Maternity Monday: Side Shirred Dress

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Maternity Work Dress: Loft Maternity Side Shirred DressThis dress caught my eye in regular sizes at Loft, and I’m excited to see they have it in maternity sizes as well — it looks like a nice basic for work and beyond. It’s $79.50 (online exclusive). Loft Maternity Side Shirred Dress Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines. (L-3)

Sales of note for 2/7:

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Please help! I’m losing the sleep battle – hard! 19th month old DD For the last three weeks she has been fighting bed time and dragging it out, to the point where she goes down around 11pm now. She also wakes up multiple times a night and has to be nursed back to sleep. We have ferbered CIO several times and now that she is older and stronger – she can scream for an hour without tiring out. I would like to stop nursing – should I start with that or address the sleep issues first? They seem related – but I’m losing my marbles.

How long did your postpartum hair loss last? I started losing at 4 months pp and it seems to be slowing down (6 months pp), but I’d like it to slow down faster. I know I don’t look bald, but man my ponytails are thin. And when did your hair feel “normal” again?

Our baby is being baptized in two weeks and I need ideas for a present for his godparents. They are good friends in their thirties if that matters. Thoughts?

I’m feeling very stressed out by noise complaints from our neighbors downstairs. They have been frequently complaining about my two young boys running and banging things on the floor. According to Condo bylaws, we need to be quiet during quiet hours (10 pm – 8 am) and have the floors 80% covered. Our floors are covered, but the issue is that my kids get up early (6:30 am) and they can get loud in the mornings. Of course, I’m trying my best to keep them quiet but I can’t run around behind them every second (ie: I need to take a shower and get ready for work).

Any suggestions? Are there “noise specialists” who can come to your home and make suggestions on how to dampen the sound? My 3 year old has started to develop a complex that he’s “bad” and “loud” and it really pains me. I think the only real solution is to move out but was curious if others have had luck with other methods.

We already met with the neighbors and they’re actually nice people, but unfortunately the guy is the Condo president.

Can I get permission please to not pursue a friendship with someone who, in the two times I’ve seen her, obsessed about her 3 yo’s Mandarin lessons, his preschool admission interview (I didn’t realize it was a thing in our area — silly me), and whether her baby is “fitting in” at play group? She was also very careful to note that although her current job is X she recently left Super Prestigious Job Y and named-dropped Impressive Title at Former Job Y. I also suspect she wants to be friends because she thinks I could be influential in her career. Or maybe she honestly likes me, but since most of our interactions were her obsessing about play group and me probably making a face like “seriously?” (I have no poker face), I’m skeptical.

Okay, two weeks left on my (extended- for the US, at least) maternity leave.

So far, I have freezer meals made, I’ve gone through my whole wardrobe, I have my bills all set up on auto pay, we set up a 529 and did all our investment ‘clean-up’ stuff while I had time to meet with the financial planner, I went through all our files and purged what needed to be purged, the kid is set with clothes for the next several months, daycare forms are filled out, I got my teeth cleaned, have major birthday/holiday gifts already selected or purchased with reminders on my calendar that I have a gift for x occasion and where I put it, have a list of 4 available/pre-screened sitters, and am making an appointment for my car to be serviced.

What else do you wish you had done in those last two weeks?

On Mondays, I miss my little one so much I have a lot of trouble focusing on work. Any ideas? I have tried cold-turkey not allowing myself to look at photos, because I’ll look up and it’s 15 min later. It’s easier later in the week, but Mondays are the worst!

I have a dress very similar to this one, also from Loft. It’s okay. I got it a few months ago on sale for about $30, which is what it seems like it’s worth. It’s lined in a cheap knit polyester fabric that I’d associate with stores like F21. I wear it on days when I don’t have the energy to care. It seems like it wont last longer than a year or two.

*insert rambling tale of glory of bygone days when you could buy lined wool garments at loft*

This is a cute dress, but I feel like on my body type it wouldn’t have worked until I was really, obviously pregnant – otherwise I think it would have just been one of those “is Meg pregnant or just wearing a really unflattering dress that makes her look poochy?” outfits.

Immediate threadjack – for potty training, what are your favorite (1) over the seat toilet cover and (2) stand-alone little potty, for a boy? My son is 18 months old, and the pediatrician last week said we should get these things now to have them on hand in case he starts showing interest – I looked on Amazon and was totally overwhelmed. You ladies have never led me astray. Thanks in advance!