Organizing Thursday: No-Iron Clothing Labels
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When my husband and I decided to send my son to daycare, I knew I would have to label his clothes. For the baby stages, I found that he went through at least one outfit change a day, and now that he’s practicing feeding himself I’ve noticed he’s more frequently coming home in a different shirt than the one I dropped him off in. To their credit, our daycare is very good at keeping everyone’s belongings straight, but it still helps to have everything labeled. I ordered these and have used them from the very beginning with no complaints. They’re very sticky, haven’t fallen off with multiple washings, and stick to both the clothing fabric itself and the tag of the clothes. In a pinch, I also used them to label sippy cups, and they’ve gone through the dishwasher and are still stuck tight! The labels are $9.24/pack at Amazon ($13.60 for two) and are eligible for Prime. Avery No-Iron Clothing Labels
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What are your favorite tummy-control underwear? I’m three months pp and my clothes all fit, but I’d like something to flatten my stomach a little for when I wear my sheath dresses to work.
Something I wish I had done when I had gotten labels is do last name only. That way, if you have multiple kids in a household, you don’t have to switch with hand me downs.
I had ones printed with my son’s initials which makes life easier. Luckily the recipient of our hand-me-down also has the same initials.
I also have been using old luggage tags for his wetbag, nursery bag, etc.
Just wanted to say thank you for all the recs for feeling less frumpy. I’ve made a list of small things I can do to feel better about myself, starting with some tinted moisturizer and quick makeup tips. I also realized I should invest in nicer eyeglasses bc when I have to wear them, I feel major frump. I feel like I’m coming out of the post baby funk and need to invest more in myself. So thank you all- this group is the best.
So apparently you’re supposed to keep your kid in a booster until they’re 4’9″. In real life when did you nix the booster for your kid?
Best tape to repair kids’ books? (torn covers, etc)
Silly question: what’s up with the Horizon milk boxes? Shelf-stable milk weirds me out, but I’d like to consider all options for my kindergartner’s lunches.
Not strictly a parenting question, but I think this site is kinder than the main site. My DH is what I’d consider a workaholic. He does great in his job (and brings home significantly more money than me, to be fair) but he’s always going above and beyond and doing work on evenings, weekends and family vacation. He’s not in Big Law or something like that where these long hours would be expected – his job is a pretty standard 9-5 but he puts in way more than that because he’s passionate about his job. I would say he contributes 50/50 to the chores and childcare, but I feel like I have to assign him specific tasks – eg if I say you need to cook dinner these nights, he will do it without complaint. But I feel like a nagging taskmaster, and when he’s done with his chores, he pretty much retreats into his study to work. We only have one child who’s still quite young and goes to bed around 8 pm. I would love to hang out with him then, but he views this time after our child has gone to bed as sacred work time. When I tell him I want to see him, he acts annoyed and says his workday was already interrupted from 5-8 pm (by daycare pickup, dinner, the bedtime routine, etc) and now he has to get back to work. To be clear, I think he’s a good dad and he’s very engaged with our daughter when she’s awake (and she absolutely adores him), but I definitely feel like she and I are not as important to him as his work.
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I don’t think threading works on my phone but there is actually a product called “book tape” for repairing ripped books. It’s wonderful! Available on Amazon of course.
Was inspired by an OP above. I’m 9.5 months into BF, and still no period. I pump about 3 times a day during the week (nurse the other 3-4) and EBF on weekends, throwing in the occasional bottle of pumped milk or formula. My doctor says it’s standard for periods not to return until BF is over. Anyone have similar experiences?
Taking the train from DC to NYC for the first time with my 4yo and 2yo. What’s the best way to keep them entertained on the train? We don’t have ipads and are concerned about introducing them to the kids now because we can’t put that toothpaste back in the tube. We’re not anti-screen at all; just concerned that they will either 1) fight over the ipad and/or 2) will ask for it constantly. Any words of wisdom on getting through this train trip? Should we just sit in the dining car? Anything we should consider when boarding at DC or Penn? We expect to only have a few pieces of carry on luggage.
We’ve taken Amtrak plenty of times, and we know how long a the trip can feel when it’s just adults traveling. Just worried about keeping the kids contained and entertained without terrorizing other passengers. The 4yo will sit quietly with sticker books and coloring. The 2yo is a little harder to control. Advice please!
Do you plan your weekends with the kids? Not just long weekends – but all weekends? I just started listening to Best of Both Worlds (great recommendation!) An early episode is on planning your weekend to make the most of them. I always have a running list of things I want to do, but other than sports activities I don’t actually plan them. I’m going to try it, but worry this will just lead to dashed expectations.
Dropping in quickly on an already very long thread to say thanks for the clothing labels rec– I JUST realized this morning that I needed to buy them for my toddler now that he’s out of the infant room at his daycare, and this was such an easy one-click thing to check off my to-do list. <3