Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Lumi Pets Bunny Night Light
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When my son was a newborn, we had this type of night light in his room. I couldn’t find the exact one we had online, but this one is the same idea: cordless and rechargeable. The biggest plus to a cordless night light is that you can move it around the room. For middle-of-the-night diaper changes, you can grab the light and put it right near you on top of the changing table so you can see what you’re doing but also don’t over-stimulate the baby. Later on, I see the color-changing and remote being fun for an older baby and/or a toddler. The light is $21.99 at Crate & Barrel — and it also comes in a bear shape. Lumi Pets Bunny Night Light
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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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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 just found out I am pregnant. I’m going to call my doctor later today, but any advice or wisdom? There is so much information out there that it’s a bit overwhelming. I have already been on a prenatal for several months. I’m excited but also terrified given the current global situation.
Good morning moms, question for you – I am sending kiddo back to daycare on June 1(ish). The snag- we are changing daycares. A few various reasons for the change, including some unrelated to corona, but I wanted your thoughts on how to make the transition. DD is 16 months (prime separation anxiety age, I think), and has been home with parents + one grandparent for the past 10 weeks. A the new daycare, they are doing curbside dropoff, and only staff and children are allowed inside. I’m concerned with dropping her off for a full day at a strange location with a strange teacher. I had some thoughts re transitioning slowly (pick her up before nap for first couple days or week), then ease into full day), but I’m not sure if that will help or hurt, and if I should just rip off the bandaid. Any thoughts? Did anyone have a child start daycare at that age? DD has been in daycare since 4 months but again, not at this place.
Recommendations for pjs for a 2 year old? I live in the DC area, so summers are hot and humid. Kiddo sleeps in a sleep sack and I am concerned the long sleeved tops and pants I most often see online would be too warm.
Talk to me about birkenstocks. worth it?
I wear almost exclusively linen ankle pants and linen shorts during the summer. I’m just not enjoying the look with trainers. And, let’s face it, i’m not exactly out running races! I’m just strolling about.
I cannot bear crocs or thongs.
so, I’m thinking of taking the leap to birkenstocks. any supporters? how do i make sure they are comfy? any alternatives i should consider?
I am the proud new owner of a Polish pottery mug and it’s bringing me a lot of joy today – thanks again for the rec. Also, not particularly for Cb but I solo-parented and WFH yesterday and managed to get 6 hours of work in. I’m fairly proud of myself. Kudos to all of you who are losing sleep to keep your jobs and take care of kids.
Sorry for this really annoying and selfish complaint about baby gifts and request for advice: good grief, why do people think “you know what a mom needs for a new baby? A blanket!”? Daughter is 3 months old and we’ve been gifted eight blankets for her — two virtually identical woven blankets embroidered with her name, three handmade quilts and three handknit. The knitted and quilted blankets were all handmade by the gifters, mostly friends of the grandparents (we are not close to them personally and they’re mostly out-of-state). I very much appreciate the gifts but now I feel compelled to keep each one and not get rid of seven of them, even though I’m internally screaming get rid of them all. This count doesn’t include the six muslin blankets we also received, and then the multiple blankets we saved from the first baby.
Does anyone else feel like this? Am I a horrible person? Can I take pictures of her laying on them and then give them away? Why do I want to Marie Kondo everything in my life right now?
Now that I’m seeing myself in digital meetings all the time I’m horrified by how bad my posture is. (I knew it wasn’t great, but I had no idea how bad it was.) Can anyone recommend a device to improve posture? Lumps seems to have not great reviews and there’s a few others. Any experiences?
For some reason, my computer’s built-in webcam is at the BOTTOM of the screen! WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS! I can’t discreetly look something up because giant finger monsters appear in the frame, and we all know how lovely we look when filmed from below the chin.
Weighing how vain it makes me if I order a separate webcam to clip to the top of my computer. I think the giant typing fingers in the frame seal the deal. I’ve only had two video meetings since this started, but I think they’re going to start getting more and more normal.
My 9 month old still isn’t into eating non-pureed foods. I try but he flicks it around and rubs it in his eye. He’s ok with big things like a piece of toast or pizza crust, but it’s like the rest doesn’t even register as food even when I put it in his mouth. He tries to eat literally everything else, though. Do I do anything extra to help him transition or just go with it?
Dear Gap Companies:
Dude. I get that your orders/shipping are delayed indefinitely…. if you’re this overwhelmed, maaaaybe dial back the aggressive sale emails. I’m not even frustrated my order is taking 3-4 months to ship; I AM frustrated by your 42 emails a day trying to get me to buy more stuff that won’t ship until Christmas.
Regards,
A woman whose kid has had exponential torso length grown and is now running around in crop tops 24/7 and this order has allll the tops.
We have several if these nightlights in various animal shapes. My kids adore them, and they aren’t too bright for sleeping. Rechargable is so much easier than batteries or cords!
DH and I are discussing sending DS (2.5) back to daycare in a few weeks. They’ve been open in different phases since March (first for only two-essential worker families, then for one-essential worker, and now opening back up to general public). They will re-start food service next week, so I’m thinking of sending DS no earlier than 6/8. They’re doing all the right things: staff will be wearing masks, parent/child/staff temp taken upon entry, no outside time/mixing rooms, low ratios (~10/class max), surfaces/toys are sanitized thoroughly throughout the day with bleach water, and no confirmed cases among staff of COVID-19.
Not only would this be great for DS (he’s currently an only child, so has gotten 0 socialization except for us and seeing grandparents and uncle via social distancing), but I think it would be helpful to us as DH and I have been struggling. A babysitter/nanny is not an option for a few reasons that I won’t drone on about. It’s sad because daycare means that he won’t be able to stay with his grandparents for even longer (my Dad would be in the incredibly high-risk category).
I guess my question is – how are folks dealing w the anxiety about sending their kids back somewhere, esp with the news about the Kawasaki-like disease that’s been popping up? The emotional side of my brain keeps taking over and not allowing logic. Given what the experts are predicting, I also am pretty sure that come Fall/Winter, DS will likely be home with us again so part of me thinks this is a nice window of giving him some “normalcy”.
Well, I waived the white flag and went on FMLA leave. Starting in a couple weeks so I can wrap things up and minimize how much I leave people in the lurch. Feeling so many emotions right now…relief for myself, happiness for my kiddo that she’ll have more attention from a less-stressed out mom, sadness for the part of myself that enjoyed my job and derived fulfillment from working outside the home, anger that I was forced into this (hopefully temporary?) SAHM situation, worry about what this new dynamic will do to my marriage, anxiety about what will happen if/when we still don’t have daycare when the 12 weeks are up, and so much frustration at the world for thinking we can have any meaningfully “reopening” without daycare/school.
I’m still thinking about the conversation yesterday about women having to step out of the workforce because daycare and schools aren’t reopening. I understand that for many families it is a financial decision and it makes more sense for mom to step back instead of dad. However, what if we all committed to having our husbands tell their bosses that they *may* have to take leave if daycares do not reopen and all of the women staying quiet on the topic for a week or two while this happens.
Maybe if the powers at be fear that all of their men aren’t coming back they will start pushing politicians to prioritize daycare. Maybe it will seem more normal for women to take leave when all of the men have been talking about it first.
Even better, what if all of these dads take at least one week of leave. Even if they make triple your income, surely you can get by with one week of dad on leave instead of mom? We have to do something and we have to do it in mass for it to work.
The big fault though is if this plan spreads openly on FB or other places that the powers that be read, they won’t believe the men that say they may have to take leave…
You guys, I lost my temper this morning with my 5-year-old for acting … well, 5. I feel terrible. I am so over this stupid WFH-with-kids-underfoot arrangement. It is not working. She needs more than I can give her, and I have constant anxiety about sucking at my job and being a mom. DH and I had already agreed that we wouldn’t send her back to daycare yet and would try to get by with having a sitter come in a few hours a day during June. We may need to revisit that plan because I am breaking. I’m heading into my busy season and am struggling with having my attention so divided.