Accessory Tuesday: Maypearl Alice Bootie
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I recently bought my first pair of Clarks in a few years, and my old favorite brand is now my new favorite brand — they’re like walking on pillows! The shoes I bought are decidedly more weekend (we featured them here just for that), but these boots look great with pants or jeans and are possibly even sleek enough to be boots you wear with tights. They’re $91–$142 at Nordstrom and Amazon. Maypearl Alice Bootie
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Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
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’m thinking of having a big bash for my daughter’s third birthday. Mostly because I think it would be fun to get her friends’ parents together at our house and drink some beer and eat some BBQ while the kids ran amuck. I would probably set up/out cool stuff for them to do, like a water table and bubbles and drawing stuff, and I do have a high tolerance for mess. I would lock the cats away and throw open the kitchen/living room, playroom, and the door to the back yard, so there’d be a decent amount of play area. It would be maybe 15 kids and associated parents … unless my friend who has five brings all of her kids!
First question: is there some horrible downside to this I’m not seeing?
Second question: is it ok to specifically say something like “please do not bring gifts” if I really really really really mean it? What are the chances people will listen? (The thought of her potentially getting 15 gifts in addition to the spoiling she’ll get from grandparents, and on the heels of Christmas… it’s enough to make me not want to have the party.)
This is the first year we’ve sent our kiddo to a home daycare. She loves it. It’s a small group of toddlers taken care of by a mother/daughter pair who have basically become my kid’s second and third moms. I love it.
I am planning to do Target giftcards plus a small gifty item like a tea towel or a snarky mug (they both embrace snark). We pay $200/wk for our daycare. How much is appropriate for the giftcard? I don’t want to overdo it, but I also really want to give them nice gifts- I see this as our contribution to their holiday “bonus,” much like the giftcards I gave my assistants when I worked in BigLaw.
Ok, here’s the daily potty training question. My 3 year old is basically trained. He wears a diaper at night, but is in underwear 100% of the time during the day and has been for 2.5 months. At school he goes, by himself, throughout the day. At home it has become such a battle to get him to go potty. In the last few days, we’ve had 3 accidents because he refuses to go potty. And he doesn’t even seem upset at being wet; he just keeps playing. How do we encourage him to go? Bribery? Take toys away? I’m at a loss. He usually goes right before I pick him up from school so he doesn’t need to go right away when we get home or I’d say no toys until you potty. Thanks!
I’m researching this too as we are just starting down the IUI/IVF road. The CDC has some good info. Google elective single embryo transfer. The bigger concern is the risk of triplets/quads if they split. There is a greater chance of splitting after having testing. Would you consider selective reduction if you ended up with triplets/quads? The risk to you and the babies is much higher even with twins which is why they are pushing single embryo. However, I’m 36 so there’s that too. Are you in a shared risk program? If so, the docs have an incentive to really push you into two.
I almost strangled my husband the other night. I know he really wants a kid. We were reading the info and he said “I don’t get why they call it a risk of twins. They say it like it would be a bad thing. I don’t get it.” Um, buddy, you don’t have to carry them, birth them, nurse them …..
Needing some support here. My almost 26 month old is going through some separation anxiety and having a hard time with daycare. She’s gone there for over a year now, and we generally like the center. She moved up rooms at the start of the school year. It took her 2-3 weeks to adjust, but she did. Now with Thanksgiving and being sick recently for a day, she has been really struggling. She cries at drop off and with some teachers who she hasn’t spent as much time with. I’m feeling insanely guilty that we are putting her through this. Recommendations and support would be much appreciated. Thanks, ladies!
Talk to me about twins, please. DH and I are going through the IVF process due to secondary infertility. We have a kindergartner. We elected to do PGS testing, so we know the embryos we have remaining for transfer are chromosomally normal, which improves the transfer success rate. We are leaning towards electing to transfer 2, which obviously gives us a good chance of having twins. We are both lawyers, and DH is much busier than I am, often not getting home until after our child is already in bed and generally working on the weekends as well. Are we (am I) crazy to consider twins?
Crud my post with links is stuck in mod. Get something she will enjoy now as she’s just starting to grasp things and interact with toys/books, but that she will grow into and enjoy in different ways as she gets older (it happens so fast!). Here’s some favorites, also mostly inexpensive enough to be combined (i’m a big fan of books with related toys). All available on Amazon. Tested by mom of 5 yr & 9 mo old giant boys.
Jellycat small stuffies (7″) — anything bigger is hard for most babies to handle. These animals are SO SOFT!
Board books with puppets (In my Tree, In my Pond, etc by Sara Gillingham are awesome and still going strong after 5 years)
Soft books (Jellycat has one with tails; Taggies has one with a mirror on the front)
Oball toys — great for grasping, rolling, throwing, rattling, teething, etc. lightweight and durable.
If anyone is looking for a different holiday present, I just saw the SpongeBob musical on Broadway last night and it was so so good. Really fun escapism, and I am not a fan of the TV show. Broadway magic galore. The show is 100% kid-friendly with no hesitations, but entertaining for adults too.
My niece is 14 weeks. I want to get her a fun toy or two for Christmas that is developmentally appropriate – something for the 4-6 month age range would be great. Any recommendations? Amazon/Target/usual suspects a plus, but not a requirement, I suppose. TIA!
Morning fellow moms!
I have a very picky eater (15 month old). He basically lives off pasta with cheese, pureed fruits, crackers, and bread. Whenever I try to give him pureed soup/veggies & meat I need to put on a show to feed him. I know this is wrong but I want him to eat healthy foods. How do I make him eat? When I try to introduce new foods he throws the pieces on the floor or refuses to be spoon fed. He does not say no to sweet stuff like french toast with banana.
Any suggestions of recipes/foods I can make for him that he might actually want to try? Thanks!
Would you attend a child’s 3 year old birthday party from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, with a full dinner for both kids and adults included?
I booked my son’s party at a nearby kids’ indoor gym that just opened. The only slot for a private party is from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. You can also have your party earlier in the day, but it will be during the time when it is open to the public. It’s not a large gym and in cold weather, this place gets REALLY crowded. We’re expecting about 20-25 guests and I’m thinking that with potentially another 30 random kids (meaning, those who have come on their own and not to our party) running around, it’s going to be too loud and chaotic.
The idea would be that the kids play in the gym from 5:30 – 6:15 pm, everyone goes to the party room and eats dinner and cake from 6:15 – 7 pm, and then the kids run around again in the gym for the last 20-30 minutes. I was planning to order pizza for the kids and some proper adult food (like cater from Lebanese Taverna).
I know it will be late for some kids, but I was thinking that everyone will be up from nap at that time and this way they can play and have dinner and then hopefully go back home, exhausted and fall asleep. My 3 year old only goes to bed around 8 – 8:30 pm on weekends, so personally this works for us but I’m curious to hear what you say.
Thoughts?
Moms with >1 kid, please reassure me I’ll survive when my 2nd arrives? I’m 30 wks and just feeling like I’ve hit a wall. I haven’t slept well since… before Thanksgiving, though last night takes the cake, w/maybe 45 min of sleep between midnight and 4:30, when I had to get up to catch a flight for a 24 hr work trip. My 2 year old wants no one but me and wants to be up in my arms, which just isn’t comfortable any more. Husband is sick and couldn’t get out of bed on Saturday; he’s slowly rejoining the living. I just don’t see how adding a newborn is sustainable. And while I have a generally family-friendly job, I’m not feeling particularly competent at it right now and I’m not expecting to feel any more competent after my leave…
Sitting at the airport now and feeling crappy about leaving my kid, about traveling in general, and hating flying for multiple reasons. Just ugh. And it’s only Tuesday.