Washable Workwear Wednesday: Linen Blend Trousers
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Is it too early to pull out the linen?
As the temperatures warm, I turn to pieces like these linen pants to keep me comfortable and cool all day long. These high-waisted, wide-leg trousers come in several colors ranging from neutral “brown caribou” to bright “purple dahlia.” Add a block heel to complement the floor-skimming silhouette.
These pants from Nordstrom brand Open Edit are $69. There’s also a matching blazer available (alas, it is not machine washable) in straight sizes and plus sizes.
Open Edit offers a plus-size version of these pants with a slightly wider leg; they’re available in 1X–4X, also for $69 (only in purple dahlia, however).
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Does anyone have/has anyone had a toddler that is obsessed with the alphabet? My ~2.5 year old does all the toddler things (blocks! pretend! jumping!), but LOVES the alphabet and numbers. We’re in ST, and she’s coming along well. She’s fine socially – eye contact, snuggles, etc. And she LOVES pointing out letters, spelling out words when she sees them in big font (like on a sign), etc.
When it comes to screen time, she can literally watch the same batch of Elmo or Ms. Rachel singing the ABCs with various folks over and over again. She loves playing with the alphabet sponge thingies in the tub, alphabet blocks, etc.
I made the mistake of googling this and saw that there’s a condition called “hyperlexia” that is often a splinter skill for autistic children. When I brought it up, the SLP immediately waived it away due to DD’s current social skills. I have a note out to our ped due to the anxiety spiral googling let me to.
Anyone else have this or a similar experience? I also welcome any ideas to help build this interest, because why not?
DH and I have very different parenting styles, and both of us are likely applying parenting techniques incorrectly. He uses time outs a lot, and I tend to follow more of a gentle parenting approach, which probably leans more permissive tbh. This morning DH put our toddler in time out because he had a meltdown about not wanting to go to school. How do we get on the same page?
If both parents work full time and kid is in an aftercare program, does kid just not do week-night activities until mom or dad are available to take kid?
DD goes to full day K next year and loves gymnastics. We’ve had half-day prek to date so no issues with scheduling. Nanny just takes her during the day. But next year they’re 1x/week on any day Mon-Thurs at 3:45pm. No obvious carpooling solution. Such a bummer.
I just listened to most of the recent Best of Both Worlds podcast while taking a walk (yay 1 hour meeting ending quickly)! I know many of us post here to get ideas on what food to get for various get togethers…which I feel is a reasonable question…but this episode seemed beyond that, like a lot of their suggestions and framing sounded:
1. Out to lunch (A “heaven or hell” themed party for adults…literally no one I know – with or without kids – has time for planning this)
2. Like they don’t host that much/see friends of their own in a casual setting regularly.
Just wanted to share this very important thought with the hive today :)
help – first trimester insomnia. i’m pregnant for the first time and have always heard of later pregnancy insomnia but i’m only just over 5 weeks along and i cannot sleep at night. i think it’s definitely pregnancy related but i just start waking up around 3-4am and have a hard time getting to sleep aftewards. i am so miserable lol and tired and having trouble at work during the day. does anyone have tips???
I hope I’m not too late in the day for this. Has anyone had luck with an indoor climbing area for very active kids? Our daughter (almost 4) climbs on everything, to the top, faster and with more agility than our 6 year old has now or ever has. She needs a safe outlet. She can easily do the simple backyard structures and I think those would be outgrown quickly. Have you built an indoor rock wall for your kid? There are lots of DIY things / Pinterest-mom things online and we are very handy and can do that but would love some first hand thoughts.
The small bulletin board in my home office won’t stay put using the 3M stickies that came with it. Any tips? It’s not a particularly rough textured wall, but has eggshell paint, if that matters.
anyone have any good tips on helping kids play sports with mouthguards when they hate mouthguards? Or mouthguards that are more tolerable?
I finally found a sport my kiddo likes, but it’s girls lacrosse and they need mouthguards. She doesn’t like the taste or the feel of it. Has no problem with the googles.
Taking our 2.5 yo to a community food festival this weekend. Any safety tips? He’s generally not a runner, but they have a kids section he will be more free range. Planning to bring the stroller and try to keep him contained where possible.
Shoe help! I have a very narrow footed girl with low arches. She’s somewhere between a kids size 1.5 and 2. She needs sneakers because hers are size 1s and too small. They are New Balance FuelCores which are perfect. She doesn’t want them in the next size up. She also doesn’t want lace-ups or velcro, but would be okay with partial velcro.
Lace ups are an issue only because she has to unlace them pretty far down to get her foot in then lace them up very tight to get them snug enough and the whole process takes FOREVER and is frustrating. DH has the same feet and the same problem :).
Suggestions?
Just a random happy note — the big kids (5 and 7) have been getting along SO well for the last six weeks. Hanging out on the swingset and chatting, playing complicated pretend games on their scooters, and just generally giving each other the benefit of the doubt when conflict arises. This is a huge relief, coming after about five months of frequent bouts of sniping at each other. It’s like something clicked over and they see each other as allies instead of as adversaries. Anyway, I’m sure it won’t last forever — they seem to go in and out of these stages — but WOW it makes parenting a lot easier.
Any happy news from you all?
Crosspost. Does anyone have any links/recommendations for exploring data related to room sharing and SIDS? I’m having trouble conceptualizing the contribution of NOT room sharing to SIDS risk for babies in otherwise safe living environments (e.g., babies that are fed at appropriate times, that are not at risk of accidental suffocation from a parent overdosing on drugs, etc). I want to look at the actual data, not just the recommendations, and ideally broken down with the types of risk factors present in each death. I don’t want to see the data for the poor babies who were left with heavy duvets over them grouped with the data for babies on their backs on firm mattresses with no coverings. Anyone have any leads on good places to start?
For context, I’ve been seeing recommendations to room share, including for all naps, and I don’t understand how that can work consistently. I’m guessing there must be very few people who actually follow this guideline to the letter because then you’d be around the baby 24/7, sitting in a silent dark room while the baby naps instead of cooking dinner or taking care of older children or helping an elderly parent on the phone. If you bring the baby with you to all those things instead of sitting in the dark room, how do you ensure a flat sleep surface or no noise? My best friend used a Dock-A-Tot for naps in the living room (next to the kitchen where she had her work table), but those have since been recalled for that purpose. I’d like to find a way forward that reduces real risk when possible, but that doesn’t go to crazy extremes for miniscule reductions at the margins.
Has anyone ever worn linen pants like this successfully without looking like a wrinkled mess?