Maternity Monday: Open-Front Cardigan
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I did not know Autumn Cashmere is sold at Macy’s! Years ago, this was one of my favorite cashmere sweaters I’ve ever bought, and so it’s really surprising to see that Macy’s has so many Autumn Cashmere open-front maternity cardigans for great prices. This one was originally $250 and is now $70, and there are a bunch of colors, including brown and olive and the black pictured here. Maternity Open-Front Cardigan
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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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Isn’t a maternity open-front cardigan just…an open-front cardigan?
On this topic, favorite open-front cardigan? I perused Macy’s but couldn’t seem to find any that looked…stylish?
Question about my toddler (he’s my first), almost 15 months –
He is an active, joyful, “talkative” little guy at home, at daycare, at the children’s museum, and at most other indoor settings. When we go to playgrounds, the beach, the park, and other outdoor settings, he clams up and mostly stands still with a somber look on his face, not talking. He does like swings, but otherwise playgrounds are pretty much a bust. Yesterday I let him just stand around acclimating for 10-15min, then coaxed him up the stairs for the slide (took another 10min), placed him on the seesaw and rode with him for a bit, and then encouraged him to run and chase me, but he again just stood still. When he was 6-12 months, I didn’t worry much about this, but yesterday there were at last a dozen similarly aged kiddos at the playground and they were all zipping around the way he does at home. What is this, and should I be accepting this or encouraging him to come out of his shell more (and how)?
Happy Monday! Our hyperactive 1 year old threw up last night and then decided not to go to sleep until 1.30 am. He is a very very active baby. My instinct tells me I need to change something in my behavior and his surroundings.
Here is his regular schedule. He takes a morning nap and a late afternoon nap (wakes-up from last nap around 5.00 pm). Bedtime is between 8.00 and 8.30. I get home around 6.20 while he is in the park with the nanny. I go to the park and we continue playing and walking until after 7.00 pm. Once we get home DS is so excited to see his dad he wants to play. Usually the TV is on although baby is not watching. Then bath, crying after while I dry him with the towel and dress him (I always wonder why in the world he cries after the bath), bottle, bed. Our night routine is short. He wakes up to eat formula 2 times per night. He does not have the patience to listen to me read and wants to eat and toss the book. Wakes up around 6.45 am.
He is very hyper during the day. For the past week or so he started having tantrums-he screams and coughs as if he is choking. Of course it is all fake. Once I give in and do what he wants he stops crying.
Am I overstimulating him? My DH and I are not very calm people and we love to play and interact with him. How do I calm myself down so that I can tone down my baby? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
For a vehicle with 3rd row seating, do we want captains chairs or a bench seat in the second row? We have an almost 2 year old and a -1 day old (c-section is scheduled for tomorrow!). Additional considerations include that we would use the 3rd row for passengers sparingly at this point in life. I imagine once a month we would want to include an aunt or grandma in a short errand with our family of 4. We hope to get at least 10 years out of the car so it needs to see us far beyond these infant and newborn years. We were pretty set on capitains chairs but could now go either way for various reasons. If we are open to a bench seat, we have more options in our price range. Right now, Highlander and Acadia are top contenders but if we’re willing to look at a bench seat, CX9 or Pilot would be added. Pilot with captains chairs is above our price point. Thank you!
After test driving a number of SUVs we have narrowed it down to a GW Atlas. Anyone have one and want to chime in on what you like/don’t like about it? It drives well but my concern is that it is BIG – we do want a 7 seater but the size seems excessive.
Our criteria – 7 seater with good amount of cargo space, third row that adults can actually sit in (not just small kids), Car Play
Any other SUVs that we should look at? We looked at the Hyundai Santa Fe but my husband thought that the third row was too small for adults to comfortably sit. We nixed the VW Tiguan (too small). The Volvo CX90 is great but more expensive than what we want to pay. Nisan Pathfinder does not have Car Play (a must for my husband). We want a SUV, not a minivan.
Thanks in advance!
Should’ve added – minivans are not in the running. This will be my husband’s car, primarily, as he does most of the carting around of kids. It will be driven no more than 15 miles a day, most days. We hope to take 2 big road trips a year but most of the time the car will be needed to haul us and our purchases from Costco. We’re definitely in the suburbs.
I posted about pumping on a plane/away from baby and wanted to share how it went & my tips!
1. My biggest mistake was wearing my pumping bra full time for the flight rather than just putting it on for pumping – I have the Simple Wishes which is great but not at all comfortable as a real bra. I find for it to fit for pumping it needs to be pretty tight or the flanges don’t seal, and that coupled with my first time exclusively pumping led to severe engorgement in one of my b**bs. I spent the remainder of my flight frantically googling how to deal with being too engorged to let down (which was terrifying at 40,000 ft!!) and nearly crying from the pain. Thankfully, as soon as I got off the plane I locked myself in a family restroom (with the same level of determination as my first PP poop) and pumped while I very firmly massaged the lumps until one let go and then everything seemed to open up, thank god. I think I may have cried with happiness.
2. Mamava pods are great, and the app is very helpful for finding places to pump when out and about. Otherwise family restrooms work well, which I read here.
3. I ended up pumping in the bathroom of the plane because it had an outlet and I wanted to save my battery pack, but the outlet actually gave LESS suction than the battery pack! (This may have contributed to the engorgement on my first flight) On my flight home I just used the battery pack because the power from the outlet was laughable. I still felt more comfortable in the bathroom because not wearing the pumping bra (see #1) meant I’d have to maneuver it on in my seat, and even with a nursing cover I would clearly be putting on/taking off a bra (plus getting the flaps of my nursing bra down … I felt like I’d end up elbowing my seat mate in the face and probably flashing him too).
4. I brought a manual pump and carried it when out and about just in case – I never used it but it gave me peace of mind.
5. TSA was actually very accommodating – on my return flight I wasn’t subjected to any extra screening! On the way there they just examined my ice pack, which was frozen.
6. I put all my pumped milk in bags and froze them and carried it home in a PackIt cooler (which I think I also read about here!).
7. I was never questioned about having the pump in addition to my carry on and personal item, maybe because it’s in the Medela bag so the gate agents just knew? I did put the cooler in my suitcase because I’d read the cooler does not get the same exemption from baggage allowance.
It wasn’t easy being away from my newborn (kiddo is only 6 weeks!) because he’s so small I had to pump every 2-3 hours around the clock, but I’m glad I did it. After this traveling when he’s 5+ months when I go back to work will be a breeze!
Replying to Everlong–replies will not thread on my phone. Captain’s chairs are a must if you want to use the third row while the kids are in car seats. If you don’t remove a car seat to fold the second-row seat, Grandma will have to slither over the second row to get to the third row. My young, active mom has trouble with this in my sister’s car.
Boo, threading won’t work on my phone today.
AwayEmily – thanks for your reply! We mostly go to two nearby playgrounds, and I’ve seen no improvement at those, and he’s no better at the regular spots compared to the rare other playground we visit.
Pogo – well done! I’m juuuust past the pumping stage, and get how tough it is. Great job!!
AnonHyperMom – my guy doesn’t usually have the attention span for a book, but when he’s very drowsy, or cranky after first waking up, he’ll sometimes snuggle with a few books. These days, he’s really into books naming objects and some touch and feels, not really anything with a plot.
I think he might benefit from an uninterrupted 10-12hrs of overnight sleep though. Is there a weight concern or specific reason he’s eating overnight? Can you slowly cut back the amount he’s getting? He’s also at an age where he’s probably understanding more than he lets on, and you could even start explaining that he will eat again when the sun comes out.
Hi Paging Moms of Older Kids — Yes, it is so hard right now. Yes, it gets better. My kids are 4 years apart. My oldest finally slept through the night consistently at 3.5…. just when I was so uncomfortable being pregnant I couldn’t sleep well. And my youngest also didn’t sleep well for 3 years. So, 7 years of sleep deprivation. So hard. But also so fun and rewarding. Now they are both in elementary school and things really are easier. They sleep and go to bed easily at a reasonable hour. They wake up by themselves and get dressed and breakfast independently. They need help with homework & going to activities, but they aren’t hanging on you constantly. I have a little bit of alone time now, since they aren’t so needy…
I know our family is complete, but gosh I miss the tiny baby smells and snuggles. And the toothless grins. And the toddler joy of discovering things for the first time.
You’re not being whiny — we all need to vent sometimes. You’re going to get through this. It really is the “longest shortest time” but you’ll be turning the corner before you know it! I promise.
(Also, since when do we get Weekend Open Threads on the Mom’s site!?!)
Augh. Feeling so sad for the victims of Irma. Trying to keep my own problems in perspective– we are all working from home today because it really wasn’t clear what would happen when the storm hit Georgia. It’s still not really clear how it’s going to impact the Atlanta area. My daughter was supposed to start her first day of day care today. Instead we are all cooped up trying to make the best of it and I’m busy trying to get something done and cover my conference calls. My toddler daughter simply doesn’t understand it when I work from home.
My LO is 22 months old and is having a terrible time with daycare dropoff. He has been at the same daycare since he was 12 weeks old, and he has always been very happy there. He typically runs out of my arms to go play, or runs to his teachers for a hug. They all switched classes three weeks ago, so he has new teachers (his class is half old friends and half new friends). They are very sweet to him, and I have seen him react positively to them, but dropoff has become impossible. I give myself extra time to let him adjust before I leave, and even after hanging out with him for 15 or 20 minutes, it’s still a full-on, pitiful, “how could you abandon me” wail of despair every morning.
I’m also 7 months pregnant, and while I don’t think he completely understands that, he does know something is happening or changing. It just breaks my heart to leave him there in distress every single morning. I feel like three weeks is enough time for him to have gotten used to the new teachers by now. I don’t know if it has to do with the new baby coming or his new teachers or something else. Is there anything I can do?
Apparently it is tie dye day at The Kid’s school on Friday for a Hurricane Irma benefit (last week’s benefit was crazy hats for Harvey). Their goal is 100% participation. I have a long sleeve tie dyed t-shirt for The Kid, but it is going to be 90 degrees here that day so I expect that is a non-starter. I am happy to send some money for The Kid to donate for things like this, but the clothes part is going to send me over the edge.
Is it wrong of me to take the position that if they want everyone to wear tie dye, then they should have a tie dying day at school? We already have had school color day and crazy hat day and apparently mismatched sock day is coming, but this is just beyond.
FET this afternoon. Suddenly feeling anxious about Everything. Please send sticky wishes, calming vibes, and even happy stories!