Maternity Monday: A-Line Convertible Maternity Swing Coat
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For my money, this is the only kind of maternity coat to get if you’re going to splurge (particularly if you’re having a baby in December/January/February): a convertible coat. When you’re pregnant, the coat has a triangle-shaped insert that helps cover your belly — but once you give birth and start wearing the baby, you can turn the insert upside down, and use it to cover the baby. Lovely. The coat is $210 at Nordstrom. Modern Eternity A-Line Convertible Maternity Swing Coat
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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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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?
Newborn photography: Yea or nay?
I’m on the fence. I guess if you do it, you have to do it in the first 10 days, and it just seems like one more *thing*. Plus, I’m not sure I’m a big fan of wrinkled-naked-baby-photo. Also, expensive. At the same time, I don’t want to NOT do it and regret it.
For those of you that have done it, were you happy with the decision?
If you haven’t done it, why, and did you regret?
First off, I AM DONE WITH THE BAR EXAM! And for anyone out there who will be taking a bar exam while breastfeeding, my jurisdiction was great. I got to bring my pump, I was in a special room with the non-standard test takers, and it worked out really well. Glad I didn’t just try to suffer and instead asked for an accommodation. I did not have to do an ADA accommodation and the paperwork was minimal. So if you’ll be in this position, make sure you ask!
Second, I had the regular puffer coat version of this coat for my January baby and it worked well throughout pregnancy and into baby wearing . It was the only way we got out of the house for two months because the sidewalks were so snowy/icy we couldn’t use a stroller. The puffer coat is a little on the cheap side as far as construction goes (my keys shredded the thin pocket lining in about two weeks) but the zip in triangle design is amazing. I plan to use it this fall for baby wearing as well.
Have any of you used a little “mother’s helper”? Our neighbor, who is 11 years old, asked if we needed a mother’s helper for our toddler, and I had to admit I had never heard of one! She said it’s like babysitting while the mom is in the house, leaving me free to do the boring things like cook and clean. Of course, if I’m going to pay someone, I’d rather pay them to cook and clean while I hang out with the kiddo, but the neighbor girl is 11, after all, and probably interested in a stepping stone to full-on babysitting. Any experience here? What do you pay/ what do you expect?