Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Nella Long-Sleeve Rib Maternity Dress
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If you’re expecting, get this dress now for your growing belly, but also wear it later for nursing.
This long-sleeve rib maternity dress is made from a soft and stretchy fabric with a built-in nursing flap. The long sleeves and mock neck work for fall’s cooler temps. With its slim silhouette, you can take it into winter with an additional layer or two.
This maternity/nursing dress from Ripe Maternity is $103 at Nordstrom and comes in sizes XS-XL. It’s available in four seasonal hues.
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
Just venting because I’m feeling a little down this morning… Anyone else live in the city and feel like sometimes city living with kids is a lot? I have always been a city person and considered myself pretty street smart and willing to deal with the small stuff for the luxury of walking everywhere and having awesome restaurants, cultural venues, shopping etc. right nearby. But now that we have a child, I’m noticing all the more unsavory parts of city living. I love the diversity and try to donate to local organizations, be friendly with my neighbors, take part in local events, and generally be a good citizen. But there have been issues with rats and trash in several local parks, some scary interactions with homeless and mentally ill people, a rise in gang violence in the projects a little ways away, and now we just found out that the city is building a “safe inhalation site” and shelter not too far away from us, right next to a local school and an farmer’s market we love. I know this is a complicated topic and I get the benefits of this type of shelter in theory, but I can’t pretend I’m not concerned about the impact on the environment and safety of the area. We’ve always known this isn’t our forever house because the schools aren’t good, but we were going to wait until our child is older (currently in a great daycare nearby) and hoping to stay in the city anyway. Meanwhile, all of our friends are moving to the suburbs. We’ll see where we are in 2-3 years, but we probably can’t afford the really fancy parts of our city without significantly compromising on space, so we may end up in the suburbs too. I realize this is just how life goes and very much a first world problem, but I’m feeling a little down because I thought raising a family in the city could work, and now it feels like the local administration really isn’t supportive of that, or maybe I’ve just gotten too sensitive after having a baby. I also feel like cities somehow got a lot worse after covid somehow, and I’m not sure how we recover from that collectively.
Has anyone used Beddy’s bedding for kid beds? Pros/cons? How thick is the blanket part? Any feedback is appreciated!
People with older kids – how old is your kid, and do you have a time where you require your kid to be in their room/reading in bed/etc? If so, what age/what time? I have a pre-teen (age 10) who typically goes to bed at around 10:30 and later on weekends, but is super loud coming up/down the stairs, getting snacks, going to her bathroom 10 times, practicing dancing, etc until her bedtime. and it’s keeping her little brother up. Would it be reasonable to ask her to go to her room and read in bed after little brother’s bedtime (around 9)?
What are your favorite indoor play date activities for first graders? My first grader had a new friend over and the other child kept asking for video games or iPad so I feel like my usual go tos must be lacking. I think they still had fun but there was an awful lot of playing tag indoors which I would like to avoid in the future. (Two boys fwiw).