Maternity Monday: Printed Dolphin-Hem Top
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Looking around online it seems like there are a million things that I would not have wanted to wear while pregnant. Midi skirts that require heels to look good (and the big buzzer goes UNNNNHHHHH)! Skin-tight dresses requiring super Spanx (UNNHHH)! Jogger track pants (UNNNNHHH) — at least when I was pregnant I didn’t need any help feeling schlubby! My favorite: a zillion plaid flannels, which might be cute for a chill option on the weekend, but many stores have like 8-10 styles to fully outfit the pregnant lumberjack. (Unnnnnnh.) This simple top looks nice — it’s cut loosely but not tunic-and-leggings loose; you can wear it with jeans or trousers, and you can layer the heck out of it in the winter, so if you’ll be pregnant into the possibly warm spring you have some options. There’s also a reddish version; both are $20-$22 at Old Navy, sizes XS-XXL. Maternity Printed Dolphin-Hem Top
Psst: Old Navy also has the print in regular and plus-size tunics.
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Sales of note for 12/30:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started — up to 60% off! See our roundup here.
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase; extra 40% off + additional 30% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – The Winter Sale: 50% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- Boden – Sale, up to 60% — 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 – Semi-annual clearance, up to 85% off; extra 60% off clearance
- 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!
- Hannah Andersson – The Twice-a-Year Big Hanna Sale: Up to 60% off (even new arrivals on sale!)
- J.Crew – 25% off full-price styles; up to 50% off cashmere; 70% off 3+ sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off winter faves; extra 25% off $100+
- L.K. Bennett – All sale half price or less
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash sale, extra 30% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale, extra 40% off markdowns, and daily Red Door Deals starting at $19.50
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?
Did anyone’s child have extra teeth? My infant had a tooth come in directly behind another. Long story short, I had a dentist who I know socially confirm that it’s an extra and suggest that we see a dentist, but I wasn’t able to find out what that would look like exactly.
Did you bring the baby into the dentist? What can a dentist even do with a 9-month old?
(This is not my first child, but previous kiddos haven’t gone to the dentist until older and have been very routine).
We just started a new school and my son says his best friends are two little girls, so I’ve dutifully invited them over for playdates. We have a house full of trucks, cars, and other little boy things. Should I make a big batch of playdoh or something so they both have something to play with together? (Ummmm — hate to ask but is there an etiquette to playdates? Like should I have a special snack or something for them?)
My 9 year-old suddenly started blinking excessively about 1.5 weeks ago. I thought he was extra tired because his cousins were visiting and he’d been up late, but they’ve been gone for a week and he’s still doing it. He says his eyes feel fine and he’s not tired. I’ve googled and I’m taking him to a pediatric ophthalmologist, but also wondering in the meantime if anyone else here has experienced anything similar?
Regular poster, anon for this.
This may be more of an AAM type question, but I figure you wise ladies can help me/talk me down/make me feel better. I’m supposed to go to a continuing education “mandatory” training two states away next month. My husband works nights and has already used up most of his vacation for the year taking care of our kiddo when I was working overtime. He wants to use his few remaining vacation days for Christmas. We don’t have any family in town.
If I go to the training, I’m going to have to get a night nanny for several nights to pick our 1 year old up from daycare, take her home, feed her dinner, put her to bed, stay overnight, get her up and ready to go in the morning, and take her to daycare. I don’t want to do this. Not only do I not want some stranger staying alone in my house with my daughter, but also my daughter is going through a “stranger danger” phase and gets really upset when she meets new people.
I explained my situation to my boss to see if there was any way I could get out of it or watch the training remotely. She checked with the people doing the training, and they are saying no.
What do I do?
I was so excited that my boys have been consistently sleeping until 7:00 or even 7:30 every day the last 2-3 weeks. Then I realized daylight savings is this weekend. Nooooo!!
I love StartUp and didn’t realize the new season had started. I really like the honesty between Alex and Nazanin (at least what comes across on the podcast) and now I am looking forward to listening to this episode.
This is rather random, but I know there are other podcast fans here. Anyone else follow StartUp? In the most recent episode, the founders wife Nazanin decides to quit her job to join her husband’s firm. There was a really poignant moment where she expresses her fear of becoming the default parent even though she is looking forward to getting more time with the kids. It just felt like a really honest moment that most women don’t express publicly.
I know there are a number of women in here who have gone through premature labor or faced the possibility of maybe going through premature labor. I thought about going anon for this, but I feel like I (annoyingly) post enough that y’all have gotten to internet know me.
After a very healthy, normal pregnancy so far- and being a very healthy human being- I was pretty shocked to end up in the hospital this weekend being monitored for what they thought was early labor but ended up being a set of fairly benign symptoms that all looked pretty bad together. That being said, it was really an ‘OMG’ moment for me.
I would prefer not to share this with my work, but I am planning on telling my immediate supervisor who I have a close relationship with. I have already spent this morning organizing ‘transition’ meetings and when asked, I gave the generic excuse of, ‘A friend was talking to me this weekend about how one day she was fine in the morning, went to the Doctor at lunchtime and was immediately pulled from work that day, not to return for six months, and I didn’t want to leave anyone in a lurch just in case.’
What else can I do? Also, any tips on how I can cope emotionally with this? My spouse travels for work, and although he’s very much ‘on call’ for any emergencies, an urgent delivery in the next 4 weeks would mean a good likelihood he’s not there. What else can I do to prep or plan?
Today I’m giving notice at my litigator job to move into a quasi-legal position at a university. I have been in practice for nearly ten years but I don’t love my job enough to want to devote the time required (and I don’t make big law money) and I’d rather not work nights and weekends anymore. Even though I am pretty sure this is the right choice for me right now, I still feel like a failure and a cliché in that I had a kid and now am leaving a challenging job. :(
I’m trying to figure out what baby is going to sleep in when it comes home. Options are 1) crib from the get-go, with us sleeping in the baby’s room (guest bed already in there) until we’re ready to move back to our own room; 2) bassinet in our room; 3) pack-and-play in our room. Real crib has already been purchased as it was a gift, so it’s not like we’ll be holding off on that purchase.
Everyone keeps telling me just to go the pack-and-play in our room route, but for some reason it just seems so big and bulky and iterative of the space that an actual crib takes up that I’m really resisting it. I know bassinets are somewhat silly as they can only be used for a few months, but it does look like they take up less space and some are on wheels, which might be nice for our one-story apartment (zoom zoom!).
Any advice? I want to minimize the amount of temporary stuff we have in the house, but also don’t want to make things more difficult then they need to be at what sounds like a crazy time.
I’m looking for book recommendations for my 3 year old that for lack of a better phrase, are “wholesome” and encourage kind behavior. I checked out a number of books from the library yesterday and was dismayed at how many of them depict bratty kids — kids “hating’ their little sister, kids talking back to their parents, kids throwing food on the floor, etc. For reference, we love the books by Kieko Kasza (Ready for Anything, Lucky Day) and Julia Donaldson (Gruffalo’s Child and Superworm). Any suggestions?