Postpartum Tuesday: Maia Bounceback Post-Pregnancy Pants
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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 know a lot has been said about this, but can I just let out how much anxiety and guilt I’ve been having, especially lately.
I’m in a state where our governor and whole public health system have been really on top of everything. Decisions are evidence based. But… every decision is so hard.
There’s a part of me that wants to take my family and just hole up in a commune with a select group of people and never leave.
My kids’ school is discontinuing their lunch service in favor of packed lunches to be eaten outside. If anyone else is in the same boat, heads up that PlanetBox is having a decent sale – they are our favorite lunch box so I am buying multiples to ease the lunch packing.
My husband and I got in a rip roaring fight this morning. I said some mean things, so did he, and it ended with him telling me he hates me right before the kids woke up and we had to get them packed up. I had planned to go into my office today anyways, so I just left while he was taking the kids to daycare. It started over a stupid little comment and just blew up into an airing of grievances.
Here’s my question – what is couples’ therapy like? How is it structured? Does the therapist talk most of the time? Do they give you their opinion or just kind of moderate a conversation? I have never been to therapy. I think one of our biggest problems is we both think we’re right all the time. I *think* if someone else (like a therapist) told me that I was being unreasonable, I would listen.
Along the lines of the Planetbox comment, does anyone have experience with Planetbox/ Bentgo/ other cheaper bento boxes for preschoolers? We need to start sending lunch this fall and I think one container to open would be easiest for her. Also, feedback on which insulated lunch bags/ boxes these containers fit into.
As we’re trying to mentally prepare to do another stint of quarantining/shelter in place/home schooling, my husband and I are trying to ID what (if anything) will help make this a little less painful for all of us. Exercise equipment is our big purchase at the moment since things are coming back in stock, and we’re not comfortable with gyms.
What else would you (or did you!) buy that made your life easier with kids in quarantine? For us our quarantine MVP’s were a proper kids desk/seat set for ‘school’, exercise gear, and a stick vacuum/microfiber towels for cleaning (so we weren’t burning through paper towels)
Things that send me over the dang edge: people telling me I need to have a good attitude and and “find the positives” in crisis schooling my child at home while trying to work full time from home during a pandemic. Yeah, I know I do, but can you not let me have 10 minutes to grieve and be angry about it?
A few weeks (maybe it was months?) ago there was a discussion about delaying trying to conceive because of Covid. There were mixed responses. How are folks feeling now? It would be our second, I’m in my late 30s so time is not on my side, but I got pregnant within a couple months of trying when I was also 35+ with number one. I’m apprehensive about being in early pregnancy during Covid and potentially peak cold and flu season (start trying now and hopefully get pregnant within 4-6 months) which would be peak cold and flu season for first trimester. So would you wait until January to start trying so in theory even if I got pregnant right away there would only be a couple months of peak flu season to deal with rather than a full 4-5 months? (In my area things get markedly better in March it seems). Is trying to time it just a fool’s errand?
A friend told me that her agency announced that everyone is eligible for telework through June 2021, so that parents can best plan for the school year. It seems like forever away, but it also seems like such a smart way to do it. I wish my employer would do the same — I’d feel better about doing some light renovations to my home office (better lighting, more outlets) if I knew I wasn’t going to get called back to work in a month.
Anyone have a 2 year old who has to wear a mask at daycare? We’re supposed to go back in a couple weeks and they require all kids over 24 months to wear masks all day except for naps and meals. We have been practicing and while fortunately my DD doesn’t freak out about it and thinks it’s fun to have her own mask (she’s seen us in them of course), she usually takes it off after a few minutes or pulls it down so her nose is out. I know the combination of peer pressure and daycare teachers can work magic with this stuff, but just wondering if anyone had any brilliant strategies or anecdata about how mask requirements are working for kids this young. Also would love sources for really small masks. Most kids’ masks are way too big for her. I’m debating buying doll masks – is that crazy!?
I know this has been covered but I need A LOT more masks for my very small 3.5 year old. The etsy carpediemworkshoppe ones fit her great but the elastic can come untied and so I’d like some manufactured ones to be easier for school. Jonah Love has been ordered to try but I’d love to order another brand or two too. Thanks!
I just bought a shirt that is too low cut on me. But I really liked it otherwise and figured I could figure something out. I’d like to attach something to the shirt to hold it together, like a snap or hook or something. But I am really so much not a seamstress. Is there a no-sew option out there? Or any advice for sewing something on? I tried holding it together with some double stick tape the other day when I tried it on, and it did not work, lol. Thanks!
Question – anyone aware of the best mask option for labor? I have a good friend who is 38 weeks and might need to wear a mask while in labor, and I’m helping her with some research. Looking for the most comfortable and breathable options!