Maternity Monday: Pixie Pants
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I was intrigued to see that Old Navy’s popular Pixie pant comes not only in numerous colors as maternity pants, but that they also have the side panel and the full panel pants. I always preferred the full panel pants personally — ladies, which were your favorites (and why)? The side panel pants are available in three colors, sizes 1-18, and full price at $34 — the full panel ones are available in this sage green and marked down to $21 (very limited sizes left, alas). Maternity Pixie Chinos
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Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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?
27 weeks and everything is irritating me. Last week started with our annual raise / bonus conversation (which is supposed to be based off of our annual review from February, which was outstanding), which ended up as a “do over” on the review where they changed their minds and only gave me a tiny cost of living increase.
Basis of mind changing was that I’ve worked from home no more than 2 days / month because of SEVERE morning sickness and dehydration as an ADA accommodation through HR, yet they don’t seem to feel that matters. Awesome. After being here over two years, they’ve also decided they don’t like my “contract negotiation style” (event though NO ONE has ever bothered to watch / listen to me negotiate a contract, and my contracts are typically more favorable to our company than other contracts negotiated by other attorneys!). At least I’m past the worst of it and shouldn’t need to work from home anymore, since my leave starts in 10 ish weeks. This is a HUGE, HUGE violation of ADA and company policy (we can work from home on an intermittent, as needed basis), but I seriously don’t have it in me to fight it. Yes, this is all documented in writing.
At the same time, my family thinks they now are entitled to call and talk to me every day, when we weren’t that close before I got pregnant, and they get snippy if I don’t call them right back. My phone is now on perma-silent except for work calls. It doesn’t help that hormones are making me a little rage-y anyway. Argh!
We just tried moving the baby to her room this weekend, at nine months! It did not go well…
She still nurses twice a night, around midnight and then around 3:30am. Fun! I would really like to drop the midnight feeding, but have not been successful. Any magic tips/advice?
She usually goes down between 9-10pm. And we have been training her to fall asleep on her own since she was about 5 weeks old, so I know that she can do it, but there something about the middle of the night wakings where she must have boob.
At what age did you transition your baby from a bassinet (or baby containment device of your choosing) in your room to her own nursery at night? My baby will be 12 weeks in a few days. When I was pregnant (and thought I knew exactly what I was going to do once baby was here…sigh…) I thought we would want to move her at three months. But now she’s so little! And so cute! And it’s so easy to just reach over and nurse her and put he back to sleep when she wakes up in the middle of the night.
But I don’t want to wait too long to the point where it becomes more difficult to transition her in the future. A sleep consultant who visited my mommy and me group said four months seems to be a magic cutoff point for a smoother transition.
Thoughts??
Moms of older kids – what did you do for sunscreen? My 6 y/o is starting summer camp today, and he is supposed to bring sunscreen and apply it himself. I bought him a little spray bottle, which he sort of knows how to use, but I’m a little worried it’s just too tricky to make sure he gets the hard-to-reach spots (like the back of his neck). I know the counselors won’t apply it for liability reasons. Are there any fail-safe sunscreen options? Has anyone tried sunscreen wipes? (Last summer he was still in preschool, where the teachers doused them with sunscreen liberally.)
This weekend I learned that the current primary reason why pumping at work blows is because my flipping shields are too small. When I first used my pump under the guidance of a lactation consultant, she explained the proper shield placement to me, but never said that I should not experience rubbing or that my n!pples could change size over time. In reading the wonderful Work. Pump. Repeat. (I think I heard about this book, or the author’s blog, I talk about boobs, here), the author mentions that there shouldn’t be any rubbing and that if there is, it can affect your output. OH. New, larger shields to the rescue!
(FWIW, the instruction guide that came with my pump does mention this, but I am sure I am not the only one who did not crack this open until well after using the pump regularly.)
We’re moving soon and my MIL, who lives 2.5 hours away, wants to have my almost-4-year-old stay with her for a few days before we go.
I’m trying really hard to be ok with this but she’s not good with boundaries — regularly puts him to bed late, ignores other house rules, etc. They live right on a lake and I know that she has already bought kayaks for everyone. My kid cannot swim. Grandma is almost 70; my FIL is slightly younger but shows no real interest in my son (sees him twice a year, etc).
Do I trust that the boating will be a non-issue? Does under-4 feel like too young to go away to grandma’s for several days? I’m not sure I could be “on duty” for 3 days by myself, let alone while 70 years old.
Seems like such a silly question, but not sure if I’m missing something. We are thinking about getting the nuna travel crib as the crib/bassinet for our apartment when baby arrives. For those that use pack and play or travel cribs as their full-time crib, what kinds of sheets do you buy? Only what is compatible with that brand? That would make me a little sad as nuna’s options seem limited, but not sure what the other options are – put on a too large sheet and fold it under?
1. Can I get a big old UGH for pregnancy related insomnia?? At first mine was tied to nausea but now it’s just stuck around for funsies.
2. Thank you all for such great ideas on how to camouflage a pregnancy. I am 12 weeks and not showing and have some strategies on how to get to 16 weeks before I tell work.
3. I ordered some maternity clothes from seraphine and am thrilled with the quality. The jeans in particular fit wonderfully!!
I liked side panel pants for the first half of pregnancy and then preferred the full panel styles. The side panel pants have come in really handy postpartum. I don’t have these in particular but a similar style from J.Crew that have held up well.
I had a demi-panel version of these pixie pants, and LOVED them for the first 24ish weeks, but not so great when I got bigger. Be warned, though, that the seams came undone multiple times in different spots — you get what you pay for in terms of quality. I just resewed them, since I was only wearing them for a few months, but you may not want to deal with that.
Which are your favorite swim shoes? Had a good brand I bought on Amazon that I can’t remember now — Skideez or something? I see Old Navy has some too but generally try not to buy shoes from them.