Maternity Monday: Tie Front Maternity Dress
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Happy Monday! Did you know there are a lot of maternity items in the big Nordstrom Fall Clearance Sale? A lot of it is very springy stuff (lots of pastels), but I think this dress could be worn year-round, layered in winter with a navy cardigan and navy tights. The dress is Maternal America, one of the brands that’s pretty well represented in the sale, and it’s 50% off — it was $148, but is now $74, at Nordstrom. Tie Front Maternity Dress
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Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
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 can’t decide if I want to be sick or binge eat Chicken McNuggets. Yay first trimester!
Hi ladies, any recommendations for a simple black maternity skirt for work? Thanks!
My husband has been working on a ramp up time period at work that involves him being out of the house between 6:30 am and 6:30 pm on Sundays for the next couple of months. For some reason, this seems completely overwhelming to me, and all day long I count down the hours til he gets home. On Sunday morning I wake up and think to myself “I am the adult. I need to be calm and patient.” Usually I have yelled at or been a jerk to my kid at least once by 9 am, and intermittently throughout the day.
I can’t tell if I’m being overly perfectionist, or if I need better coping skills. Is it realistic to expect to stay calm for 12 hours straight with a 2 year old? I have the hardest time when my daughter repeats a request in increasing volume and urgency despite being told no. e.g. “Go outside?!” when it’s dark and cold and we are not going to go outside. I think she said that at least 50 times in a row yesterday. I try saying no. I try explaining why we cant go outside. I try validating that I understand that she wants to go outside. I try walking away calmly. And after she asks yet again (and again and again), I end up bellowing “NO WE ARE NOT GOING OUTSIDE”. Then she cries and cries and I feel like a monster. Is this just having a toddler or is something wrong with me? And to have to be “on” and calm for 12 hours straight is just so overwhelming. I did a lot of solo parenting when she was younger and that was hard too, but this is hard in a different way. Her completely developmentally appropriate tantrums and irrationality are so frustrating to me.
Any thoughts or suggestions? I end up going into the week more exhausted on Monday than I was on Friday.
Hi ladies, my husband and I have created a budget that includes a yearly contribution to our daughter’s 529 fund. If we make this yearly contribution for the next 18-20 years, we will have enough saved to pay a private university’s tuition for 4 years. Recently, my husband has been saying that perhaps we should reduce our contribution because she might go to a public university, and then we would end up paying a penalty to take the money out of the 529. I have said that it seems unlikely she will go to a public university since everyone in our family has gone to private universities, and even if she did, the leftover money could rollover into her (hopefully, future) sibling’s account. He said that we can’t know what she will do (which obviously I understand), and that we would just have the money saved elsewhere. But that means we lose out on tax-free growth. How have you all factored public vs. private education into your college savings? Do you split the baby and put some but not all college savings into the 529?
Suggestions:
We have a son who has some very challenging behaviors. He is about to turn two. He has some medical issues and there’s no doubt in the world that his behaviors are related to his medical issues (often feeling uncomfortable, upset stomach, etc) and that he has speech delays (we have weekly speech), but some of his behaviors are OUT OF CONTROL and not acceptable, e.g. picking up a chair and throwing it, bashing things into the wall, throwing himself on the floor for 20+ minutes screaming, etc. We did some data this weekend and he is having 2+ hours of this behavior ever day. We’re doing all the first level stuff (and his therapist is also out of ideas) and I’d love to have recommendations for BOOKS ABOUT DEALING WITH DIFFICULT TODDLERS to read at night to just come up with more ideas for behavior management options that allow us to keep him – and us! – safe while we work on his words and help alleviate his physical symptoms over the next 1-2 years.
Probably making this difficult is that we have other young children including a 3 year old and so we can’t actually just devote 15 minutes to 1:1 handling of a situation, especially when there’s only one parent at home.
Thanks for recommendations!
Where can I find matching pjs for a 6 year old, 2 year old and newborn? Is that even possible?
Waiting on our ultrasound tomorrow to find out if our IVF made twins or a singleton. Or triplets because we are having identical twins as my husband fears. Just had to put it out there somewhere as I’m at work twitching with anticipation.
I had what I think was the half sleeve version of this same dress when I was pregnant three years ago, and I liked it so much I bought it in another color! It also transfers beautifully to postpartum use.
New diaper bag help: mine are 4 (not in diapers) and 15 months (still diapers). I’d like a bag that doesn’t scream “diaper bag”, ideally one I could travel with or use as a work bag later. Bonus points if it has stroller straps.
Vent: Ladies sorry for the early Monday vent, but I just needed to get it off my chest. I was going through my plans for leave with my admin (older woman) – what cases were open, who is taking what, etc. while I am out on leave. She then asks me if I am coming back full time after leave and I said yes. Her response – well its just so much harder with two. I pointed out there are a number of Associates in our group who have two small children at home. She responded with well yea – but they are men.
ARGH. I am a professional, I am the primary breadwinner, my H is an awesome father with whom I split parenting fairly 50/50 depending on the week (if we are being fair he does more of the hands on stuff due to a 5 min commute versus a 35 min commute). The fact that I am a woman and not a man has ZERO bearing on my ability to do my job competently – even if I have children.
At least none of the partners with whom I work have asked this question – or questioned my competency or willingness to return to work. Its more just a continuing problem with how the administrative staff reacts and treats female associates v. male associates. So that was my Monday vent – hope everyone else is having a better start to the week!