Family Friday: Lifeguard Clarifying Shampoo
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With summer coming up, if you have little ones who’ll be swimming you’ll want to make sure to take care of their hair — especially if they’ll be spending time in chlorinated pools. I didn’t, and my little blond boy got totally dry, crunchy hair last summer. This shampoo from Fairy Tales seemed to work, and these little pouches work wonders if you’re already looking at chlorine damage. (They’re pricey, though; I got one for free from my cousin, a hairdresser, and you may want to check the salon locator if there’s one near you that sells them for less than $20.) Having researched swimmer’s hair a bit for my blonde son, though, one of the best things you can do is spray water on your kiddo’s hair (or otherwise get it wet) before they get in the pool. Apparently, hair is like a sponge and can only hold so much water; if you get it wet with non-chlorinated water first, the chlorine water has much less to “stick” to. Pictured: Lifeguard Clarifying Shampoo
2018 Update: We’re adding this product to our CorporetteMoms Hall of Fame because it’s still being sold in stores and we still love it!
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How are you spending Mother’s Day weekend? How do you WISH you were spending it?
1) Saturday: Lunch with my mom and sisters, dinner with the in-laws. There is a good chance that I’ll end up hosting the in-laws because it’s almost easier than going to a restaurant.
2) Sunday: Church and DS’s soccer game
How do I actually WANT to spend Mother’s Day? I’d love to take the kids to the zoo tomorrow and then spend all day Sunday alone, in peace. I want a nap, time to read, and I want to drink my coffee while it’s still hot.
Got a positive pregnancy test today, woo! Here’s hoping it sticks (if it does, this will be my second; my first is a year old). Everything I’ve read says that you’re not supposed to feel symptoms until ~5 weeks in but I have been *exhausted* for the last couple of days and have some low-grade nausea. Maybe it’s just stress, though? Did anyone else get super early symptoms?
ATTENTION KAT! PSA – There was a third post in the “day in the life” series posted but it was posted with a date of May 10th 2014! I assume the year is causing it not to show up on the front page. I found it last night by looking back in the series while working on my own submission. I love the series and wanted to bring it to your attention. Thanks!
More potty training questions. How did you all handle daycare? I’ve read Oh Crap but she seems kind of … hostile about daycare, which isn’t very helpful. I asked our providers (a large center) and they have started taking DS to use the potty every 2 hours or so. He’s still in diapers for now but I think we’re ready to move on. Did you do pull-ups? Training pants? I’m not comfortable sending him in commando. I’m leaning toward training pants but don’t want to spend the $ if it’s a waste.
So this has nothing to do with the usual mom-work questions, but I thought that I could get good advice here. I lurk often. We are buying a new “old” house, and our inspection found some evidence of a mouse infestation. Droppings in the fuse box–although no wires visibly chewed–and then dead mice behind the boiler. The house is just over 50 years old, so maybe this is normal. My realtor and inspector didn’t seem that bothered. But I’ve always lived in newer homes and never dealt with mice. The house is gorgeous, though, and we are getting a great deal for the location because the kitchen/baths need to be updated. How freaked out should I be? Also, we aren’t moving in for 3 months because the sellers need to locate a home and move out 30 years worth of belongings. So is this something where we should insist that they bring in an exterminator now while the sellers are still living there? Or just wait and deal with it in August? I have a 3yo, so obviously her health and safety is a priority for me. Thanks ladies!
ADHD. So I always assumed ADD or ADHD was a hyperactivity thing, but holy cow did I identify with the poster who identified symptoms as daydreaming, difficulty finishing tasks without a hard deadline, etc. but who excelled in life due to a perfectionist streak, etc.
I’m having an aha moment as to why litigating maybe made me so miserable. I used to stare at a blank screen from all. day. long watching the hours tick by when I had to write a brief. Then, suddenly it would be due the next day, and I’d stay up all night cranking out a killer draft. I was most miserable, but most productive with my best quality work when I was slammed busy. So I sought lots of work and hated the life, and blamed BigLaw, but maybe I would have been okay if I had better managed my own inability to focus? I loved being in court, and still miss it. I just couldn’t stand drafting briefs or responding to discovery. Everything about it was open ended, and I would start dreading MSJ or other big briefs as soon as a scheduling order was issued.
AFter my mental health was really suffering, I shifted away to transaction work and went in-house, and have found my forte is really contract work. I never have to start from scratch, and I can dive straight into the language and think about it like a puzzle. Again, does it just satisfy me because it is finite work? I am so much more productive, and find that starting projects doesn’t loom over me. I can just sit down with a template, and think about how to adapt it to my client, then I’m done. I can fit work into little pockets of time – the way I used to see biglaw colleagues work, whereas I felt like I needed HUGE chunks of time to even get through an intro to a brief.
Have I just figured out what I like? or is this what ADD is? And should I have sought ways to manage this back in law school — where my pattern was to sit in class and totally tune out the prof/daydream, do poorly in the class, panic about grades, then tune in and crush the next class (my transcript is a hilarious mess — I “lucked” into BigLaw back in the day when it was far easier to get placed with help only from your school, and my only comfort is that I’m so far away from law school, I can hopefully keep it hidden indefinitely).
And should I try to manage this now? I’m happy and productive, but I’m now side-eyeing my father – who is shockingly similar – and thinking to my kids’ future.
Can I be both totally over pregnancy and not at all ready for a newborn? 34 weeks and all I want to do is hand my belly over to my husband for the weekend. That is what I want this mother’s day.
Yes. That is EXACTLY where I am at. Also 34 weeks. Ugh.