Maternity Monday: Knit Sweater
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Being pregnant during the holiday season is fun because you get to indulge in all of the delicious food that is constantly being thrown your way, and you get to wrap yourself in cozy clothes while snuggling up indoors (I’m an indoor cat.) Unfortunately for me, I was pregnant during the holidays but could not indulge my sweet tooth due to gestational diabetes. I did, however, like full-coverage clothing while pregnant in the winter. I really like this sweater in both the light gray with pearl beads and dark gray with sequins. I see this top being the perfect pregnant solution to holiday office parties or other “festive” dressing occasions. It’s full coverage, conservative, and still wins you a participation trophy for the holiday season. The sweater is $39.99 at H&M, but right now you can get it for 30% off ($27.99) with free shipping. It comes in sizes S–XL (XS is sold out) and is machine washable. MAMA Knit Sweater
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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
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- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Need to refresh some of my shoes anyways and feel like I should take advantage of cyber Monday sales. Any recs on good shoes for end of pregnancy (28 weeks) or good easy shoes to slip on when carrying a baby? I can’t do Danskos or tall clogs like that because my ankles roll and need something that looks good with socks because it’s winter. None of this bare ankle stuff. Thanks! TLDR looking for comfy, cute, easy to get on shoes.
Favorite nail polish for toddlers? Yes, that’s what was requested from santa…
Wise Hive – tell me about your weekends and how you plan for them. I’ve read “How Not to Hate Your Husband After Having Kids”, and while she talks about the Friday night discussion of how the weekend will go, I’m asking for DETAILS. When do you have fun as a family, get solo time/time with your partner, workout, grocery shop, meal prep, etc.? Right now the lack of clarity and planning is creating a situation where I feel like I’m running around and it isn’t until DS is asleep for the night do I squeeze in a workout, while DH gets a lot more rest, knocks out his workout while I’m taking care of DS, etc. We both agree that we need to re-calibrate, which is the good news.
For context, DS is 1 and still on 2 naps. DH would like us to get out more to museums, trying new restaurants, etc. which I agree on but I tell him that doesn’t happen without planning . Pre-DS, I would always get annoyed at DH for complaining that we weren’t getting out enough but not doing any type of planning/research – after our conversation last night DH agreed to take on the research on what’s going on in a weekend, where to go, etc. Also, we use Instac*rt, but I am picky about produce so prefer not to use it every week, if that makes sense. We also currently outsource house cleaning. I spend a few hours on Sundays meal prepping at least our lunches and a few other items that can be used for dinners for the week.
I’m in the midst of ivf and this morning my doctor asked me if we wanted a boy or a girl. Due to family history, we did genetic testing on the embryos and have genetically normal male and female embryos. I didn’t realize I’d have the option, and it’s throwing us off!
We have a 2 year old daughter already. My husband would ideally like at least one boy and I’d love to see my daughter with a sister. We’d be thrilled to have 3 kids.
Would you do girl girl boy? Girl boy girl? Have you seen pros/cons to having same gender or different gender closer together?
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Brother and I both became new parents this year. For Christmas, I’d like to focus on my new niece and skip the gifts for brother and SIL, and would like them to do the same. How would you go about having this conversation? We are friendly but not close.
So we did a dependent care account for the first time this year (2018). Our nursery school required payment for the year more or less upfront. But when I submitted for reimbursement my claim got rejected because it said “expenses are incurred when the day care is rendered and not when the participant is billed for or pays for the service.” I think this is because I put down the dates ending in 12/31/18, no big deal. I can wait or correct But here’s the question: I may be eligible to re-visit my contribution for next year, which I kept low because I wasn’t sure what our plans would be. Does this mean that I can use money from next year to get reimbursed for tuition we paid this year (tuition > 2018 set aside)? The helpline is not too helpful & I thought you all might have more concrete experience. Thanks!
First, tea collection has free shipping today. Great news since I am never spending $175 on baby clothes in one swoop. Now I want to know about sizing. We’ve bought second hand before and things seem to fit baby pretty well but has anyone bought new stuff recently and knows how the sizing is?
Moms of older girls, where do you buy juniors size clothing? We adopt a couple kids for holiday gifts every year. This year we have a 15 year old girl who gave us her sizes in juniors. My go to is usually Old Navy, but it only has girls and womens. From Google, I see that Kohl’s has a junior’s section. But due to a horrific customer service experience, I have vowed to never shop there again. Where else should I be looking? Thanks so much!!
Want to get Dad and (2yo) toddler matching aprons for Christmas… Any ideas for vendor?
I keep getting Linkedin requests from people I don’t know, asking if I can chat with them on various positions in my company and then refer them. I’m not remotely in a managerial or HR role – not looking to hire anyone – and this is getting on my nerves. I feel like a jerk because I imagine this is what they’re advised to do. But I don’t have time for this! Any advice? Do tell me if I need to just s*ck it up and if I’m being a jerk.
I keep getting Linkedin requests from people I don’t know, asking if I can chat with them on various positions in my company and then refer them. I’m not remotely in a managerial or HR role – not looking to hire anyone – and this is getting on my nerves. I feel like a jerk because I imagine this is what they’re advised to do. But I don’t have time for this! Any advice? Do tell me if I need to just accept this and if I’m being a jerk.
Talk to me about year-end gifts/bonuses for your nanny, especially when they’ve only worked for you a short time. We just hired a live-out nanny at the beginning of November and she’s been great so far. She’s with us about 35 hours/week. What is an appropriate year-end gift or bonus for a nanny who’s only been with you for a few months? I’m thinking $200 cash ($100 for each month she’s been with us), but I’m open-minded. What should we be budgeting for year-end next year, when she will hopefully have been with us for the full year?
4 yo kiddo desperately wants “a pedal bike” for Christmas. She has a three-wheel scooter, which she loves, and a balance bike which she hates. (She’s had the balance bike for 2 years and never taken to it.) She really likes riding tricycles at school. I just called a local bike shop to ask about bikes with training wheels and got a lecture about how she will never learn to ride if we let her use training wheels and that she needs to master the balance bike before getting a pedal bike. Is this true? Should we get her a bike without training wheels and try to teach her on that? Keep trying with the balance bike? Ignore this lady and get the training wheels? Relevant info: Kiddo tends to be anxious, reluctant to try new things, and risk averse. She is also very stubborn.
I’m getting ready for my LOs first day of daycare. He’s 3 months old and we are breastfeeding. I can’t figure out how to label his bottles and pacifiers — do I write directly on them? Am I supposed to buy labels somewhere? This seems like one of those things that should be really easy, but I’m a clueless new mom here.
We love labels from Namebubbles. They are pricey, but they really stay on in the laundry/dishwasher.