Maternity Monday: Midi Shirt Dress with Buttons
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I like this maternity dress from ASOS for a few reasons. First, the tortoiseshell buttons all the way down the front are oversized and play with proportions a bit to add some interest. Next, I like how it’s full coverage — full sleeves, midi length, with a collar. Also, I personally love the army green/khaki color, which I think is universally flattering. In the little video of it on the site, it looks like it has a nice drape and flow to it. This dress is $56, is eligible for free shipping and returns, and is available in sizes 2–16. Midi Shirt Dress with Buttons
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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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- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
My 2.5 year old is such a bad sleeper. Always has been. As a baby, she’d be up 2-3x/night until idk, like 15 months. We had to do CIO for naps and bedtime several times, and until about age 2 she still cried/screamed/fussed herself to sleep- even when she transitioned to a bed.
Now, she’s trying to drop her nap. BuT in like my older kiddo, when this one doesn’t nap, she doesn’t/can’t go to bed much earlier or sleep later. So she’ll skip the nap and go to bed at 7:30 instead of 8, but is DONE by 6:30 and just a train wreck until she finally crashes at 7:30.
And, she’s now started to have nightmares/night terrors and gets up ~1am screaming OR needing to pee. No matter why she wakes up, she cannot get back to sleep. Her bed, our bed, her bed with DH or me in bed or on the floor near her, doesn’t matter. She just stares at the ceiling and every 20-30 minutes cries out that it’s “just to tricky to go back to sleep.”
Is it one to see a sleep specialist? My oldest was nothing like this and my 3rd has normal-for-a-baby sleep habits.
Other ideas?
Does anyone have a light folding stroller they recommend to keep in the car?
Hey , just wanted to pop back and thank whoever recommended How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen… in response to my parenting issues with Difficult Child last week. I am halfway through the book, and it is so, so helpful. I would probably never have picked it up on my own.
Anyone who has gone through a divorce and can share their experiences with how bad it was emotionally, financially and in terms of kids custody?
Do you pay a nanny who isn’t able to come to work because of winter weather? I’d normally be inclined to, except the weather really isn’t that bad (it snowed a few inches yesterday, but we’re in the Midwest and have ~10 snowfalls a year, roads seem completely fine today). She drives herself and doesn’t live in an especially rural area, I really don’t see why she can’t get to work. This is her second month on the job and she’s already used several (paid) sick days, so I feel like I’m already seeing a bit of a pattern. I definitely don’t want to set a precedent that she can take a random paid long weekend with minimal notice whenever she feels like it. DH is out of town and I had to cancel a meeting and burn a vacation day to stay home, so it’s pretty inconvenient.
Another buggy question. We have a hand-me-down McClaren umbrella stroller which I thought would be great for air travel (folds with a shoulder strap) but t is awful in comparison to our CityMini GT. Are there better umbrella strollers out there or is everything going to feel rickety in comparison to the CityMini behemoth?
I just went to sign my 1.5 year old up for a music class, but I realized it doesn’t make sense because we’re out of town for 6 of the 10 weekends the class is held. I knew we traveled a lot, but I didn’t realize it was quite that much. Can anyone with older kids tell me if this much travel is going to be a problem when we have a preschooler? I don’t want to force my kid to miss a ton of birthday parties and stuff like that (and she’ll be in a class of 20 beginning around age 3, so I would imagine there will be a lot of them?) but I’m also not excited about slowing down the travel dramatically. We have a lot of long distance friends and family and it’s important to me to maintain those relationships, since we don’t have close local friends and my daughter is likely to be an only child.
I’m 18 weeks pregnant and my skin has gone crazy. Itchy all over, some eczema patches, and my face is dry and flaky. Any suggestions? I took an oatmeal bath last night, which helped the itching some.
How do you handle social invites that are a notch above what your kids can handle? E.g., dinner at a friends house that bumps into the kids’ bedtime. Have you changed the way you invite people over if they have kids? Do you have people to dinner?
My 5-year old and 2-year old are delightful creatures, but this weekend were a lot to handle at a friend’s house for dinner and had me wondering if we should have declined/ proposed something different. We ate dinner about an hour after our normal dining time and left at what is our normal bedtime, meaning they went to bed an hour later than usual. We did all the things I could think of– later nap for the little one, heavy snacks for both of them. But they were… not good at the dinner table. The 2-year especially. Not having a high chair he was up and down and up and down, he refused to eat, then knocked his cup over and spilled, then swiped his hand across his plate and sent food flying. I mean, he’s TWO, so no one was particularly surprised, but it did make me wonder if we are just in a time where we decline dinner invitations with our kids. We’re big on inviting people over to brunch, which is a definite shift for us after having kids. I miss having people to dinner, but this weekend reminded me why we’ve changed our habits.
Can you share some tips about vasectomies (not your own obviously but as perhaps the wife that had to schedule this for her husband). DH and I have decided on this and he is freaking out. He wants me to schedule it and doesn’t want to think about it. Do you need a referral? Is the surgery actually only 15-30 min? His work involves a lot of driving but no manual labor, he’s mostly sitting. Do i need to account for downtime?
Anyone have recommendations for prenatal vitamins that go down easily? With my first, I felt like I spent a lot of time either gagging or vomiting up those huge horse pills that seem to be standard, so looking for a better option this time around. Bonus if I can order them online.
Question for parents of older kids: How much do you push your child to participate in extracurricular activities? To be clear, I’m talking about the recreational level and not anything intense.
My oldest kid is 9 and over the past year has completely lost interest in doing sports, Scouts, or any structured activity. He wants to be at home doing his own thing — but then complains about being bored. It’s been great for my schedule as a working parent, but I am concerned that he’s cutting himself off from potential interests, enjoying an activity with his peers, and just learning how to be coachable. We haven’t forced him into any particular activity — I’m cool with whatever interests him, really!
I think there are two things driving this. 1) Academics are fairly easy for him, so in some ways, he’s not used to his skills being challenged. 2) At the same time, he has ADHD, which has made structured activities really difficult for him. Especially if they fall during the evening hours when his medication has worn off. Following directions and paying attention is a struggle for him always, but especially when he’s not medicated. So, I imagine he is not having as much fun as most kids.
I don’t know what to do — force him to participate in something, or just let it go. Activities are supposed to be a godsend for kids with ADHD, but that hasn’t been our experience. Parent coaches have no idea how to deal with someone who needs extra reminders and coaching, and some of the professionals haven’t been much better. Without consistent practice and participation, I feel like any activity is going to get progressively harder and out of reach. I thought he was doing really well with swimming, but he tells me that he “hates it” because he gets too tired. (Little dude, that’s partly the point!)
In lieu of participating in a sport, we’re a pretty active family — lots of bike rides, walks and swimming when the weather is nice. But there is so much resistance (and whining) from him at the outset that it’s miserable for everyone. Eventually, he enjoys himself and benefits from being active, but my goodness, the resistance is soul-sucking at times.
Question for those who are/have bfed your babies: Any experiences with domperidone to increase your milk supply? The lactation consultant with whom I am working suggested I go on it for a variety of reasons. I have looked into it online, but I thought I would survey this wonderfully helpful community as well.
Anyone have recommendations for a prenatal vitamin that isn’t the standard horse pill that you have to swallow? With my first baby I felt like between a sensitive gag reflex and then vomiting the vitamins up, I never really got the vitamins down half the time, so looking for something that goes a little more easily this time around. I’ve looked into gummies, but am overwhelmed by the choices.
Also- what are some go to first trimester snacks? I’m craving a lot of sugar and carbs, but hoping to make healthier snacking choices when I’m constantly simultaneously hungry and nauseous.
My just turned four DD is very attached to me, and I’m getting pretty late in my third tri. My husband went out of town for four nights and just got back last night and this morning she was straight up mean to him. Agh. Tips on reorienting her towards him, especially given new baby coming? (We have a 2.5 year old DS too, but he’s not an issue in the same way)