Nursing Tuesday: Long Sleeved Nursing Top
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We’ve featured a lot of tops like this, with a sort of split up the front that allows you to nurse easily (or pump easily), and while it’s a little casual for most offices, if your office is more on the casual side or if you’re just looking for something to wear during maternity leave, this looks like a good bet. It comes in four colors, has a lot of positive reviews at Amazon, and it’s available for shipping with Prime. Note that the sizes (S-XL) run very small. Bearsland Maternity Autumn Long Sleeved Nursing Top
Psst: Looking for more info about nursing clothes for working moms, or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
I hope I’m not too late with my own potty training question. I am anxiousAF about my daughter…
What happened was… she was interested in the potty, started using it here and there, no pressure from us. We bought her some training pants that she could choose to wear at school or at home (like super absorbent unders). With daycare’s encouragement, she got very focused on keeping her underwear dry (rather than peeing in the toilet) and so would just go ALL DAY at school without peeing. Sometimes she’d have an accident in the afternoon, sometimes hold it until she had a diaper on to go home. (One daycare teacher said, “I basically consider her potty trained!” … I disagree.) Not peeing all day, for multiple days in a row… that can’t be healthy for a 2.5 year old!!!
So I’m thinking I’m going to step WAY back, and take her to Target tonight, like, “You can choose. You can pick pullups and you can pee in them, but you can also use the potty when you wear them. Or if you just want to go back to diapers, you can choose those. And then later, when you’re ready to use the potty, we can try again.”
Is this sane? Please tell me I haven’t let daycare break my perfect little girl :-(
Yeah, we were really formal about weekend potty bootcamp for my first, but with my second, I was out of town for a weekend, and, well, it kind of just happened without me! (Thanks, superstar dad!) If kiddo stays dry already, as long as you are taking her to the potty diligently, I bet you are fine with underwear at your event, so long as you bring a few changes. This does depend a little on the event. Will there be an easy, non-scary potty accessible? My little kid is a bit freaked out by public bathrooms…
Both of your responses make me wonder if I’m overthinking this! We haven’t been diligent at home like they have at preschool. So perhaps we should simply switch to underwear and commit to taking her every 30-40 min like they do.
I’m finding that the thought of potty training is incredibly daunting to me, so I’ve buried my head completely in the sand. Now that she’s showing an interest, I feel the need to make a grand plan. But maybe she’s further along than I realized…
Weekend potty training question: My daughter will turn 3 around Thanksgiving, and she’s finally showing interest in using the potty. Right now, she’s wearing pull-ups and we encourage her to use the potty and take her when she asks, but we haven’t been consistent or made any sort of plan. They take her every 30-40 minutes at preschool, and she’s been staying dry with the exception of naptime. I’m thinking the long weekend at home plan is the way to go. But looking at our schedules, there’s no good time to do it! I’m aiming for labor day weekend – preschool is closed that Friday and again that Monday, so it gives us four days. But, we have plans Saturday morning that we just cannot change. So should I start Friday and just throw a pull up back on her for Saturday morning and resume that afternoon? Or should we start Saturday afternoon and only give ourselves 2.5 days? I’m worried we might confuse her if we break from the plan on Saturday morning.
Thanks!
Anyone want to help me shop for Christmas church outfits for my little boys? (I know it’s early, but hey…) I will have a newborn and just-turned-two year old. It’s one of the few occasions that DH doesn’t protest against me dressing them like little smocked Prince George lookalikes. I’m finding tons of cute matching smocked/embroidered Christmas things, but very few come in newborn size. I would also consider a super foo-foo bubble/jon jon outfit for the baby and a less foo-foo but still matching/coordinating shirt and pants combo for big brother. Any places I should look?
Is a diaper showing on a 1 year old really that bad? I think this is silly, but it’s been bugging me. At a children’s museum this weekend, a young woman felt the need to point out that my 1 year old’s diaper was showing. Baby girl was wearing shorts, but as she was playing they shorts twisted and you could see some diaper. At the time I just smiled and nodded (my polite ignore method). But it has just stuck in my craw. Am I some horribly inappropriate person to not care about a little diaper showing? Or was this person out of line?
I’m coming around to the belief that most critical comments strangers make about your kids are out of line. But I am also trying to open to the idea that I may be wrong about this?
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and he just scored the Hamilton tickets that my kid desperately wants for Christmas. Now Santa just has to break it to daddy that the face value has gone up on this block of tickets (gulp). I think this is also going to count as my birthday + Christmas present.
I’ve started down the rabbit hole of the Hanna Anderssen website and GAHHHH, it is all so cute. Just bright, happy kid clothes. I just can’t get over the sticker shock, even though I know it’s amazing quality.
I’m a private sector HR professional with an upcoming oral exam (panel interview withthree neighboring city professionals) for the public sector position. Any tips on resources related to the switch from private to public? Terminology and cultural differences? Typical questions experienced on a panel oral exam? Other tips?
(The oral exam score will be combined with my written test score to determine my rank. Top ranked candidates get interviews with the hiring manager.)
Thanks in advance!
No experience with Hanna or Boden, but I like Oshkosh hoodies for toddlers and little kids. For the price, the quality is excellent. Nice, thick fleece, good colors. We’ve passed my son’s down to cousins and they get used by 2-3 kids before getting donated. They are longer in the body than Carter’s hoodies and also cut slimmer in the arms. (That makes them not as great for layering with long-sleeve tees, so I have sized up to get more wear out of them.)
A (possibly) fun question: any good sources for a high-quality toddler hoodie (2T)? I’m willing to spend a bit more on one for my daughter since we will probably pass it on to her baby brother eventually. I like the colors at primary.com but found them way too boxy/baggy (and my daughter is not exactly a skinny toddler). Same problem with Carters. Anyone have good experiences with Hanna or Boden?
I’m looking for a part-time sitter and want a gut-check on my expectations.
I’m looking for somewhere between 10-15 hours/week, in the mornings. I found a woman who works 35 hours/week for another family as a FT nanny. I spoke with her current employer and know the scoop- she is “on” from 12-7pm 4 days/week and flexes the rest of the hours on the 5th day based on what the family needs. She’s looking for supplemental income and the current employer is 100% fine with that. She is salaried and gets paid vacation/holidays with current employer.
She’s asked for $20/hr [this is about market for our area, maybe slightly lower. It’d be for my 1 year old 80% of the time, and occasionally maybe my 4 y/o) and all paid vacation/time off. Essentially, she’d get a “salary” from me of $200-$300/week (depending on where we land with hours) every week, regardless of if my family is on vacation, there are holidays, or she’s taking time off for personal reasons.
I totally 100% understand why a full time nanny would need and expect this, but it seems so odd for a part-time arrangement, especially one that would be augmenting her existing job–which has these benefits. Additionally, she’s not available on school holidays or snow days (because she’d be committing to cover for the full-time family). I was willing to provide that flexibility, but it seems like I’m not really getting anything in return.
Am I being cheap/unreasonable? FWIW I think she’d be good for the kids, but not Mary Poppins the Supernanny, and I am looking at other options to fill this gap (extended day, sending my toddler to part time daycare, etc)
Older breastfed babies question – I would follow your kids lead. DD is 5 months and wakes once at night. She eats every 2.5-3hrs throughout the day. I guess it depends how much he’s getting in solids and if he’s drinking any water? Also something that made me stress out less about sleep is realizing that as adults we usually get up once a night to use the bathroom or drink water, why should we expect different from a baby? If your child is gaining weight fine and the middle of the night feeds aren’t bothering you too much then I would let it go.
Building off the tattoo question yesterday, any good ideas for a tattoo to commemorate being a mother? I’m waffling between a couple ideas and waiting for a good inspiration to strike. I think this might be my last tattoo – running out of business-appropriate areas (that I want to have tattooed, that is) – so I’m putting a little too much pressure on myself to make it great.
Any advice on when to seek intervention for speech issues, and where to go? Some people in my family have noticed that my 4-year-old’s speech is less clear than it was six months ago. I haven’t noticed a change and think he is about as clear a speaker as an average 4-year-old, but I want to be proactive. I’m setting up a meeting with his preschool teacher to get her thoughts, and then his pediatrician, I guess. Any other advice or resources?