Maternity Monday: Marie Long-Sleeve Maternity Blazer Dress
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If you have a closet full of blazers, a blazer dress seems like the next logical step. Here’s Emilia George’s sophisticated take for moms-to-be.
Wear this knee-length, structured dress on repeat throughout your pregnancy — it has peaked lapels, front pockets, and a self-tie belt. I especially like the vented sleeves and tonal buttons. This simple dress doesn’t need much to make a complete outfit — just winterize with tights, a long overcoat, and a bright scarf for a pop of color.
This maternity blazer dress is $375 at Nordstrom. It comes in sizes XS–XL.
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
Husband and I are thinking about getting a Nintendo switch for our four-year-old and eight-year-old. is this a good idea? We have no experience with video games and aren’t sure if this is the right age to get this system. Any thoughts or experiences to share appreciated! Relatedly, we don’t have a TV ( just use computers). are we going to need to buy one to use the switch?
Oh my first thought was “fun bathrobe” so this is a no from me.
At what age do weekends with kids become fun? I have 3 under 3 and I find myself looking forward to daycare resuming each Monday. I hate that I feel like this but between childcare and general household chores, weekends are a slog.
I’m looking for an affordable, comfy sweater dress for the holidays/winter that will look good over a first trimester belly and early second trimester bump. Any ideas? I want a high neck and for it to be fitted with stretch.
I have a soon-to-be 3 year old and a 6 year old. Weekends are mostly fun, but they definitely have their moments. We had both kids home Thurs-Sun, and it was a great holiday overall, but both DH and I were tired by last night. :) I’m looking forward to reading what others say.
Generally I think the key is not expecting you have to do it all – every chore and every hour with the kids. I’m also pretty relaxed on screentime, especially with my older one.
We outsource a lot of the “chores” – we have a cleaner come every few weeks, get grocery delivery most weeks, etc. DH and I also have designated solo times on weekends when we switch off with kids – he takes Saturday evenings, I have Sunday mornings. On Sat AM we divide and conquer – I take the kids to the Y, work out while they are in the childcare, DH tends to the yard/his plants and then heads to the Y.
We still have plenty to do around the house on weekends, but this creates some much-needed space.
Did it take anyone a long time to bond with your baby? I have an 11 week old. She was born early, so is five weeks adjusted. I never really felt connected to her during the pregnancy. And since her birth, I love her but it’s not the overwhelming parental love that you hear about. I really don’t think I have PPD. It’s just hard because she doesn’t yet smile at me, seem to recognize my voice, or really be interactive with me at all.
We spent Wednesday night to Sunday afternoon at my in-laws’ house with a toddler. Mostly things went well. But…
All the adults there are either retired or unemployed and normally sleep from around 3am to around 11 am. LB is typically up around 5 am and I try to keep him quiet-ish for a few hours, but he does wail when he doesn’t get what he wants. No one complained to me, but I overheard BIL saying he didn’t sleep well because of LB’s “piercing shriek”.
Question is, what time is noise okay? When normal people would be awake? When most or the residents are up? When everyone is up?
So, I think I saw a real downside from unlimited screentime while traveling this weekend. I went to the greater Yosemite area with my sister’s family (including her 3.5-year-old) and her rule for screentime, which I always planned to imitate (pregnant with my first), was that there are no limits while in the car or on planes. Her son was on the iPad watching downloaded shows with headphones and as a result, he missed seeing a bear cross the road. His mom shouted and waved but he couldn’t hear over the headphones and was too engrossed to see the waving. She’s so, so bummed because when we were kids and saw a bear from the car (ONE time ever), it was a highlight for years to come. Trying to encourage her not to beat herself up but she’s revising their rule now to say no iPad while traveling in scenic areas with wildlife. I think it’s a good adjustment…
Paging HSAL and others who may need it. Here are a bunch of great resources about grieving loved ones.
https://www.bosplace.org/en/resource-library/results/?swpquery&swp_category_limiter=29&swp_audience_limiter=0
There is one specifically about “Helping Grieving Families through the Holidays” that I found especially helpful. We lost our teenage nephew to suicide earlier this year, and we are hosting Christmas week which was when we would all be together as a family, so this one will be especially tough for all, especially my SIL + husband.
Holding everyone who has a loved one in the light <3
My second grader is saying that they hate school, that school sucks, etc. When I ask why the comment is often that it’s too much pressure, or boring, or that other kids make fun of them when they get spelling words wrong. Their teacher seems to think they’re doing pretty well. But I am spiraling a bit into wondering if there’s more to it, like adhd or something (the kid was slow to learn to read and has some scatterbrained air cadet tendencies, but no hyperactivity, so I’d never really worried about it before). I’ve been just letting it ride but it doesn’t seem to be getting better. What should I do?
Looking to start a good book thread for gift ideas for my kiddos. I have a 4.5 year old and 7 year old. The 7 year old is all about graphic novels all the time, so between DogMan and Investigators, we’re covered. But both because the 4.5 year old isn’t reading yet and because he’s exposed to all of his older sib’s books, I’m struggling a bit with a fun “gift-level” book for Christmas. Any ideas for books your 4-5 year olds have really enjoyed?
To pay it forward – we’ve LOVED Noodlephant, There Are No Bears In This Bakery, and many of the Bill Peet books (Droofus the Dragon, Huge Harold, etc). Last year I got them “Dragons Dragons and other beasts” which is a collection of mythical creature poems with Eric Carle paintings, and I’m surprised by how much they both like it. They are currently listening to the Neverending Story as their bedtime read, which they both enjoy but the younger doesn’t quite follow, and they enjoyed listening to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Are there viruses for which the main symptom is just fatigue? My kid spent a large chunk of yesterday sleeping. We thought she was just tired from the holiday weekend, but it became clear through the day that there was something more going on. Today she is better, but still has spent most of the day resting in bed with TV or books (she refused to nap though, unlike yesterday). She doesn’t seem “sick” in any other way: no fever, no runny nose or cough, no GI symptoms, eating relatively normally. Covid test was negative.
Also if she’s similar tomorrow, it’s fine to send her to school, right? My husband thinks we should let her have another day at home to rest, but I think she can go to school.
Just a PSA that some summer camp registrations start soon! Our city’s is Friday. It caught me by surprise, but I guess it’s December 1 already.