Family Friday: Light-Up Crocs
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As a fashion blogger, I never thought I’d be writing about clogs, but as a mom I find that I come down on the side of Crocs in the whole Crocs vs. Native Shoes debate. Even though all the cool kids are wearing Natives, my kids are obsessed with light-up things so they love their light-up Crocs. If your kid does too and needs some comfy shoes for wandering around and playing this summer, do note that Crocs now has light-up options. Light-Up Crocs (also at Amazon and Kohls)
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This is totally an emotional rant, but maybe some of you can relate. So, I’m on the precipice of getting promoted to a leadership position at work and part of me is thrilled. I recently learned that another colleague who I’d considered a peer is leaning out big time and was approved to work at 80% time, with the eventual goal of being at 50% time. We each had our first kids 3 weeks apart (7 long years ago)! And I’m really happy for her, and insanely jealous. Despite moving up, I have had a lot of internal conflict/struggle with working full-time. And until one year ago, there was absolutely no precedent in our office for part-time work, so I’ve soldiered through and grown my career. Sometimes I want to stop. I want to say screw it, I’m tired of working full time. I don’t want to stay at home, but I am so freaking tired from holding it together. But for my DH, it’s sort of a nonstarter that we both be full-time workers. AND I feel like I’ve gotten too deep into my career to turn back. This is my reaction pretty much every time I hear about one of my friends and peers leaning out: I want that, too. And I’m too freaking scared to rock the boat and make it happen.
I’m about ready to help my 4.5 month old learn how fall asleep independently, mostly because I think I should due to recommendations from doctor etc. But I know myself, and I will not be able to do CIO. We currently nurse to the brink of sleep and then put him down. I’ve tried putting him down wide-awake, but he just plays for a while and then starts complaining. I think pick up/put down is something I can do. Has anyone ever done this with success? Any other no cry sleep training success stories?
This has nothing to do with parenting, but I have a vent and for various reasons do not want to share it in real life with anyone, but maybe some of you ladies can relate. Does anyone else think that Comey would not have made his October announcement about the Hillary Clinton emails if the AG (at that time, Loretta Lynch) had been a man? I would not say he did it consciously as some sort of s*xist act, but I absolutely question if Comey would have acted the same way last October if the AG had been a dude. Admittedly, some of my own experiences with men who must report to women (and don’t like it) may be coloring my view, but I put so much blame on Comey for the election. It really seemed that all roads led to misogony in 2016. OK, rant over. I don’t mean to offend anyone, just wanted to get this off my chest. Hope that is OK.
Suggestions for books on parenting tween girls? I have read Untangled and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, and American Girls and Queen Bees and Wannabes are both on my list. Middle school is looming and all of a sudden my previously self-assured little mini-feminist STEM girl has decided that “the popular girls think I’m weird” and “I don’t want to go to science camp this summer because I am always the only girl and the boys never let me do anything.” Ugh.
Any Bay Area ladies have a recommendation for an OB near Palo Alto? New-ish to the area and looking for someone good. I’d also love to hear thoughts on delivering at the various hospitals!
Any pointers for the 3rd trimester with kid #2? I’m in academia, on the tenure track (5 years to go before tenure review), and desperately trying to get a paper out/new research started before I give birth in August. Between our existing kid and all the household stuff, I can only seem to carve out 2 – 5 hours of productivity a day. My focus is drastically diminished. I literally fall asleep if I sit still long enough. And each day I’m further behind than I was the last and consequently more stressed…help!
PSA on Natives – if you like the look/style, but have trouble with hot spots or rubbing (which we did), the Toms version of the same shoes are softer and easier on feet. I highly recommend. Plus, they seem to go one sale more often than Natives.
This is a say-nothing moment, right?
My sister babies my nephew like crazy. Our kids are the same age– 3 and a half (they are a few weeks apart). My kid dresses herself, serves her own cereal, brushes her own teeth, etc. My sister does everything for my nephew, including using a bulb to suction out his mucous because he doesn’t know how to blow his nose and feeding him by putting a fork or spoon in his open mouth. She refers to herself and to him in the third person (“Does Henry want a snack?” “Mommy is going to eat a banana.”) Developmentally they are very much at the same stage so there is no reason for her to do all these things for him. My sister says he has no interest in doing things for himself, though while they’ve been at our house and he’s been watching my daughter, he’s started to want to do some of the things she does, like pouring water into a glass for himself or choosing his own snack.
I very much don’t want to throw judgment at my sister who is a single mom and this is her only and final child. At the same time she has struggled with anxiety which reached a peak when her child was born and she was obsessed with how much he ate, weighed, slept, the condition of his skin, etc. These babying behaviors don’t seem to be hurting him or her– as I said, developmentally he seems totally fine and its not like he’s never going to learn to blow his own nose, so… say nothing? If I were to say something, how would I even go about it?
My husband occasionally tells our 2.5yo son “don’t cry,” when DS is not really hurt but is whining / crying to get attention. I don’t like the idea of telling our son to stifle his emotions but sometimes the crying really does seem to be “fake,” for lack of a better term. (E.g., son gets scolded for something – last night it was biting – and out come the crocodile tears.). How do you handle this in the moment? How do I explain to husband why I don’t like saying “don’t cry” to our son? I’m not even sure I’m explaining it well here, and I’m at a loss as to how to convey my concerns to husband.
Looking for recommendations on exersaucers or jumparoos. Our daughter is very short (1st percentile for length) so I’d appreciate recommendations for ones that are good for short kiddos. Also any preferance for exersaucer vs jumperoo? I’m leaning toward exersaucer just because I assume she won’t be able to jump much because of her height (or lack thereof).