Everyone Thursday: ‘Elenta’ Wedge
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Ooh: I like these well-reviewed wedges from Nine West, available in a zillion colors (fine, 8, including neutrals like black) over at Zappos. The 1.75″ wedge (with a .25″ platform) looks walkable and comfortable, and this black and white pattern is fun. They’re $79, available in sizes 5-12. Nine West ‘Elenta’
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Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
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 not a water drinker. Ugh! But I am trying to get better about it. Have you tried any of these?
1. Drink with a straw. So much more water and you can hardly taste it! This is the only way I can drink enough.
2. Add a splash of juice. Not a lot of calories, and really helps me.
3. Infuse water with fruit. Add some apples or lemons & limes or raspberries to a pitcher in the fridge.
It will pass, but you want to make sure you don’t get so dehydrated you end up in the hospital. Thinking about that can be good motivation. :) Good luck!
I have no idea if this is just some weird pregnancy problem I have, or if anyone else has ever had it, but if you have, I’d love some advice!
Normally I am a huge water drinker (to the extent where waiters/waitresses comment on how much they are refilling my water, my husband teased me about it when we met, etc etc). I had extreme nausea/gagging throughout my first trimester, and really struggled drinking water in addition to struggling to eat anything! Now my appetite is a bit better, and I’m eating a bit more (though still with some nausea and gagging), but water just tastes gross to me for some reason. I’m sipping it instead of drinking full glasses, and I don’t feel like I am getting enough.
I lost all my color, got really dizzy and passed out the other day, and the obgyn thought it might be from not having enough water (this was without me saying anything about my issues drinking – I assumed that I was still getting enough through soup/other beverages). So I feel like I really need to drink more, but I just can’t. This sounds ridiculous but I would love any thoughts from you all…I’m trying to drink juice/apple cider/other beverages, but I don’t want to be ingesting all sorts of bad calories. I’ve been trying lemon water but that only works sometimes. I miss my water bottle!
Is there such a thing as gently-used double strollers for sale that will last for the next 2 kids?
Or is this something I have to bite-the-bullet on and buy new?
Thank you for all the suggestions on my morning struggles. I implemented several of them, and this morning went so much better. I now dictate the flow of events and preview the next activity instead of asking for her input about which activity comes next, and offer a sub-choice (cartoon choice, choice of shirt, etc.) if she seems receptive. I keep her in one room for the entire morning routine and simplified some steps (she eats dry cereal while doing her neb instead of breakfast at the table, and I get dressed while she does her neb). We’ve had a few disagreements, but no tears or physical violence. I really appreciate the perspective.
ARGH got the results of my prenatal DNA test and the gender of baby is SITTING RIGHT THERE ON THE VM ON MY PHONE but I swore to DH we could listen together.
All test results were totally normal (I did listen to the first part of the message because the woman told me she’d warn me before the gender part), which is the best news of course, but I am dying here. Man won’t call me back and I’m struggling to hold off until he gets home from work!
Thanks for everyone who weighed in on my son, A, yesterday. My husband and I talked a lot last night (and did a lot of googling — never really a good idea) and we’re definitely getting him evaluated for autism. I think when I said I felt he was fine, what I felt was that he’s making clear progress toward speaking, he doesn’t seem to have any cognitive impairment — he won’t always join in in reading a book or a game, but he watches and will chime in with the appropriate animal noise or whatever at the right time. But the more we thought, the more there were things we could identify. Like if you go to take away a book or something, he will focus on your hands and will fight them off, but seems not to understand that the hands are connected to a human who can be influenced. His twin brother, B, however, will immediately look you in the face and scream, meaning he’s expressing his anger at what you’re doing and trying to scream to make you stop. But A never seems to realize that it’s the adults doing things. It’s like either the universe or these disembodied hands are the ones thwarting his plans. I’ve left a message for his doctor and am waiting to hear what the next steps are. Sigh. He’s only 22 months and it seems like early intervention can do a lot (and he’s already getting physical and speech therapy once a week), but it’s just this whole cloud of unknowns. And it’s painful to think he might have extra challenges. Life is hard enough as it is.
Imagine that you had the next 12 months of the year free, but you were still earning a salary equal to what you earn now. You are pregnant with your second, due in June. Your almost-3-year-old-son is in daycare FT until mid-Feb, after which he will go 2-3x a week in the mornings.
What would you do with all your time? I was laid off, given a package, and plan to do some consulting and casual job hunting until baby #2 comes. If consulting take off, son will go to daycare more, but in the meantime, I’m going to have a lot of free time.
So far on my agenda:
1. Self care/reward- schedule massage, spa day, and haircut, all long overdue, for some time between now and when FT daycare ends
2. Family time- (1) book trip with Son to somewhere warm and fun mid-week and let DH have the house to himself (this is crunchtime for him at work and he’s been pulling long nights anyway) (2) book trip to visit out of state family that I never see because to date, my work schedule had been miserable and all-consuming (3) take son and go visit my mom and dad who live 4+ hours away to get in some good grandparent time
3. SAHM time- find some local activities to do with son on his non-daycare days, including using our town (indoor) pool (never had time!), local museums, play outside in the snow, etc. (2) actually cook for my family instead of relying on whatever we pick up on the way home from work
4. Home improvement- painting, general sprucing/decorating, furniture shopping (within reason) for the 4 yet unfurnished rooms in the house we’ve lived in for 15 months…
5. new baby prep (beginning in April)- decorate nursery, bring down all baby junk, clean/sort etc
6. start a garden this spring
7. casually network and keep up my knowledge in the industry. I’m already on a few committees and have some consulting work lined up, so this one isn’t going to be a top focus necessarily as I am not going to be actively pursuing full time work until after baby #2.
What else? I’d like to pick up a new hobby, do some exercising (within reason given active pregnancy), maybe get more involved in my community.
I’m needing a new smart phone, and I think that my primary concern this go-round is a good, fast, easy to use camera for pictures of my baby and toddler. I have an Iphone 4s, and I suppose it’d be easiest to stay in the Iphone family, though I’m not really an Apple superfan and have no desire to have the latest and best (other than getting a better camera). Would prefer to keep the cost low-ish. Any thoughts on phone cameras (particularly for kid pics) that you’ve loved or regretted?
Can someone please explain pajamas for older babies?
My tall 5 month old is outgrowing the 9 month pajamas (Carters). I have a few other brands in similar sizes and she’s getting towards the end of those too. I can’t seem to find many footed sleepers in bigger sizes anywhere! When I search 12 month sizes, it’s almost all two piece pajamas. But I can’t believe she would be ready for those? And what about feet? Is she supposed to sleep in socks?
She sleeps in PJs and a light cotton sleep sack. It’s too warm in our apartment for anything fleece (we don’t control the heat).
Has anyone purchased an IKEA crib? We are looking at the Sundvik specifically. It only needs to survive one kid, but I do want it to last through the toddler bed stage! We have the Hemnes dresser in black/brown for a changing table and I can’t find any other crib that seems to match that color.