Washable Workwear Wednesday: Straight Leg Crepe Pants
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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 think there’s a range between CIO and picking your kid up and snuggling, and it’s reasonable that different things will work for different kids. I just reread the comments, and I don’t think anyone advocated shushing and walking out without comforting. If my toddler has a nightmare, we go in and comfort him—we rub his back, we use soothing words, we tuck him in and give him his blankets, and we ask if he’s ready for us to leave. If we pick him up, it’s 10 times harder for him to go back to sleep. He’s also not much of a snuggler at any time, and he loves having his back rubbed. I think everyone has to find what works for them.
Re CIO
This advice is so sad. I’m all for sleep training (did Ferber with my first and plan to do it with my second in a few months), but there’s no way I can ever get behind advice that says “don’t hug your 2 year old after he or she has had a nightmare.” I have a 2 year old, and yes he can be manipulative and yes sleep disruptions are annoying and often throw off the schedule. But he’s 2. If he wakes up crying for me from a nightmare, I’m picking him up and comforting him. I cannot imagine just shushing him and walking out without comforting him. This is the stuff anti sleep training people glom on to when they shout about the neglectful nature of CIO.
I’m warm light brown/strawberry blonde and the Revlon brow fantasy product is a pretty cheap way to try brow make up out. it has a pencil on one end and gel on the other.
Question for those who are good at brow/eye makeup – I DO NOT want to do the whole drawn on eyebrow thing that is apparently so popular but I do think I could use a little extra color/shaping. Is there a good drugstore product you’d recommend? I really don’t want to register for glossier to try boy brow.
I am feeling too overwhelmed to take on a weight-loss project right now, but I’m trying to make small choices that help/don’t harm, so I feel like I’m doing something. Here’s what I’m doing now, and would love any other ideas!
-thinking twice before eating free food offered in office (do I want it? will one or half of one suffice rather than multiples? am I just hungry and should I just eat my lunch?)
-taking the stairs
-getting up to refill my water bottle as soon as it is empty
-walking to the far bathroom
This is more about feeling in control than some misguided idea that all of this will help me lose ten pounds.
Random house question, but slightly related to kids. Our downstairs living areas areas are all hardwood except for the living room, which is carpeted. The area is really high traffic, and the carpet looks TERRIBLE. As we start thinking about replacing the living room carpet, I’m trying to decide between new higher-quality carpet and hardwood. I tend to prefer carpet in the living room but the kids seem equally willing to play on hardwood or carpet. Would you put in new carpet or do hardwood and try to match the rest of the floor? Kids are 3 and 5, no pets although we may consider a dog someday.
I will vouch for these pants as maternity pants. If you go up a size, they will work through the 3rd tri.
They are way more comfortable than anything else I have – prepregnancy or otherwise – and I secretly kind of feel like I’m wearing pajamas every time I wear them to work. They wash great!! Cost $30 to have them taken in after delivery, so didn’t feel like a total waste of $$$
Can anyone recommend a minimally corny pregnancy journal? I used one last time to record milestones, dreams, things like that, but the one I used (Great Expectations Pregnancy Journal and Planner) appears to be out of print.
I have these pants in two colors and they are the greatest. I bought them in an angry panic when I was back from maternity leave and it was a great investment in my sanity and comfort.
Please tell me this is normal (I’m 21 weeks): Felt like I wanted to kill someone on Monday (everyone was annoying). Yesterday was fine and felt really productive and on top of things. Today, I can’t stop crying. For context, there are a lot of (good and bad) major changes at my work that have been quite stressful.
A hilarious read: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/raquel-dapice/10-month-olds-letter-to-santa_b_4427512.html
Please tell me how you trim/cut your baby’s fingernails. It seems like Goldilocks over here trying to figure this out. With the nail cutters, we too often accidentally cut some skin. With a file, it takes forever/doesn’t go down. With the battery-operated file, the pink file doesn’t do anything, but the orange one simultaneously doesn’t do enough and leaves the edges looking rough.
I understand that with longer nails she’s going to scratch herself, but at this point I’d rather she do that than I accidentally cut a finger trying to keep them short to daycare’s satisfaction every other day.
@Walnut
Should have put down last time you knew the diaper was dry (7:30). Honestly, I’d reply that you must have made a mistake and you meant to put down 7:30 and that their tone was deeply unprofessional and inappropriate. And also maybe they need training in how to communicate with clients.
Your kid wakes up at 7:30 and diaper is dry. You’re not surprised, because they’ve been eating/sleeping terribly. Previous diaper change was at 4:30AM Drop off at daycare at 8AM, indicating last diaper change was 4:30AM. Daycare emails at 10AM having a cow because the kid “hadn’t been changed in 3.5 hours” and makes all sorts of accusatory statements (seriously, the email went on and on.)
I’m rather cranky about an email which all but states I was neglecting my child. I quickly responded that her diaper was dry when I checked it at 7:30 and didn’t appreciate the statement that I sent my child into daycare with a completely wet diaper. I’m considering also calling, but obviously need to calm down before I do so.
How would you guys handle this??
CIO question: I’ve had a ton of success with CIO with my now 2.5 year old. Whenever we have a hiccup in the routine (travel, illness, etc.), we fall back on CIO for a couple of days and he gets right back into being a great overnight sleeper. Now that he’s 2.5, he’s both (1) more manipulative and aware of multiple ways to get us to his room at night, but also (2) he has an active imagination and nightmares.
What do I do about CIO when he is legitimately having nightmares? How do I tell if he actually IS having nightmares, versus just wanting us to come into his room in the middle of the night to sing/read/hold him? At this point I know he’s perfectly capable of getting himself back to sleep on his own in most situations, but I don’t really know how to handle the nightmare twist. Any advice?