Accessory Tuesday: Maleo Loafer
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Finding comfortable shoes that aren’t sneakers can be a challenge. Bared Footwear, an Aussie label founded by a podiatrist, makes stylish footwear like these loafers that you can wear all day long.
These rich leather loafers work with everything from your favorite crisp trousers to laid-back jeans. Each pair is engineered with hidden support throughout your foot and includes a fit kit so you can create a custom wide, narrow, or medium fit.
The Maleo Loafer is $299 and comes in half a dozen colors/finishes. It’s available in sizes 34 (US 4-4.5) to 43 (US 12).
At what point does fertility treatment become unethical? My SIL is 47 and has done two rounds of IVF and many, many rounds of IUI. All with her own eggs, all after age 45. IVF got a total of one egg and it was abnormal.
She’s spending thousands and thousands of dollars. At what point does it become unethical for her doctor to let her continue with this? SIL is of the “even an 1% chance is a chance!” mindset. Odds of success are incredibly low. In addition to her age, she has a structural abnormality in her uterus that makes carrying to term even more unlikely.
Anyone have a good rec for sweatpants/ joggers w/reinforced knees for bigger kids? DS is 9 but still so rough on his pants!
Screen time question. LO is just over a year old. I’ve held strong on no screen time over the past year. DH does not agree with no screen time and lately has been turning on whatever he (DH) wants in the morning while he’s watching LO and I’m getting ready. LO doesn’t really watch it, but the shows are not appropriate/possibly scary for LO, like South Park, Ridiculousness.
I think I have to accept that I’ve lost the no screen time battle. But, I really want something more benign than people getting injured on MTV. I’m ok with nature shows or sportsball, but DH doesn’t seem to gravitate toward them in the morning. Sealook on Netflix seems to be an acceptable middle ground. Any suggestions for something similarly silly/entertaining that isn’t necessarily a kids show? DH will not turn on something high pitched and shouty like peppa pig, and frankly I’m with him on that.
We had a bit of a communication snafu last night with our eight-year-old. Two friends showed up at our door and asked her to go riding bikes. DH said yes, but failed to give her any specific parameters on where to go/not go. This was the first time friends stopped by like this so these are not previously established rules or boundaries. Admittedly my reaction was “ that’s awesome. I’ve been waiting for this phase!”… but I was on my commute home and was told about it after it happened, only to find out DH kind of dropped the ball and not establishing any sort of expectations for her. He also told her to be home in 30 minutes, but she didn’t have a watch. So he definitely set her up to fail in some regards. She of course ended up far outside I would consider an acceptable location, we found her, told her to come home, she absolutely freaked out in that moment and then… oof.
I think we’re all in a better place this morning. We had a long talk the three of us around the kitchen table last night after her sibling went to bed. DH accepted some of the blame and we talked about how she could handle herself better, too. This, though, begs the question about tracking devices/watches, etc. We live in a cul-de-sac neighborhood off of a double yellow line busy road, albeit a fully residential, tree-lined road and all of her friends live on similar type cul-de-sac off of this road, 1 mile in either direction for the most part. There are sidewalks on one side, friends live on both sides so there are crosswalks in certain locations. The road is also not straight and has some modest hills. So on the one hand, when we were looking for her last night it was not hard to find her, but on the other hand.. maybe we’re finally ready for a trackable device. WWYD? Gizmo? Old Apple Watch I have that never wear? Can my Apple Watch really be totally lockdown so she’s not on YouTube or anything else like that?
We’re also going to ride bikes with her on this road for practice starting immediately. She’s also being punished for the behavior last night when DH told her it was time to come home. Any other ideas to extent any of you have this sort of neighborhood layout. I really really love that all her friends live so nearby and truly I’m excited for this phase where she can just bop around like I did as a kid, but I also feel totally unprepared about how to manage her, keep her safe, etc.
Speaking of the dentist, any advice for dentist appointments with a toddler? My dentist does “meet and greet” visits at the same time as parent visits up until age 2, and then they schedule a real cleaning after 2. The meet and greet visits have never gone well, but it’s been 6 months since the last one. The last one was poorly scheduled for nap time and he wouldn’t even open his mouth. Honestly, brushing at home isn’t great either. He likes chewing on the toothbrush, but I’ve resorted to the Daniel Tiger toothbrushing song to get him to let me brush and it’s still a bit of a wrestling match. We get it done but it’s my least favorite parenting task. Cleaning is coming up in a few weeks and I’m trying to figure out how to prepare. We have it scheduled for mid morning, which is our best bet to go in with a good mood. But I’m at a loss besides that.
Gut check: my 2 kids (pre-K and 2nd) have dentist appts in the morning on 9/18. That day will be early dismissal at school. Would it be a disaster to try to get them flu shots in the afternoon that day? I’m taking the afternoon off, DH will be working.
For those of you who ride bikes with your kids on city streets, do you ride in front or behind them? My impulse is to ride behind so that I can keep my eye on the kiddo and cars coming from behind are my problem first. DH likes to ride in front so the kid can follow his lead including knowing when to stop, go, turn etc.
Im not sure there’s a correct way (maybe there is?) just curious what others do! And FWIW, on bike trails the kids are usually in front because they like to go fast. And family city rides, we do one parent in front, kids in the middle, and other parent in back. But when it’s just one parent, what is your configuration?
DD11, newly 11, newly 6th grade, is crying before school almost every day and complaining of a stomach ache, headache, or both, but coming home from school with no complaints. When DH and I ask specific probing questions, she says no friend drama, no bullying, no teacher trouble. Her grades are good, I’ve observed her with friends and all seems to be well, teachers at open house said she was a good kid and praised specific traits, so DH and I are at a loss. I’m open to advice and commiseration! What are my next steps?!