Maternity Monday: Madison Quilted Maternity Puffer Coat
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Every year, I talk about how you might not need a maternity coat, depending on where you’ll be in your pregnancy. If you’re going to be heavily pregnant during the coldest months of winter you may want to consider getting a coat like this.
This one has a clever design — once you have your baby you can take this insert out and turn it around so that it covers your baby while you’re wearing him or her. So, it covers your bump and then covers your baby. When you’re not wearing your baby, you can remove the insert entirely. (The hood is also removable.)
This machine washable coat comes in gray and black in sizes XS-XL and is $170 at Nordstrom; note that Amazon has it in an khaki green as well. Modern Eternity Madison Quilted Maternity Puffer Coat with Faux Fur Trim
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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?
Ugh. We’ve had a mostly very nice weekend with my in-laws. However, during a (very respectful, very polite) discussion of some current events, my mother in law made it very clear that she sees homosexuality as a “choice,” that people who “choose” that “lifestyle” are immoral, and that gay marriage is fundamentally wrong. I’ve always really liked her, and we get along well. I’ve always known that she has very socially conservative beliefs, but I’ve never heard her say her feelings on it so clearly.
Putting aside all other considerations regarding her stance on this topic, we suspect our older child might be gay, though she has not come out to us. It makes me extremely sad to think my child would lose a special person in her life, and that likely, the relationship between my husband and his family will become strained at best. We do not live in the same geographic location, and there are a few other complications in the relationship, but we’ve always worked hard to keep the families close largely for the sake of our kids. Not looking for any advice, just looking down the road, and feeling sad about what this may mean for our family, as well as for all the kids out there who have gone through something like this in their own family .
Favorite teething necklaces – stylish(-ish) preferred! I saved a few Amazon links from Kat’s post a few months ago, but if anyone has any favorites, let me know! Looking for something to distract my nursing monster from acting like he’s swimming laps while eating.
You guys. A few weeks ago after a slew of pregnancy announcements and a few too many drinks (like, 2 drinks. hah!), I told my husband that we should try for baby #2 that evening. I’m SO relieved that I’m getting my period. Waiting a few more months, like our original plan, just makes so much more sense from a financial standpoint (and for me, job standpoint). Whew.
Hello ladies!
I’m on my second month of TTC, and it’s been 7 years since I last (accidentally) conceived, so everything’s fuzzy.
I’m somewhere between 8 and 10 DPO (I use those tests that give you the solid smiley for 48 hours.. i got the smiley 10 days ago but I guess it could have actually happened anytime 48 hours after that?) but am 1 day ahead of my expected period. Anyway, I’ve had an usual burst of energy starting yesterday. I woke up wide awake at 5am and had a very productive day, and feel the same way today. Did anyone experience a burst of energy as an early pregnancy symptom? or should I take the fact i’m not exhausted to mean better luck next month?
Twin A was very sick last week/weekend (better now) and so all rules went out the window, including for Twin B: lots of Elmo and Spot the Dog videos, meals were snacks eaten in the living room, snacks were all the “good” stuff like Cheezits and Annie’s fruit bunnies, B discovered A’s cup had Pedialyte in it (i.e., very sweet) and decided he would drink only from A’s cup, no real clothes only pj’s, no limits on LeapFrog usage (including using LeapFrog while also watching Spot on TV), 24/7 mommy presence. A was all better by yesterday afternoon and B had a very difficult morning settling back into the old routine. I could hear the screams from outside as I was leaving the house this morning. Sigh. It was rough having A sick, but it was SO NICE having a few days without B screaming.
How would you handle this situation? We had a family event yesterday that consisted of pictures in the morning, lunch at a restaurant immediately after, and then a religious event in the afternoon (spanning from 10 am to 4 pm). I was told the time of everything on Friday and realized this would mean my 9-month old would go the entire day without a nap (he wakes up at 7:30 and takes two naps a day around 10 am and 1 pm). The timing of the naps are flexible, but the naps themselves are not, as he completely melts down when he gets tired (and he won’t nap in a baby carrier/car seat anymore). I told my mom we would go for pictures and then skip lunch so we could get at least one nap in and would meet up afterward for the religious event (which was the primary purpose of the family event). She told me I was being ridiculous and selfish (religious event was for my niece) and that my baby should be able to go one day without a nap. I suspect her position is partly because my sister doesn’t have any sort of schedule for naps or bedtime for her kids – they can skip naps if they don’t want to take them or they are inconvenient and go to bed whenever they want (her 3-year-old usually goes to bed anytime between 9:30 and 11:30 pm), so I think my Mom thinks this is a normal sleep habit for babies/children. I debated bringing my baby and letting him be a complete terror the entire time, but I knew he would have been miserable and my gut was telling me to do what was right for my kid. Should I have sucked it up and brought him?
I have a nearly 14 month old at a large corporate center walking distance from the office. Her primary teacher mentioned that my lunchtime visits are becoming tough for my daughter. When I leave she fusses for several minutes afterwards. I don’t doubt that fussiness happens, but I think it has more to do with my daughter being exhausted having to wait to nap so long (up at 6, nap at Noon). I don’t want to respect the teacher’s opinion and observation, but essentially encouraging me not to come at my lunch break did not sit well with me. I want to see her at lunch, but am I being selfish visiting? If it truly is worse for my daughter to see me mid-day, then I won’t. But I can’t (read: don’t want to) imagine that is true.
Ugh. I need a warm maternity coat so badly but $170 is not in my budget.
I know this has been discussed but please refresh me on how everyone handles the “floaters” at daycare. Each of my kids has main teachers that I know and plan to give cash gifts. However there are several “floaters” who cover the couple hours before pickup and there are so many I’m not sure how to go about acknowledging them for the holidays. Some we see often, some once or twice a week, some are regular but just started last month, etc. Not even sure I know all their names!
I had never heard of this brand. It looks like they offer a similar concept in other coats, too (“concept” being the removable panel). It looks a little silly, but totally worth it to have a coat that’s still functional after you lose the bump.