Maternity Monday: Knife-Pleat Dress
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With a quick accessory swap, this swingy pleated maternity dress works for both 9-to-5 and evening events.
Made from soft and stretchy jersey knit fabric, this sleeveless dress has a bump-friendly empire waist and A-line pleated skirt. For work, add a sharp blazer or lightweight cardigan. For the evening, wear some bold jewelry and a soft wrap.
Ripe Maternity’s Knife-Pleat Dress is $105 and comes in sizes XS-L.
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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I need some DIY Mother’s Day presents to help my preschoolers give their grandmas. I want to give both grandmas the same thing (same party, they’re secretly competitive with each other), and one grandma strongly prefers homemade anything while the other appreciates extremely thoughtful. Both grandmas love gardening, so I was thinking about getting some medium-sized pots and helping them plant a mixture of herbs. Any other ideas?
for those of you who either travel a lot or have a partner in a big travel job or honestly for anyone else. i am not naturally a touchy feely person. idk if it is age, exhaustion, the ssri I take, etc., but I honestly could never “garden” again and probably be fine. i love my husband very much and the life we’ve built together, but idk if i still physically find him attractive, but it’s not like i’m attracted to anyone else, it’s more like i’m tired and just feel like being left alone at the end of the day, especially after a stretch of solo parenting…versus he comes home from a trip that does not involve any type of physical contact (other than shaking hands i suppose) and wants a lot of it. help!
There is a entry level tumbling class starting this summer for my rising Ker who is interested (and generally not great at gross motor like their mother, so this could be a good thing!).
Can some of the former gymnasts/parents of gymnastics kids explain to me the difference between tumbling and gymnastics. I know a rec center class isn’t the same intensity wise as a gymnastics school, which is fine, we’re more rec-league sports people. :)
I would like a non-maternity version of this dress.
What do you give your daycare workers for teachers appreciation day? Our baby just started daycare and we don’t know anyone else who sends their kids there. The size of the staff in the infant room varies depending on the number of babies in the room (3:1 ratio required). Generally there are 3 regular teachers and 1 floater, but the identity of the floater varies. I don’t know how many people work as floaters but it’s a big daycare center. They also have seasonal summer staff rn and I don’t know who is seasonal and who isn’t.
MCOL area, infant daycare is $2300/mo. I’m assuming I should give cash. How much and to whom?
We bought our house about 10 years ago with a baby and preschooler. As our kids are approaching their teenage years, the house is starting to feel cramped, and not the type that can be solved by decluttering. We all are into various building/crafting/engineering hobbies and too many projects are getting done in the main living area and kitchen (the only space to do these) so we’re constantly dealing with mess upon mess. The kids also want an independent space to hang with friends and we only have one main living space and small bedrooms. The kids share a single tiny bathroom, but that is working less well with greater interest in grooming. Even the fridge is feeling small with bigger kids eating more food. Everyone in the house is frustrated.
We found a bigger house we really like in our neighborhood, but it would be a big expense. It’s probably something we can afford, but would mean working more years and keeping our big and stressful jobs for longer. We’re super financially comfortable right now with a small, low interest mortgage. We also have no financial risk–if we both lost our jobs or someone got sick, we’d be totally fine financially. A big new mortgage would have more risk, though probably manageable. (Jobs are both private sector with normal job security–no risks are visable on the horizon, but it’s always possible.)
Life question: Would you take on the new mortgage for the additional space? Or keep the cramped house for the financial security?
My MIL refers to my children as “hers.” As in, she’ll say “I want to see my babies!” Or “how is my princess today?” (Meaning my daughter).
Is this actually annoying, or does it annoy me just because I dislike my MIL?