me a pump and all the pump parts, including the milk bags, Dapple soap, a sharpie, a bag, random flange sizes. YMMV on that one depending on whether she needs help with that. Nothing that requires the mom to do any more work, like cooking, washing, cleaning. If the baby is in the NICU, do not ask when he/she is going home. Your friend will tell you when it is time.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Having one of those days where I’ve already done 3 hours of wrangling kids before my official “work day” started at 8:30 thanks to the little one waking everyone up at 5:30…
Funny kid stories to get us into the weekend? My husband likes to change up kids’ songs and he taught my little one to sing the “itsy booty/buttsy spider” so now he sings “the itsy booty spider went up the spout, down came the rain and washed the butt out, out came the sun and dried up all the booty and the itsy booty spider went up the… butt” – it’s actually very adorable and hilarious.
Anon says
My 7-year old thinks he’s learned how to swear from the big kids but with the masks at school he isn’t getting the words right. When he’s looking for attention he runs around yelling Fluck and Skit and can’t figure out why he’s not getting the reaction he wants.
AIMS says
One of my kids used to think that ridiculous was a swear word and she would yell “that’s ridiculous!” and then burst in giggles and run away, gleeful that she just said something super naughty.
Anon says
My two year old tricked me for the first time. I told him we couldn’t play in mom’s room because he was trying to dump all the folded laundry out of the baskets and roll around in it. He took me by the hand and said let’s go to his room, hurry hurry, and then when we got down the hall he suddenly let go and sprinted back to my bedroom.
Leatty says
My preschooler is having a school party today, and we signed up to send in whipped cream for the yogurt parfaits. As we walked into school this morning, she was so excited to show everyone what she was bringing in! She told every single person that we passed about it, saying “look at my diaper cream!” I kept reminding her that it was whipped cream for eating, but it didn’t matter – it was diaper cream to her! Fortunately, she didn’t try to use it when we were changing baby brother’s diaper or put real diaper cream in her mouth, but it cracked me up.
EDAnon says
My little one calls lollipops “Wally-pops.” There is a Wally in his school which is where I think it comes from. But it is so cute.
AwayEmily says
About 45 minutes after bedtime, I go into the kids’ room to take their nightlights. Last night the 5yo was already asleep, but the 3yo was awake. I laid down and chatted with him for a bit, then he asks “What’s that smell? Mama, did you fart? It’s okay, I have a mask,” and reaches beneath a pile of books, pulls out a face mask, and puts it on. I have no idea how or why he had it in his bed.
So Anon says
I fell asleep on the couch one night this week and wandered up to bed around 11/11:30. I went into my master bedroom and bath – which is down the hall from my kids’ rooms and their bathroom. I went to wash my face and nearly lost it because I was very surprised to find my 8 year old was just chilling on the toilet. In my half-asleep state, I asked why she was there and if she was ok?! She happily started chatting with me, and I just kept saying “why”? When I told her that it was after 11, she said, “oh ok, I should go to bed then, and skipped down the hall to her bed.” She had zero recollection the next day.
Anon says
Yesterday, my newly 2 year old started to sing “shake it off, shake it off” after washing her hands. I had no idea she was a Taylor Swift Fan (we do not listen to T Swift at home). Definitely a happy daycare influence. She was pretty stoked when I played it for her and let her dance around to it :)
Anonymous says
My 2.5-year-old has been wearing masks to go to daycare since he turned 2, but just this week has started fighting them and tearing them off. I would dismiss it as a (hopefully brief) phase, but we’re getting on a plane next week and we’ll really need him to wear the mask. Any suggestions?
AIMS says
Maybe let him pick out a “special” new mask for the trip? My kids are much more agreeable when they participate in the process.
EDAnon says
My honest answer is that I would buy a bunch of different masks and have him try them over the next week to see what works. After mask wearing for so long with two kids, I find that the masks stretch or shrink, their faces grow, etc. Usually when they start to dislike the mask, it’s because it doesn’t fit well anymore.
Also, mask wearing has lasted so long that we have actually used up all 1 million masks I bought (used up = lost or destroyed). Only one has been a total loser and no one will wear it.
Anon says
Is the concern his safety or being thrown off the plane? Because despite the occasional scary news story, flight attendants basically never enforce masks for 2 year olds. On my last flight (in the Delta variant era) the flight attendant was actually encouraging kids to take their masks off, and I have a Facebook friend who’s flown a ton with her family in the pandemic, like maybe two dozen flights this year and posts often about how her three kids (the oldest of whom is 6) NEVER mask on planes. If you’re really worried you could get a doctor’s note in advance about how your kid has difficulty wearing a mask – I assume most peds would write that for a 2 year old.
NYCer says
+1. I have yet to meet a flight attendant who cares if young children are wearing masks. (United, Delta and Air France)
Anonymous says
Unless the child has a medical issue preventing mask wearing, I wouldn’t ask a pediatrician for a note.
Anon says
I think it’s fine to ask. They don’t have to do it. I think mine would have no problem writing a note saying a 2 year old struggles to keep a mask on.
octagon says
Would he respond to how wearing a mask is something that grown-ups do, and he gets to be a big boy and wear a mask? Point out how everyone at the airport is wearing one, and that those are the rules for grown-ups. My kiddo always loved feeling like he was older.
Another option is to put him in a mask but also a face shield, which gives a little extra protection in case he pulls the mask off.
Allie says
Has his masks gotten too small? Do you need to adjust the ears?
What Would You Do? New Hire Holiday Lunch says
Asking for a friend (seriously.) New hire, been working in the department for one month. Supervisor wants to have a holiday lunch for the group (about 12 people.) Supervisor wants to go to a restaurant, and employee is vaccinated and boosted but not comfortable doing indoor dining. Would you ask the supervisor to consider getting take out and having lunch while distancing in a conference room, not say anything and go, or try to get out of going altogether?
EDAnon says
It’s hard because it is workplace specific, but both my husband and I push back on that stuff (and I would welcome pushback from an employee! I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable!).
I use the kids as an excuse.
Anonymous says
I’d politely decline the invitation. I wouldn’t rock the boat as a new hire.
anon says
+1 on politely declining. Takeout in a conference room seems like the worst of two choices–risk of being unmasked with a bunch of people, and said people are going to be annoyed that the holiday party is way less festive.
Anon says
I would probably just decline to go. I’m not a new hire, but my team’s holiday event this year (during work hours) is outdoors on a heated patio and I just told them I’m not going. Even though I believe many people I work with are vaccinated, I’m not willing to attend a 40+ people event right now, even outdoors, when cases are surging, and I have an unvaxxed kid at home. I wouldn’t even consider indoor dining.
Anonymous says
Go.
Anonymous says
No.
Anonymous says
Literally asked what we would do. I would go.
TheElms says
I would just decline the invite and wish the group a wonderful time at lunch / over the holidays.
Anon says
I would find an excuse not to go, or just decline.
Anonymous says
If they are that new, I would just find a reason not to be there. Be out sick that day, have a dr’s appointment, etc.
Anon says
I’d go and wear a mask and enjoy the chitchat if not the food.
Anon says
I think this is weirder than declining. The event is at a restaurant and people will think it’s really strange you’re not eating so you’ll have to explain you’re worried about the pandemic and it just seems like it’s going to make a worse impression than just not showing up.
Anonymous says
I would not say anything and go. I don’t think suggesting changes to an event planned and hosted by someone else is a good idea.
Anon says
I would go – I don’t see that much difference between eating with everyone in a conference room vs eating with everyone in a restaurant. That’s assuming the tables aren’t wedged together, which seems like an unlikely setup if they’re accommodating a large group.
Anonymous says
I think the conference room idea is riskier than a restaurant. I would skip it.
Anon says
Conference rooms often have abysmal ventilation (there are studies on how inadequate it can be). The restaurant might be better; at least they have to keep things comfortable enough that people go there willingly.
Anon says
If it were me I would (and did) go. My practice group holiday lunch was the first indoor dining I’ve done in many, many months. I was nervous about it, but it was really, really nice. Someone wrote an article recently about “collective joy” and how that was missing, and for me that really hit home after the event. Being together in a group and collectively joyful was restorative to my mental health and helped me reconnect with my coworkers and job in a way I had really missed in this almost two years of mostly remote work.
Things that made me more comfortable were that we were in a private room that was by the front door so had decent in and out air circulation, all of my coworkers are fully vaccinated (required to submit cards to HR or not be allowed in the building) and the vast majority have had their boosters and generally are lower risk people (lawyers), and, most importantly, I am fully vaccinated and boosted. As fully vaccinated and boosted, the risk to me is so very, very small. Living with Covid means making risk-benefit decisions, and while I do not eat indoors regularly (we in fact ate outdoors this weekend), for this event I’m really glad I did.
Anonymous says
+1. If she is asked, she should just say, “Oh, I’m disappointed I’ll have to miss it. I am not doing indoor dining right now.” No further explanation.
Gift for a ten year old? says
You all have the best gift suggestions, so… last minute gift ideas needed for my 10 year old. She’s getting a tablet as her main present, and also some books she requested, so i’m looking for one more gift for her. Ideally- less than $35, something consumable or of the “useful and fun” category. Also something I can get at the store because i don’t want to try to order anything online at this point. I was going to get her a couple months of Stitch Fix for her birthday next month, so I don’t think I want to do more clothes right now. And she has a million water bottles.
anne-on says
What are her interests? Off the top of my head, coloring book and ‘good’ markers/pencils, some fun makeup from the drugstore to play around with, face/eye masks (sheet masks), nail polishes/manicure set, funko pop figures, puzzles/board games (your local bookstore should have loads of these), warm and fuzzy socks, pretty pjs, candle for her room? Honestly I’d just go hit up a local bookstore/urban outfitters/anthropologie – they all have stuff like this right by the registers.
Anonymous says
Small LCD drawing tablet (like Boogie Board), LUSH bath bombs or other bath supplies, art/craft supplies or kit.
Mary Moo Cow says
Yes on the Lush bath stuff: the bubble soaps last a really long time! If no clothes, what about accessories, like necklaces, scrunchies, etc.? Crewcuts and the J.Crew Factory usually have some cute stuff, and Target always has racks of hair accessories. New hat and gloves or earmuffs? (My kids have recently discovered earmuffs and they think they are hilarious and fun.) Is she into nail polish? A small manicure set and some polish, or a gift certificate for the two of you to get your nails done. Since she’s getting books, bookmarks would be cute stocking stuffers. If she’s into baking, the Flour Shop kits and accessories from Williams-Sonoma are a bit above your price range, but are fun and consumable.
Anon says
Arts and crafts supplies?
Anonanonanon says
My son is around that age. Stocking stuffers I did this year were:
-Gloves he can text/use electronics in
-Carhartt beanie (Could get her a nice winter hat)
-Dungeons and Dragons Mad Libs (Can get for whatever she’s into)
-Candy
-FunkoPop character
I’ve seen colored LED lights for a kid to put up in their room recommended for the tween crowd. I would have liked that when I was a 10 yo girl. If you don’t want to go online, Barnes and Noble is good for interesting little gifts.
OP says
These are great. And i have to admit i had to google “funko pop”. I feel so out of touch.
I tend to stay away from art supplies because her younger siblings tend to co-opt them and I want something that can be exclusively hers. But the bath and beauty stuff stuff might be just up her alley. And the store suggestions. I’ve gotten so used to online shopping that I’ve forgotten about the art of just browsing!
Anonymous says
Mine is 8 and getting kitsch salad from bath and body works and tjmaxx. She doesn’t need to know about lush yet ;).
Anon says
Ughhhhhhh Pfizer vaccines for under 5 coming Q2 2022 at the earliest. The results weren’t robust enough so they’re now trialing a three-dose series and are going to submit to the FDA based on that. There goes the hope that 2022 will be slightly better than the last two years.
Anonymous says
I mean, this isn’t abysmal news. Obviously you want to vaccine to be safe and effective. I’d rather have it take more time. Personally we feel like we know a lot more about the virus/how to stay safe than we did in 2020. 2021 has been a good year for my family (2 kids under 5). We mask, 4.5yo goes to preschool (masked) and 2yo does outdoor activities. Everyone in our family friends is vaxxed/boosted. And right now it seems like vaccines aren’t that protective against omicron but disease is mild. We’re just going to have to live with this, it’s not going away.
Anon says
There were zero safety concerns in the under 5 trial. None. Plus millions of 5-11 year olds got vaccinated with MUCH lower rates of myocarditis than teens. This is not about waiting so we know it’s safe. I get that we’re all getting the virus eventually, but there are many reasons to want to be vaccinated first. Kids do get hospitalized and die from this virus, although it’s much rarer than it is in adults, and there’s some evidence from South Africa that Omicron is more severe in kids.
Anonymous says
Isn’t the issue that the two-dose regimen wasn’t effective enough at the dosage studied? So wouldn’t you want to wait for a more effective regimen? Look what happened with J&J for adults. They rammed it through with a one-dose regimen that was basically useless.
Anon says
Sure, I want the more effective regimen eventually but some protection now is better than none. There’s no reason you can’t authorize two doses and then have a booster as soon as the booster studies come back with a good safety reading. The J&J analogy is off base because it’s a completely different vaccine and combing different vaccines was not allowed for a long term and is still complicated and confusing.
Anon says
Also what I’m really frustrated about is the decision made in the spring to give 2-4 year olds the lower dose, which now seems like it was a big mistake. I’m not sure there is an easy fix at this point (although given the excellent safety results I still think the FDA should authorize two doses and let us have non-zero protection), but I’m mostly just annoyed this mistake was made at all. We have lost two years of our lives. My kid has been in lockdown for almost half her life. The idea of doing this for the better part of another year is almost unbearable.
Anon says
This. I would much rather they take extra time testing *especially* given the unlikelihood (not impossibility) of severe complications in little kids. It’s just one more piece of all of the risk balancing I do as a parent for my kid on a daily basis. Everyone we know is vaxxed and boosted (who is eligible) and the kids wear masks at school. We have a good equilibrium going now.
Anon Lawyer says
Nobody is saying we should rush ahead without data; people are just disappointed.
Anon says
The Omicron wave is hitting and is going to infect almost everyone within a few months. The choices are get infected or get vaccinated (and quite possibly still get infected). I want my kids vaccinated before they get infected, and at this point there’s tons of safety data on these vaccines.
Anonymous says
I think we are all getting infected whether or not we’re vaccinated. The vaccine might reduce the severity, but we’re all still getting it.
Anonymous says
Yeh I think basically we’re all going to get it or have had it and don’t know it. The amount of kids I know who have gotten it and randomly tested positive with ZERO symptoms is high. And I’m in a high vaxx/mask mandate area.
Anonymous says
If you think this equilibrium is going to last, you have your head in the sand.
Anon Lawyer says
I mean, that’s nice for you. Maybe I’d like my 2-year-old to get to do indoor activities without worrying that we’ll be quarantined inside for 25 days as a result, for instance.
Anonymous says
Yeh but a lot of people are doing some indoor activities with 2yos and have never had to quarantine. It feels like people are living different realities. We don’t do indoor dining (because..2 year olds are cray) but I do take mine to the library (masked) or in stores (masked).
Anon Lawyer says
I am doing some of that too, but I would like to do it without a constant risk analysis and feeling of worry. Like, am I saying we’re all going to die? No. But why are we getting pushback for being disappointed that our children can’t get vaccinated against a disease that has greatly disrupted all or most of their life?
Anon says
The US is not a monolith and how safe this stuff is really depends on how vaccinated your state is, whether people wear masks, and what case numbers are like at the current time. For me in a red state where 60% of adults are vaccinated, no one masks, and cases have been at “high risk” levels since August, the odds of catching Covid from indoor stuff are objectively pretty high.
And agree with Anon Lawyer, clearing the hurdle of having everyone in the family vaccinated is a big deal, even though I’m aware my unvaccinated kids are very unlikely to die from Covid.
Anon Lawyer says
I don’t understand why they didn’t test higher doses. Weren’t they supposed to be studying dosages during this trial?
Anon says
The dosing was done in a phase 1 trial that happened in spring 2021, but yeah, sounds like they were too cavalier about giving advancing 2-4 year olds into the phase 2/3 trials at the infant dose. Apparently adding a third dose is faster than re-doing the trials from scratch with a higher dose, so that’s why they chose that path. Interestingly enough, it sounds like 0-2 year olds had a decent immune response with the tiny dose, but I guess they don’t want to approve the age groups out of order so they’re making everyone wait. I’d be pretty mad about that if I had a kid under 2.
On the plus side, I think this should make parents more comfortable with lying to get their 3-4 year olds vaxxed? It’s pretty clear kids close to 5 need the larger dose.
Boston Legal Eagle says
That is odd that they were giving the same dosage to babies (i.e. under age 1) as 2-4 year olds. Other medicines (I’m thinking tylenol) vary a lot in the first 1-2 years of a kid’s life, and the dosage you’re supposed to give them changes a lot in those early years. But I guess the trial had to include that whole age group?
Disappointing though, especially if it means more quarantines due to exposure at daycare. Maybe my 3 year old will eventually be testing himself like my Kindergartener does every week…
Anon says
They split the under 12 trials into 3 age cohorts: 6 months-<2, 2-<5, and 5-<12. Each group was stuided separately and could have had a different dose. They did phase 1 dosing trials and decided to advance the younger two age cohorts to phase 2/3 trials at 3 micrograms and the older group at 10 micrograms. They must have gotten some early signals that the lower dose was ok for 2-4, but clearly they didn't study carefully enough, and experts I know questioned it at the time for the reasons you state. Biologically, a 3 year old is much more like a 5 year old than like an infant.
Anonymous says
Parent of a kid under 2 here, and I am SO frustrated. She can’t get vaxxed, can’t wear a mask (and not even close enough to 2 to attempt a mask), and we just got notices yesterday about cases in other classrooms at daycare.
Anon says
Parent of two kids under 5 here and my heart dropped when I read this. I didn’t realize how tightly I’d been holding on to hope for a Q1 vaccine for my kids. This is getting so hard.
TheElms says
I’m incredibly bummed. This just really sucks. It all just feels too hard today.
Anonymous says
Me too. My ped and other sources have been saying February or March and I really hoped we would be able to join my husband’s extended family for Passover in April for the first time in three whole years. Now that seems very unlikely. I guess I need to learn not to get my hopes about anything, ever, but it’s such a depressing way to live.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
I have a 4 year old and soon-to-be 1 year old. It probably is just the level of pandemic burnout I’m at where I can’t get mad about this (but understand why others are). At this point, I don’t see an end in the near future, just a lot of risk mitigation as it becomes available (vaxxes, masks, etc).
I just cancelled DS #2’s birthday party – it was a smaller gathering, about 15 people, all adults are vaxxed/boosted, but given Omnicron and upcoming family gatherings just seemed like not a needed risk given other things we’re doing. Full disclosure, I also am less risk-averse than others here (e.g. DH went to a holiday work party with colleagues indoors; vaxxes are required by his employer – I understand I may get flamed here) so perhaps this is also why I’m not as upset as I would have been 6 months or even 1 year ago.
Anonymous says
This is me too
Anonymous says
I’m not as risk averse as some here. We don’t do indoor dining but mainly because I see no real reason to. We eat outdoors, travel on airplanes, my kid is in school (everyone masks) and some outdoor activities (she masks but others don’t) and we do some indoor stuff like the public library. But a lot of people in our circles are more risk averse than we are, and their choices (which I respect) affect us. For example, I haven’t seen my best friend since 2019 and haven’t met her 2 year old. I would fly to visit her in a heartbeat, but she won’t see us until our kids can all be vaccinated. No one at our daycare has been doing birthday parties or indoor playdates. We can’t attend my MIL’s family’s Passover gathering with an unvaxxed child because 80 year olds and immunocompromised people will be there. So it feel like we’re missing a lot, even though it’s not our own risk assessment that’s preventing us from doing this stuff.
Anonymous says
I’m slightly more risk tolerant..so I have not cancelled my kiddos 4th bday, but it will outside in December in Boston.
BYO mittens folks. (Actually it’s looking like we will a have snow so we will sled).
Anonymous says
Um sledding birthday party sounds LIT. Sign me up!
Anonymous says
When I saw this my heart dropped for people with kids under 5. I totally get the disappointment and frustration, and I would probably rolling around on the ground screaming like a 2 year old if my son was still under 5. That said, the degree to which having my son be vaccinated (he’s 9, it’s still fresh) has made risk analysis easier is smaller than I expected, particularly with omicron blowing up among people who are vaccinated.