Maternity Monday: MAMA Nursing Dress
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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?
Any tips for non-boot camp method of potty training? My 22 month old over the past three weeks has shown interest in potty training, and #2 training particularly, and started making sporadic #2 on the potty a few weeks ago, only when I’m with her on weekend. (With nanny she goes in diaper.) Last Thursday, she told me “I want to get potty trained” out of the blue when I was changing her diaper – she may just be repeating things I have said to her. This weekend, she put all her #2 in the potty, generally at her own request, and again this morning. I am crazy at work now, we have weekends chock full of holiday activities, and we have guests coming for Christmas, so no good time for a few weeks to try boot camp method. She knows the mechanics of pe*ing on the potty, and does it any time she has to go and I put her there, but she still wets diapers without saying anything to me.
Any tips? We did a modified “Oh Cr*p” method with my son. FWIW, her ped recommended training her before 2, b/c she’s very stubborn, but my husband thinks we should wait until after the holidays (but open to suggestions). I don’t want to miss “the window,” but have no idea a practical method to go about this.
Raise your hand if you still don’t have your Christmas tree up (if you intend to put one up at all, obviously). Feeling like a bit of a Grinch…
Has anyone read It Starts with the Egg? I am near 40 and just started ttc and am open to doing what I can to move this along.
Anyone try a breast pump you can wear under your clothes (rather than pumping after you shut your office/mothers’ room door, half uncovered)? I hope to have a kid in a few years and am just starting to read about pumping.
Seeking stories of support for night training! Kiddo (just turned 4) wakes up with a dry pull-up about half the time and wants to wear underwear. I want to support him…. but both DH and I have been under a ton of stress lately and sleep is really precious. I’m worried about how disruptive it will be to deal with overnight accidents, even for the week or two for things to take hold. I realize there will probably never be a good time, though. Please share any tips to help this process!
Another potty training question. DD is almost 3 and has been sort of trained for 3 months. I say sort of because she has number 2 accidents several times per week. She just doesn’t care and doesn’t seem to mind? She’ll go in the potty but only if we catch her in time. She’s small for her age with some muscle tone weakness but otherwise developmentally at age. We’ve harped that it goes in the potty and that it’s wrong to go in your undies and she’ll repeat it but there’s no embarrassment or discomfort on her part. Any thoughts or recommendations?
Has anyone had ongoing issues with an eyelid twitch? Mine has occured multiple times a day for the last several months. It’s driving me crazy. Dropping my morning cup of coffee seemed to help symptoms a little. I’m weaning and wondered if that is playing a role, but my doctor didn’t seem to think so.
man I love monday mornings. i never expected to say that but after a rough weekend with my little dudes…. monday is welcome.
Ladies please help. Please! My 4 month old hates the car. I mean HATES. Cries hysterically for 95% of car trips we can’t go anywhere farther than 10-20 mins from our house. We can’t visit family for the holidays because of it. We’ve tried moving to the convertible car seat, toys in the car, mirror, sunshade, etc…nothing works. He does have reflux so we wait 30 mins after feeding to put him in the car. He does not throw up so I don’t think he’s motion sick. But we can’t even use the infant seat in a stroller because he constantly cries so I’m always baby wearing. I hear they outgrow this but when!? Please throw all your tips and tricks at me it’s really wearing on us.
Cross posting from the main s i t e : I’m on the hunt for a nylon tote/small backpack that converts (so, can wear it as a crossbody OR as a tote with shoulder straps, and also as a backpack). Usage would be weekend days running errands and/or chasing my three kids — throwing a few snacks in there, some activities to keep them busy at a restaurant, packing a scarf for me in case I get cold at someone’s soccer game, etc. Sort of a cross between a large purse and a small tote.So far my top pick is the Patagonia Ultralight Black Hole Tote Pack, but it’s 27L and I’m wondering if that’s going to feel too big (I’m going for “large purse” not “diaper bag”). However, I love the look of this bag and that it’s super lightweight. Any other recommendations for me?
A thing happened at work a little while ago and I’m having a really hard time moving past it. I was on leave, returned, and learned that my boss missed the deadline to put me up for a significant promotion. I can be put up next year, but there is nothing that can be done until next winter. I thought this was a risk with me being out on leave, so I talked to my boss and a couple other senior folks to help my boss or reach out to me while I was on leave to make sure they had the information they needed from me / knew they could reach out if they needed anything. (There is a package of materials that have to be completed and the package was being revised for this year so I couldn’t see a copy before I went out.) I checked in about it while I was on leave and everything seemed fine. But still the deadline was missed. I thought I was fine and that I would just move on, but I feel so betrayed. Its incredibly distracting during the day and making me angry at everyone and everything. I don’t believe this would have happened if I wasn’t on leave. Of course I can’t say if I would have ultimately gotten the promotion, but I’m as certain as one can be that the deadline wouldn’t have been missed. So now what? Stay? Go? All I want to do is scream or possibly cry (postpartum hormones are not helping this either).
Help! We were visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, then flew back home for 48 hours, but had to fly back to my parents due to a death in the family, where we then stayed for another week. Starting with Thanksgiving week, though it seriously worsened during our second visit, one of my 18 month old twins began experiencing MAJOR separation anxiety. Crying if I stood up to get a tissue, wanting mommy all the time, etc. Sometimes she was with DH and I was not there and if he stood up, it was the same thing. At one point she was with my MIL and was doing ok, but then saw a picture of me and DH and became hysterical. She also started grinding her teeth. This morning DH handled the morning routine until our nanny arrived and she was hysterical upon our nanny’s arrival. Anxiety runs in both of our families, but I was hoping I’d have a few more years until i really had to worry. we are now home for two weeks, but are heading out of town again for the holidays, so i feel like she will kind of be off until January. Any tips for helping an 18 month old with major separation anxiety?
Anyone have ideas for fun Christmas activities with a 15 month old? He’s a little young for most things but I have some time off and want to get into the holiday spirit a bit.
Daycare parent/teacher conferences – is there anything we should be asking or doing at them, other than politely listening to what the teacher has to say? We talk to the teachers every day, get detailed reports and can spend time in the classroom if we want, so we don’t have a whole lot of questions.
Law firm office holiday party my first week back at work! Do I 1) have husband bring baby by, do one round to show baby off, and leave early? Or 2) put husband on baby duty at home and stay around the party by myself to network? People generally bring spouses to the party, it’s at the office, and has been fairly low key in past years.