Maternity Monday: Maternity Terrific Tights
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When I was pregnant with both kids, dresses were the easiest thing to reach for. In the colder months, I’d pair them with a comfortable and supportive pair of maternity tights.
This pair of maternity tights from Assets by Spanx has a lot of positive reviews, and I can see why! They feature underbelly support, a comfortable control top, and a soft, matte opaque fabric for a sleek, polished look. The non-binding waistband also won’t dig or pinch — always a good feature, but especially when your belly is changing every day.
Right now, it looks like they are only available in black, but hopefully Assets will add more colors soon.
These Maternity Terrific Tights are $18 at Target and available in sizes 1–3 (4 is currently out of stock).
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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Please tell me it gets easier to be a dual income family with kids. I have a 4 year old and 1 year old, and this year has nearly killed me. Within the last 6 weeks, my entire household has had COVID and a nasty upper respiratory virus, and my 1 year old has had an ear infection and currently has a double ear infection and hand foot mouth. Kids have missed so many days of daycare, we have no local family, and I’m so burned out at work that I’m having a difficult time getting everything done, let alone proving that I’m ready to be promoted within the next 6 months. I’ve never wanted to be a SAHM, but I seriously find myself considering it just so life isn’t quite so hard.
I’ve been wearing swing tees or tunics over skinny jeans as my uniform for a long time now, but it’s feeling pretty dated. What’s a fresher version of this? Cusp/plus size, want to draw attention away from the waist. Thanks!
Hi all —
Looking for resources for dear friend/family member who is considering alternatives for building their family. In particular, they are starting to consider the process for adoption and/or gestational carriers. Does anyone have any known resources in NYC or the tri-state area generally for agencies or services related to either? This is definitely solicited — they came to me because I went through a few years of fertility treatments and so were wondering if we had started to consider these options, but hadn’t quite gotten there so didn’t have any firsthand knowledge.
Thanks!
DMV-area moms, if anyone is looking to sell a Snoo in the next few months (between now and November or so), I’m on the market — I’ll register a burner email if anyone is interested in getting the ball rolling. TIA!
Mostly a rant, but please share your advice if you have it. I was solo parenting all day Friday and Saturday, followed by a birthday party for my daughter yesterday. Not ideal, but timing-wise, that’s the only the thing that remotely made sense. I am so exhausted and the week has just started. Then I’ll be solo parenting again Thursday through Sunday. I hate it, my husband knows I hate it, and the situation is not going to change. I don’t even have tiny kids anymore, and I still find it difficult to be on 24/7. I resent my husband’s job SO MUCH this time of year. It’s not like I don’t have a job of my own to do, you know? So much of the online advice about solo parenting is geared toward SAHMs, and while that is definitely its own brand of hard, I can’t relate to much of the advice. (Most of it has the flavor of “I am so grateful my husband works so hard and makes a living for us! This is my duty as a wife and mom!” That has, uh, less power when you’re bringing in a chunk of the family income, too, and need to be mentally coherent at your own day job.)
why are christmas and hannukah pjs/outfits already being advertised everywhere? i know each year things get earlier and earlier, but school barely just started.
My kindergartener has been in school for 3 days and has already been flagged as a Close Contact for COVID. We are in a high vax state in a town with an indoor mask mandate and a teacher vax mandate. UGH.
FWIW, it was the the girl that sat next to my kid on the first day of school then was out the next two days (she had a belly ache and the nurse said to get a covid test). Her mom called me and told me as soon as she got the result. We did rapid test on at and sun and both were negative.
Our school is doing a test-and-stay program this year so kiddo can go to school and will be nose-swabbed daily until Thursday, along with 8 other kids in her class. Fingers crossed that this new program works because I will LOSE if all 3 of my kids have to stay home and quarantine for the next two weeks.
Not sure if they ship to the States, but UK moms – I ordered from Lindex and the stuff is gorgeous. Not much more than H&M, with way better patterns and colours for boys. Got an amazing raincoat with woodland creatures, dinosaur leggings with soft linings to them, PJs with the cuffs, thick joggers. Most things are organic cotton and really soft.
Looking for some sane voices to reassure me that formula is great and I don’t need to put myself through pumping hell even if we’re in the middle of a pandemic and I might be giving her some vaccine antibodies (and any great pumping at work tips you have!).
I’m towards the end of my maternity leave and have been lucky enough to exclusively breastfeed, while pumping one bottle a day for Dad to give. Pumping sucks and I am not looking forward to doing it 3+ times a day while at work. I’m planning on committing to it for the first month I’m back so I can really get into a routine and then evaluate how I feel about it. Logically this sounds like a good plan and I know formula is great. However, in looking for tips I’ve been inundated with the “breast is best, make huge sacrifices to make sure you’re still breastfeeding your toddler” crowd so emotionally I just need some reassurance that it’s not selfish to stop pumping if I despise it.
Please tell me there are advantages to the family including myself to be a full time working mom with a young kid. I feel so drained after this weekend. Yesterday I just met a stay at home mom friend and I feel so jealous of the “me” time she has. She has free weekends to do fun things (as opposed to chores and kids activities), time to see her friends for lunch/coffee, time to exercise and cook healthy meals, time for her kid so that it is all calm and peace at home. If I didn’t work, we would not be able to afford to move into a good school district area when our son starts kindergarten. A good education has been a goal and priority for us. I realize I cannot have it all: provide the best education we can for our son and also have free leisurely time. Do you ladies have designated me time? If yes, how does it work? What helps you avoid being resentful? I know I would benefit more by having working mom friends but again I have no time for that!
What does a typical day look like for you? My kids are 3, 6 and 8 and a couple of solo days with the older two just so different than a day with all 3 or even just the 3 year old.
If they get home at regular times, could you put them in aftercare or get a neighbor kid to come hang with them? Can you assign your older one to make dinner? My 8 year old made a full hot breakfast for me this weekend, and cleaned up after. It was a parental milestone.
Do you have neighborhood friends you can send them off to for a bit? Could you schedule a fun activity for the three of you (local attraction daytrip? In my house my kids would LOVE to go to an amusement park or sporting event over the weekend), and/or arrange a playdate for one of the kids? If your kids have low maintenance friends, what about having a kid over to entertain your kid(s)? My oldest (8) and our neighbor friend (9) spent 6 hours together yesterday between our house and theirs, outside, and only came to bother me for food.
If you are overwhelmed with activity pickup/dropoffs, do you have/ can you find other families to carpool with? Each of my kids has a couple of friends in each activity that I could bum a ride off of in a solo parenting situation.
As my kids have gotten older, I’ve worked to find activities we all like together: trips to the beach to sit and veg and read, go to a local museum, hiking, biking, that sort of thing. Absent the kids, what would you want to do with your time? Can you include them?
For those of you who had a tubal ligation during your c section, did that change recovery? If so, any tips? My doctor has been strangely silent on this and I want to make sure I know what to expect!
do your kids own rain boots and rain coats and if so, when do they wear them? (i’m writing from rainy houston) but since my kids go from the car at home into school, i’m wondering if these are necessary/useful? can you wear a rain coat with a car seat? like i feel like if it is rainy enough to warrant that type of clothing we wouldn’t be walking outside? i can see how they make total sense if you live in more of a walking city