Maternity Monday: Comfortable Bump 4-Piece Maternity Starter Kit
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When you first find out you’re pregnant, it can be daunting to think about putting together a complete maternity wardrobe — but a set like this can help a lot. (So can our posts on the maternity work wardrobe checklist, where to get used maternity clothes, and four companies that rent maternity workwear!)
The tank, dress, leggings, and skirt — designed to mix and match — are made from soft, stretchy, comfortable jersey. While not labeled machine washable, they are hand washable (which to me usually means machine wash on the hand-wash cycle). By putting together various combinations and adding pieces from your existing wardrobe, you can get a ton of wear out of these versatile pieces.
The set is available in both black and navy in sizes XS–XL. Comfortable Bump 4-Piece Maternity Starter Kit
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
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Hi all, long time reader of the regular s ite, first time over here! I found out on Friday that I’m pregnant. Turns out it wasn’t just the election drama making me queasy! I spent the weekend alternating between complete freakouts and moments of elation. My situation is a bit complicated…
I’m 41. I sort of always knew that I wanted a child in the abstract sense, but I was never the person who goes crazy about newborns. I even considered having a child on my own in my late 30s but never acted on it. I have been dating a guy long distance since the winter (although we’ve known each other for several years). Long distance during COVID has of course been a challenge, but we’ve been able to see each other a couple of times per month. And, apparently the last time resulted in this…ooops. We’ve talked about having a child before and we both agreed that we sort of were leaning towards wanting one (but I knew time was kinda running out for me) but we never talked about having one together. So, even though I am feeling freaked out, I’m also thinking this is my one chance to have a child. (Not having it is not an option for me at this time.)
I haven’t told him yet (I’ve only known since Friday night). I’m being a total chicken. In my mind, I would be totally fine raising this bebe (said in a Moira Rose voice) on my own, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to want to be involved. But I can’t work where he lives, so he would have to move to my state (which he has expressed an interest in before). I just feel so apprehensive about how much I’m about to change his life. And I’m not even 100% I want to marry him or anything (I know it’s not needed). He’s a very good guy, but this level of commitment? Oh boy. Not ready for that.
Any advice for the first trimester? Or for co-parenting with someone you’ve only dated for a short time (whether you remain together or not)? I’m only 4 weeks in so it’s very early. Have my first prenatal appt booked for week 7. Am already taking prenatals. Feeling pretty OK other than fatigue (lots of naps now thanks to WFH).
Thank you for letting me vent over my anxiety!
White parent of white kids question here, and I would especially appreciate thoughts from any WOC.
Yesterday, my son’s friends stopped by to see if he could come out to play. Friend 1 is Black, Friend 2 was white but I didn’t recognize him with a bike helmet and mask on. When I relayed to my son that [Friend 1] and unidentified other friend were outside, son (7.5), trying to figure out who the other friend was, asked, “is he brown?” (he definitely meant Black, he was just describing skin color like crayon/color wheel colors)
I don’t want to pretend that everyone’s skin color is the same; that’s a totally reasonable way to narrow down which friend is outside. But is his wording ok? If this language is offensive, I’d rather address that in my home before he uses it in public. And if not, what is better? “does he have dark skin?” “is he Black?” Maybe I’m totally overthinking this.
We are getting our 4 yo a bike for her 5th birthday. The bike we got has both handle brakes and pedal-back brakes. How should we teach her to brake? Just see what she prefers? Thoughts appreciated.
Is it common for kids to go through a really difficult phase behavior-wise shortly before turning 3? My kiddo has always been pretty strong-willed and fairly emotional. I would never have described her as “easy” but she didn’t seem particularly difficult either. But these last few weeks have been something else. She has known for like a year now not to hit or push people and animals, but all of a sudden whenever she gets mad about anything, no matter how trivial, she’s pushing the dog or smacking me or DH in the face. We do time outs of course, but it seems to be making things worse, not better. I think she had 35 timeouts last week. Help!
Does anyone have experience to share with losing weight before TTC? I’m 5’3 and 175 lbs, and I am almost certain I’ll have a gestational diabetes diagnosis. What can I do to get ahead of this? What worked for you?
Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to consider applying for an internal job during my maternity leave! I’m chatting with the hiring manager today to feel it out. I think it actually is a big plus that we’re all remote right now, as that will make interviewing easier (re: pumping etc).
Our weekends lately have been kind of crummy. DH and I are both in busy, stressful periods at work, and by the time the weekend rolls around, we have zero energy or creativity for coming up with stuff to do. Especially during covid times. Our kids are old enough to *kind of* keep themselves occupied, but I hate that we are not having much quality time together even though we’re around each other all.the.time. Any thoughts on how to push past the exhaustion? We both badly need a parenting break, but we’re the only ones who can give that to each other, so it’s easy to feel very stuck.
For those that are expecting or recently had a baby, what did you request of visitors beforehand re: COVID precautions. A lot of my family works in healthcare or not local, so they understand that they won’t come in close contact with the baby for a while. My husband’s family is all pretty local though, so we were going to ask that they isolate for at least two weeks before coming to visit but expecting a lot of grumbling. Everyone in the family is wfh so it wouldn’t be a huge deal for them, but I’m preparing for bad feedback and that we’re being too cautious. Cases in my area have been very steadily rising over the past few weeks.
My husband and I have two kids (2.5 and 5). We’d like to adopt a third. We have always wanted to adopt and I am high-risk if I get pregnant again. Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations, or well-wishes? We were planning to try to adopt an infant through a private organization.
I was super excited over the weekend to have a female VP and made sure to tell my five year old all about her. DD was interested in the fashion, but it definitely never occurred to her that a woman couldn’t be VP. Somewhat anticlimactic, maybe in a good way. I feel like social media had lots of friends inspirationally showing her speech to their 3 year old girls or Meena Harris tweeting about her four year old’s wonder at it, but now I’m not sure I buy that. And maybe it’s a good thing? Like I may mostly skip the inspirational bit and just let it be a known fact that a WOC can be the vice president (and women can be president too hopefully soon?) Just pondering that this morning. Too much social this weekend. Or is it better to make a big deal out of all these things women have never done before? This sort of ties into the historical fiction question too I think.
Note I think this only works with like the 5 and under set.
A bit of a random question for a Monday, but what books have helped to give your kids perspective and broadened their world view?
My 7 yo has started reading historical fiction and it seems to be really good for her. For instance, she read the Molly and Felicity books from American Girl and we had a big discussion about whether it was harder to be a kid during WWII/Revolutionary War or COVID. Then she read a series by “My America” called Elizabeth’s Colony Jamestown Diary. It is written as a diary by a 9 yo girl settler in Jamestown who lived through a terrible winter where most of the settlers died of illness or starved to death. It has given her lots of perspective about people dying of disease before medicine and vaccines, how the settlers terribly mistreated Indians, and how much work goes into growing food–ideas that never ever crossed her mind before. I’m sure some kids would find these books depressing or anxiety inducing, but she seems to find them reassuring. She likes learning that other kids have lived through bad times and been okay in the end.
Any other suggestions for books that helped give your young elementary kids perspective and that broadened their world view? We’ve tried some non-fiction, but it hasn’t landed with nearly the power of the historical fiction works.
(I’m not sure I’m quite ready to have her read holocaust books given that she was reading Elephant and Piggie not long ago, but other time period would be good.)
Reposting from this weekend — any ideas to make a virtual thanksgiving fun for the grandparents, who are really disappointed that we can’t visit them (with our 15-month-old) this year?
Anyone gone on a fairly long drive with a 6-7 month old? We are tentatively planning to take a 16 hour road trip in the early spring to visit the grandparents. Obviously this depends on a lot of factors and the state of covid at the time, but are we crazy for even considering? Kiddo went on a 6 hour trip with one stop at about 2 months and was ok. Husband and I took turns sitting in the back with him, and he really only got cranky the last hour of the trip. 2 long driving days in a row at 6.5 months seems like a very different experience.
It would be a 2.5 hour direct flight if we went that route, but FIL is high risk, and driving seems a bit safer.
To say that last week was stressful is an understatement. Both my and my husband’s work were super busy, the kids were home due to another illness and of course the election. I’m hopeful that this week is a little calmer but also thinking ahead to the coming winter. I foresee a lot of time spent indoors trying to entertain two small kids. For those of you in cold weather areas, what are some ideas you have to keep two small kids occupied indoors? Yes, we will definitely still plan to be outside as much as we can, with appropriate clothing, but the option of indoor playspaces or other indoor activities not at home seems to be out of the question for the winter. And my kids seem way worse when we’re all cooped inside so I’m dreading this, but trying to figure out some things to do to stay sane.