Maternity Monday: Nursing Wrap Front Dress
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This jersey dress from Mamalicious looks great for work — comfortable, functional both before and after pregnancy, and also professional — love the high neckline and long sleeves. It’s $65.40 at ASOS. Mamalicious Nursing Wrap Front Dress
Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
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?
Hi ladies – it’s late in the day so I’m going to post tomorrow too probably. I’m 30 weeks pregnant, I’m a mid level associate at a large law firm in a large city. I’m really tired. I’m overwhelmed with work. Does pregnancy ever become an “excuse” at work, and if so, how do you even bring that up to the partners you’re working with? There have been a few times where I wanted to say something (but I stopped myself from saying it) along the lines of, normally I would be able to power through tonight and get this to you by tomorrow morning, but I’m just exhausted right now. I mean that sounds like such a lame excuse. I just don’t know if it’s ever appropriate to tell the partner that the reason why I’m not staying up later and working longer is b/c I’m tired and I don’t want to overexert myself. I’m not saying I’m going to bed at 8PM – I’m talking about working until 10 or 11pm, and just not having the energy to stay up until midnight or 1M. Thoughts?
Only about a month into being back at work and I’m already so.over.pumping.
Baby girl better have a solid gold immune system and score in at least the 97%-tiles on all standardized tests (KIDDING, of course).
Mad props to all the moms who did this for a full year.
Update on the crazy controlling co-worker: I came in with doctor’s note in hand today, laying out both of my “disabilities,” (pregnancy and another autoimmune issue) stating that I be permitted to work from home as needed. Since my department is already permitted to work from home as needed, this should be no big deal.
After a lot of thought, I’ve decided what I need to do is sit down with our CEO (who is head of my department, that’s who we report to in lieu of the GC), with HR in the room, and just very calmly outline why this other attorney’s insistence at looking over my shoulder is inefficient and unnecessary. I have a good relationship with our CEO, so I think as long as I present it from an efficiency and division of work perspective, I should be ok.
We moved to a new town last June, but we haven’t made too many parent friends yet. My older daughter is turning 3 in a few weeks, and I thought it would be a good excuse to try to meet up with some classmates outside of school. We haven’t gotten any birthday invites from other kids, so I guess people don’t invite everyone yet. Is it weird to invite people we haven’t socialized with outside of daycare? What time of day do parents of toddlers like best for birthday parties? It will be on a Sunday, and I would like to have drinks for the parents, so I’m thinking post-nap (3-5)? Thoughts?
Rebecca Geller at the Geller Law Firm handles this type of work in NOVA/DC: http://thegellerlawgroup.com/legal-practice-areas/wills-and-trusts/
Sorry this is a response to RDC’s comment above!
Hi Moms! Legal question for you — hoping some of a lawyers from the main site read this one too. We just had our first child and need to update our legal documents — basic stuff like our will, powers of attorney, and to designate a guardian for the baby. We don’t have a ton in the way of assets or any complicated family situations. Would it be OK to use something like LegalZoom (or another template online) or would you strongly suggest we hire an attorney? It seems like the main thing is just to document our wishes somehow, and that a template should be OK for that, but (obviously) I’m not a lawyer so I’m not sure if those kinds of documents carry any weight if they’re actually needed. It it matters, we live in VA.
ETA – would love any suggestions on templates / services to use, or real-life attorneys in the NOVA / DC area.
This is probably going to be one of those questions where the answer is “go to your doctor!” but I thought I’d ask just to see if anyone has anything to offer.
I am almost 5 months postpartum and I just feel wretched. Tired, weak, kind of queasy. My hair loss is pretty bad too. Is this normal? Some kind of hormonal thing? I haven’t looked on WebMD because I assume it’ll just tell me I have ebola-cancer.
And if the answer is “go to your doctor!”, is this a matter for my gyno or a GP? Sorry for my cluelessness, this is my first baby and I don’t know what is normal postpartum.
I kept logs of sleep habits. I used the templates in Elizabeth Pantley’s No Cry Sleep Solution, and then several months later used my own abridged version after a sleep regression. Both times, I found them helpful for showing patterns, and generally followed Pantley’s approach for addressing issues identified by the logs. If you’re going to use a sleep consultant, I think basic logs will be tremendously helpful. Basic info I’d track would include bedtime, length of sleep for a particular stretch, and how baby went back to sleep; also, info about naps. Best of luck with sleep training.
Since the BF/Type A Personality discussion was so civil, I am hoping I can reach out for some advice on sleep training. How many of you kept detailed logs of your little one’s sleep habits? Did it help with sleep training? We are considering hiring a sleep consultant (just for email consults, not an in home visit), but we want to make the most of our interactions with her, so if anyone has any advice I’d love to hear it. Thanks!