Maternity Monday: Lightweight Maternity T-Shirt
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Some of the most worn items in my closet during pregnancy were my solid color maternity t-shirts. I found that I could still wear my pre-pregnancy blazers, so instead of trying to buy a million maternity tops to go under them, it was easier just to wear a black opaque tee and call it a day. I also liked to wear pre-pregnancy open-front cardigans and “waterfall” cardigans, and the best things to wear under them were t-shirts. This one from A Pea in the Pod looks comfortable, stretchy, and basic. The regular price is a bit steep at $38, but on sale it goes as low as $14.97, depending on color — and for a basic to go on sale, I’d snag a bunch! Right now, you can also get an extra 25% off sale styles at A Pea in the Pod. This t-shirt is available in sizes XS–L. Lightweight Maternity T-Shirt
For a plus-size option, try this maternity top from Belle & Sky, which is on sale for $9.74 (!).
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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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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Favorite places to buy maternity clothes for work? During my last pregnancy, I mostly wore Motherhood Maternity and Leota dresses. The Leota dresses are still fine, but almost all of my MM clothes are too threadbare (and ugly) to wear to work. I’m only 5 weeks pregnant, so I still have some time before I start showing, but I’d like to start looking for maternity clothes I can wear to work so I can find pieces I love instead of just buying whatever is available. My dress code at work is smart casual.
Any kid related New Year’s resolutions? I want to get the bikes serviced, bike seat and car rack installed so we can ride our bikes with my son, do a European city break, and get him potty-trained. I also have been working on his letters as he seems interested. He knows T for his name and M for mama so far.
Here’s a fun one for Monday – Paris with a toddler?
We’re planning a 4 day trip to Paris in April (husband has a work thing we can piggyback off of). I will be just out of my first tri so hopefully not puking, but not ginormous yet – yay! We have done all the touristy things so looking for recommendations on fun kid stuff to do (besides the giant playground and sailboats in Jardin du Luxembourg).
Also, when you’ve done international travel w/ a toddler do you tend to do AirBnB or a suite hotel room? In the US I’ve done AirBnB (so we have a patio to hang out in while he’s napping, a kitchen for storing his snacks, etc) but I’ve also never traveled somewhere where it would be a huge burden if I had an AirBnB issue/something fell through. I would feel better having Novotel on the hook, say, than AirBnb if I land after a redeye with a cranky toddler and something is amiss.
Does anyone on this board have four kids? We have three currently and I’m seriously questioning whether we might want another… which seems crazy? I think we could afford it. I also think I’d end up having to be a SAHM, at least for a time, just to handle logistics. Tell me I’m crazy (or go for it?)
I like the idea of not having one kid be the odd man out. Our oldest two are super close and I’d love to even things out. Also, we like parenting! But I also really like my job and getting to have that break five days a week… and I know very few people who are successful working moms of four!
help! i need a pair of ponte black pants. i’m about 5 lbs away from where i’d like to be but it could be awhile. any ideas? old navy is out of pixies in basically every size. thanks!
Missed y’all! We’re in the beginnings of teething, and our 6-month old baby has been waking up every 2-3 hours and making noise/rolling around. He isn’t crying exactly, but it’s waking us up. How can we soothe him and get him to go back to sleep? He’s not congested (at the moment), and he can generally go 6-7 hours without eating at night.
Separately, my husband really does not do well with night wake ups. He struggles to fall back asleep and he’s grumpy and tired all day. Is this just a phase he needs to white knuckle through, or is there something he can do (besides get uninterrupted sleep, see baby above) to feel better?
Would anyone else appreciate petite options on Maternity Monday posts? I know I would, but maybe I’m the only one?
Any NYCers have suggestions for things that are really fun for the 2 to 3 year old age group? We visit family there pretty much every year, so we’re saving the major museums and stuff like that until they’re older. But I want to make sure we don’t miss anything awesome that they’ll age out of soon.
What’s your favorite parenting luxury? I.e. the thing you didn’t need, but that was worth every dollar?
For us right now it’s buying a second identical Beco Gemini just so we don’t have to spend 30 seconds readjusting the straps when changing from me to partner.
In the bigger scale, I suppose you could also say our child, considering how much money we spent to conceive him.
I’ve missed this board. Sorry to start the new year on a down note but this news story has been on my mind the last few days. Those of you in Boston may have heard about the parking garage story with the kids (if you haven’t… just know before you google that it’s incredibly sad and disturbing). This is pure speculation on my part as to the motives but I think it’s stuck with me because I’m in a similar position with a busy job and kids the same age, high achiever, etc. I guess I’m just putting this out as a PSA that if you’re feeling overwhelmed, please please reach out. The end result here is incredibly rare, but even mild cases of PPD/PPA (if this is what it was) should be treated and supported.
I hope everyone on this board knows just how awesome of moms you all are, and how we’re all just doing the best we can and that is 100% enough.
Please talk to me about kid’s birthday parties! My baby is turning 2 later this month and husband and I can’t decide whether we should throw a birthday party for him, and if yes, who should we invite? Do I invite his friends from day care? I don’t really know any of the parents there. He switched to this place just a week ago. We could invite our friends who we haven’t seen or invited to our place in a while, but that could be done at any time, doesn’t have to be kid’s birthday. Besides all our friend’s kids are older like 8+…. Real dilemma for us, so help!
I just booked a family vacation to Cancun. Do you have any recommendations for a nice resort/ hotel in Cancun or Tulum? We are a family of 3 with a 2 year old. Thank you!
What are the best nursing tops if you have large breasts? I’m on leave until April so looking for casual stuff but that will allow me not to flash everyone in public. I was thinking the kind with a slit in the middle might be best?
Also is there anywhere you can go to try on nursing tops in person or is it strictly an online thing?
My 10 month old has never been the best sleeper, but the past week has been extra bad. She recently learned how to crawl and now whenever she’s awake in her crib, she immediately rolls over, sits up, and cries for us. We have resorted back to putting her down asleep because that’s the only way to get her down, but it’s not an actual solution, as now she wakes up every 1-2 hours all night long. I am uncomfortable doing cry it out, because as she gets upset that we aren’t coming for her, she tries to pull up to stand but is too short and bonks her head on the crib slats. I don’t want her hitting her head a bunch while she cries it out. Anyone have any advice?
I know it’s late in the day but just need to put out there/somewhere/anywhere that my spouse was supposed to have a diagnostic procedure tomorrow to hopefully get some answers after over a year of pain & lifestyle modifications, and it just was rescheduled to the end of the month because of a pipe burst at the dr office. I was so hoping for some progress on this obviously for his sake and also from a distribution of labor & childcare standpoint, plus hoping that we might be pursuing some course of treatment before baby (now I’ll be 36w when he has the procedure). Yes, he’s on a waiting list (& this is a second opinion dr who is doing the procedure, he’s been in care for awhile now). But I am just so bummed.