Accessory Tuesday: Leather Crossbody Bag & Belt Bag

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Lo & Sons The Waverley 2 Women\'s Fanny Pack Leather Fanny packMaybe it’s all the normcore fashion that’s out there right now, but every bag line has their version of a fanny pack. With my formative years being the early-mid ’90s, I initially rejected the fanny pack resurgence. However, I can see the practicality here. This bag has enough space for a few cards, some cash, and your phone. If you keep it around your waist, you can avoid digging through a crowded diaper bag for the essentials. This particular one from Lo & Sons lets you dip your toe into the trend without fully committing, as you can also wear it as a cross body, shoulder bag, and wristlet. Three out of the four offered colors are currently 20% off. Lo & Sons Leather Crossbody Bag & Belt Bag This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 9.10.24

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Kid/Family Sales

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  • 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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The awesome new nanny we found for our son – who is supposed to start next week – just texted to let me know that she’s staying with her current family (they offered her way more money and better hours to stay). I’m happy for her, but bummed for us! I’ve only been back at work for six weeks and after a not-great first nanny who we had to let go after two weeks, I was looking forward to finally feeling “settled” with our childcare situation and not having to do interviews while relying on a patchwork of grandparents + part-time sitters + working from home.

No real question, just sort of feeling blue today. I’m grateful for all the Corpor3tt3 Moms out there making things happen – you are so inspiring to someone who feels like they’ve been scrambling for six weeks.

I’m going back to work in a couple weeks when my daughter will be 14 weeks old. She’s currently nursing 6 times/day. I can easily continue 3 of those sessions (one before work, two after). I’m not enthusiastic about pumping – my office has terrible pumping facilities and I think I’d have to pump at least three times per day to make all the milk she needs (maybe more? the pump is less efficient than the baby, right?) and since I only work 8 hours per day, that’s a pretty significant chunk of my work day lost to pumping. I’m definitely not interested in extending my work day just so I can pump. Instead I’m thinking of going home at lunch to nurse her (I live really close to the office so this would take <1 hour total) and having her caretaker give her formula at the other two feeds. Any feedback on whether this is realistic or a good/bad idea? I firmly believe that the presence of b-milk is much more important than the absence of formula and she was combo-fed for her first six weeks of life (so dad could sometimes do the night feeding) so it generally works for us. My supply issues seem to be of the oversupply, not undersupply variety, but I wouldn't be devastated if my supply took a hit and we had to go to a higher formula:milk ratio or even stop nursing altogether since everything I've read suggests the first 3-4 months are the most important.

In case anyone needs a smile on a random dreary Tuesday: this morning my son was watching me put on makeup and said ‘I want some makeup too! I want to be fancy!’ and proceeded to streak purple eyeshadow above his eyebrows. It’s a very fashionable look for preschool, I guess, or he’s going to be starting one of those Instagram influencer trends.

This is the perfect response.

To Meg Murray: I use a lesportsac crossbody for my summer/outdoorsy purse. Lightweight lots of zippers and I think the colors/patterns are more fun than a more basic “outdoorsy” brand. The strap is held on my a sturdy metal ring so I imagine you could use small carabiners to clip it to your waist/belt loops for roller coaster use, or tighten the crossbody strap and somehow clip that to you.

In today’s installment of things your mother says to shame you:

Last night my mom was telling me about how my sister’s ex forgot to pick up my nephew to take him to the zoo as he had promised, leaving them waiting for him in a parked car in a parking lot for a half hour, him not answering my sister’s texts or calls, and instead sending my nephew to stay with my dad for the day. My nephew was crushed, obviously, and my sister was so upset. My mom said to me, “it’s impossible to explain to a child why their father has forgotten about them, or why mama has to go to work.”

Hold up, are you equating a deadbeat dad situation with a working mom situation? Please don’t do that. It is indeed possible to explain why mama has to go to work. UGGHHH.

Planning and Shopping help for family pictures!

My family is traveling to Paris in May — YAY — and taking our first every family pictures. My daughters are 3 and 2. we are taking pics at the Eiffel Tower, because we are just touristy like that! The pics are at 7am — hello, jet lag!

Anyway, any thoughts on color schemes that work well together? (husband is dark and I am light. girls are in between with dark hair.) I think the girls should wear bright colours and my husband and I go with complementing neutrals, but I don’t even know what that means. I am horrible at fashion. I want the girls in “twirly” dresses, but not sure whether husband should wear a suit and I should wear a dress (which I do not own, FYI), or just separates?

ANY ideas would be so appreciated. Particulary re: color palettes and thoughts on dressiness needed. Also, it’s Paris in May at 7am. We all need long sleeves, right?

Re-posting from main site yesterday.

I just lost a great employee who took a new job because the other company’s insurance offered IVF coverage and ours does not. Apparently ours covers infertility treatments up to IVF but nothing IVF related.

I know many of the women on here have undergone IVF – is it pretty commonly excluded from insurance coverage? Our plan is otherwise very broad and comprehensive, I was pretty surprised to learn that IVF wasn’t covered.

I’m considering campaigning our insurance office to add the benefit, as a recruiting / retaining tool but also for health and safety – if families need to pay out of pocket, they may opt to implant multiples to avoid the cost of an additional implantation, which carries additional risks.

I really like this bag, but I need a cheaper non-leather version (nylon maybe?). We spend tons of time at amusement parks over the summer, and I need a purse/pouch big enough to hold my phone (with case), card keys and 1-3 cards, and that can convert to a waist belt when required (on roller coasters mostly) but that can go back to being a crossbody when I’m not on a roller coaster, and that sturdily zips closed. I know I’ve already crossed into semi mom-frump for practicality when we’re at amusement parks (capri pants or not trendy shorts, running shoes etc) but I refuse to go all the way to wearing a fanny pack all day – that’s just one step too far. Right now I’ve got a small crossbody with an adjustable strap that I pull over to my waist when I need to, but one with actual hooks for converting to a true waist pack like this one would be far preferable.

Anyone seen such a thing? Or have brands to suggest I look at? Everything I’ve found has either been too small for my phone, way too massively big, or doesn’t have the clip off strap to convert between crossbody/shoulder bag and waist belt.

This is a good point. When my daughter was about 6 months, I switched to about 1500 billable hours (from 1800). It has made all the difference in the world, especially with the flexibility you mentioned. The big caveat is that I don’t do a lot of business development. I’m fine not having my own clients at this point, and my firm has been fine with it as long as I understand how that will affect me economically as my career progresses. I do. It’s not all about money!

So, I forgot all of my sleep training rules with my second kid and…he’s a horrible sleeper, for naps and night time. I am too bleary-eyes to whip out one of my books, please help. With my first, I was hardcore about putting him down drowsy but awake and he would always put himself to sleep. With #2, I have been nursing him to sleep pretty much every time. At daycare I know he goes to sleep on his own, but after a good amount of crying and screaming, I think, I am not sure because I am afraid to ask. So, how do I reverse 8 months of nursing him to sleep? Do I just start cold turkey drowsy but awake? I’m too sleep deprived to think.

What about working less? Can your budget afford that? Simply scaling down on the BD/delivery might free up space in your day.

Yes, this is what I’m afraid of. DH is a big help, but we feel so stretched already. I just feel like the stress needs to be cut somewhere and that a job switch would help but I know it would have trade offs as far as flexibility goes. Just hoping for some holy grail that entails less stress but some flexibility!

If you made a move, can daughter’s dad pick up more of the management of daughter’s illness? You probably will lose a lot of flexibility, certainly at first.

Or is there another caregiver you can plan to rely on more?

Loving these earlier posts!

Can any of you ladies speak to changing your career from private practice to …well, anything else? I’m just feeling so drained by the demands of clients and business development and partners of mine with outsized egos. I constantly fantasize about leaving private practice, whether it’s for in house or just a total career change but I feel chained to the flexibility of my job (sure, lots of hours but I can theoretically make them up here or there when I have to leave one of my daughter’s many doctors appointments). I guess I’m just looking for anecdata that things get better. I feel trapped in private practice by having a young kid with special needs and I’m just so exhausted by it all.