Maternity Monday: Seamed Blouse
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Ooh: Loft has a number of cute maternity blouses if you’re on the hunt. The seaming on this one looks particularly great, and I like the high neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. The blouse (online only) is $64.50, and it’s available in sizes XXS-XXL. Loft Maternity Seamed Blouse
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Psst: we’re talking about planning your career for babies over at Corporette today. What advice would you give younger women just starting (or choosing) their careers with regard to trying to plan their work/life juggle?
Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
32 weeks preg and starting to prepare for maternity leave. I’m currently a team leader that manages a team of 4 people. Last week my boss announced that while I’m on leave, my team would report to another team leader. This person is slightly senior to me at the company overall, but I don’t report to them, we both report to the same person. Since the announcement, the other team leader has been going to my team members individually to find out about what they are working on and start reporting to him. Of course I’m annoyed by this – but should I be? Should I be backing off and letting him run my team even though I am planning to have 7+ more weeks in the office? I have a written transition plan that I have reviewed with my team that outlines everyone’s responsibilities that I have been trying to sit down with him to review but we haven’t yet. I also find him to be scatterbrained and all over the place in general… not just on this issue.
Hi all – just had a baby! He is a peanut at around 7 pounds and we’re struggling with what to put him to sleep in. The plan was a onesie (without feets) and a swaddle, but he is Houdini – ing out of the A+A swaddles, SwaddleMes, and NuRoos, and I’m worried about both him being cold and finding a swaddle that won’t pose a danger (ie he can’t get out of or can’t come loose) for the two seconds he is sleeping outside of my arms each night between feedings. Thinking of trying a Halo swaddle sack tonight, but am wondering if anyone has recs for the tiny ones? Should I get a few onesies with the feets (totally blanking on what these are called) as backup in case we can’t find a swaddle solution? Thanks in advance!
For those who had an HSG – did you go back to work after?
Half of the internet says “it wasn’t bad at all, nbd”; the other half says “omg it was so crampy and I was leaking that dye stuff all over the place for hours”. If it’s the latter I’d rather just wfh in the afternoon in yoga pants, but if it’s really not that bad I guess there’s no reason why I couldn’t just go back to work?
Hello from the pumping room! First day back from leave, Yey! Not.
Question and toothbrushing tip:
For moms of girls, when/why do you get their hair cut? My daughter had a haircut just before Thanksgiving (she is 2), and her hair has grown quite a bit since then….but it’s still just wispy toddler hair that only comes down to the bottoms of her ears. Her dad wants to take her in for haircuts at a kids’ salon every 3 months, but I’m comfortable trimming her bangs myself when they get too long and letting the rest grow out. It’s just such a pain to set aside 45 minutes on a weekend to drag her in for a hair cut….
Also, I discovered this weekend that I can “take turns” brushing teeth with my kiddo. She gets to brush her own teeth for a count of 5 or 10, and then I get a count of 5 or 10, and so on. This may only work for another few weeks for my kiddo, so any other tips would be appreciated!
Happy Monday, ladies.
Someone posted last week about being freaked out by the Zika thing. (I’m in the freaked out camp — about to start TTC for #2 and my job involves frequent travel to Latin America.)
In that vein, any suggestions for vacation spots outside the Zika zone? I had been thinking of a Caribbean trip but that might not be the best idea now. Timeframe is late April/early May. Seattle or Montreal came to mind, but would the weather be terrible then? Maybe Europe – Portugal? Traveling from DC and have about a week or 9 days.