Maternity Monday: Maternity Bump Support Leggings
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With my oldest, I was rocking prenatal yoga and spin up until I went into labor. With my youngest, I felt like I was growing a fidgety bowling ball — I needed to take a nap after walking to the mailbox.
I really could have used some supportive leggings like these from Belly Bandit. These leggings can be worn two ways, over or under your bump. (I was definitely in camp over-bump with my second.) They support your growing belly and are made from WonderWeave, a soft, stretchy, non-see-through material.
I’d love for Belly Bandit to make these leggings in colors beyond black.
These Maternity Bump Support Leggings are $59.95 and available in S–XL.
Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
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?
I dropped my 10 year old off at his sleep away camp yesterday, and I drop by rising 3rd grader at her sleep away camp tomorrow. I have 10 days of kid-free time followed by an additional 10 days with just my 10 YO, and I feel like I need to do a reset on things (parenting/house/me). I have a sense that things need to be tweaked but I’m not sure how/what. I’m not phrasing this well, which is part of the challenge. I feel like I am just looking up and getting my head above water for the first time since Feb 2020. I plan on getting solid sleep while they are away, but I don’t really have much more of a plan than that. Any ideas/thoughts?
I’m in a rut. What are you having for dinner tonight?
I’m sure this has been asked tons of times before so direct me to former threads if that’s easier:
1) Activities for a 4.5 year old during a 7 hour car trip? My husband will be alone with him. Sticker books and those books where you scratch the black off to reveal colors below are big hits with him. Plus a movie. but anything I’m not thinking of?
2) I’m flying with my 11month old. I bought him a seat. It’s just socal to norcal. just bring all the snacks right? he’s crawling and walking so is not going to be happy, but it’s been so long since I flew…and in times of covid can I not let him crawl around the airport (not sure why that would be related)?
Thanks!
I’ve worked really hard to preserve my childfree friendships. But some of my friends are just… they’re real jerks about kids. And it’s hard and it stinks. I feel like I hear a lot about people who pressure others into having kids but somehow my one circle is… the polar opposite.
And I feel like somehow in one circle of friends in particular, there’s one person in particular who goes out of their way to make us feel like we’ve done something absolutely horrible by having kids. And honestly? It’s become really unpleasant to hang out with that person. They’ve made it SUPER clear that they don’t want to come to my house or do anything where kids could come, so I’m having to get a sitter… and then I’m not available for last minute plans which makes them roll their eyes and say, ‘Ugh. It’s like you let your kids rule your life.’ Which… I mean, there are a lot of aspects to my life, of which my children are an important one.
This weekend, I was hanging out with some neighbors who have kids the same age. And it was… awesome. Totally not stressful, really enjoyable. Our kids played. The house we were in was childproofed. At one point, kids were roaring like a dinosaur and all the adults just kept chatting and periodically redirecting the kids. And like… It was so nice. I actually had fun. We mostly talked about other things, but if we mentioned our kids, it was fine. I didn’t have to censor myself.
So. I’m anonymously venting online because… I always thought, ‘How awful!’ when people ditched their childfree friends after having kids. But sometimes… Maybe sometimes. The person is kind of just being a jerk.
We’re about to move from our first house – where our kids were born – to a nearby one. Any suggestions for fun or meaningful ways to say goodbye to a house? And I know this is asked all the time, but tips for moving? Kids are 6,5,2. Thanks!
My 2.5-year-old is obsessed with spitting. He spits out food, he spits out water, he spits just to spit. It happens in our house, outside, at the store, and I’m guessing at school, too (if he’s wearing a mask, he helpfully takes it off first). We’ve talked about it, we’ve done time outs, etc etc. Given the pandemic, it gets awkward really fast if we’re around other people. What else can we try?? I’m sure he’ll grow out of it at some point, but I would like to hurry this along!
Because I’m a financial idiot…
Out of curiosity, how do people buy a house when they haven’t sold their house? The norm in our area is that no one accepts contingency offers, but I wouldn’t have a down payment without selling my house… is there some kind of loan people get that covers the down payment that you pay back when you sell your current house?
Has anyone here thrown a 50th anniversary party for their parents? My parents’ 50th is in two years, so I’m starting to think about it. I guess I’m just curious about a general overview of the party. Time of day, kind of food, number of people, etc. Thanks!
I posted here last week about dropping to 1 pumping session/day and only nursing at wake up and bedtime. It’s only been ONE DAY…and OMG. I feel so much lighter. The real test will be today at the office but knowing I only need to pump once feels so great. Thank y’all for the advice!
Also, DS #2 had a blowout – possibly loose motion – this AM, he was otherwise fine so I think it was too much avocado at dinner (he’s 7 months). I let his teacher know but please send me good vibes, I just need a week where we’re not doing early pick-up and/or going to the ped…
Please help me with my strong willed (though probably totally developmentally normal) 5.5 year old. We’ve always had issues with her listening when we ask her to do something, though mostly in the past it’s been more of an issue of her being distracted or engrossed in something else so it was more a case of needing to get her attention. Now she is deliberately not listening when we ask her to do something and the old tactics are just not working (getting down on her level, touching her shoulder, and yes, yelling or losing our tempers). This seems to not be an issue at school, she is regularly praised as being a “first time listener” by her teachers, so we’re thankful for that. At this point we just need new strategies so we aren’t always losing our tempers or things don’t end up in total meltdowns. And we are thinking about the long term, too. How do we address this now so it doesn’t get worse? Thanks for any advice!
So, my friend brought her daughter to a party I hosted last week. She’s 4, it started at 8pm, her child was not named on the invite. Do I really have to start writing “no kids” on an invitation? It feels so rude I’ve always been taught you positively invite people you want not spell out people you don’t. Plus I’m pretty sure she knew I didn’t want kids but just didn’t want to pay a sitter. Which I’m totally fine with, but then please don’t come! No one else brought kids, hers was exhausted and sleeping in the middle of the room, and it really was not the vibe I was going for.
Play date etiquette? I have a 4 year old, with a 5 year old bestie. They play really nicely together so we don’t generally intervene – I work in the dining room, my husband works upstairs so we’re in earshot wherever they are but are mostly here to provide lunch and snacks. They were playing a game where one of the robots said “Shut up, shut up!” It’s not something we say in this house so I asked him to say “be quiet, be quiet” instead. I do also prompt please and thank yous, but am I a mean mom?
My 4 year old has decided she does not want to go to daycare. Every single morning, she tells us she doesn’t want to go to school, refuses to get ready, and frequently has a meltdown. We’ve tried to redirect, remind her that she has to go to school but that she will have a great time with her friends, etc. I’m tired of having the same battle every morning. She’s also a very spirited and opinionated child (like her mother!). Any words of wisdom?